(A) Manufactured home park maintenance. Manufactured home park operators shall be required to provide adequate supervision to maintain the park in compliance with the requirements of this subchapter. The manufactured home park operators shall keep all park-owned facilities, improvements, equipment, and all common areas in good repair and maintained in such a manner as to prevent the accumulation of storage of materials which could constitute a fire hazard or would cause insect or rodent breeding and harborage. Abandoned vehicle storage or the accumulation of junk is expressly prohibited in existing and/or new manufactured home parks. Either item may be cause to revoke a manufactured home park operator’s license.
(B) Placement and anchoring. Operators shall be required to supervise the placement of all manufactured homes to guarantee that they are properly anchored and attached to utilities. All manufactured homes within a manufactured home park shall be properly anchored or provided with tie downs, in accordance with the state regulations for manufactured homes. Technical assistance will be provided by the town or county building inspection office, as applicable. All manufactured homes in manufactured home parks will be set up and anchored according to manufacturer's instructions or state requirements.
(C) Assist Town Tax Administrator. Operators shall be required to comply with G.S. § 105-316(a)(1) which requires that as of January 1 of each year each operator of a manufactured home park furnish to the town or county tax supervisor the name of the owner and a description of each manufactured home located in the park.
(D) Fire prevention and detection. In addition to any fire prevention regulations of the town, the following shall apply:
(1) The operator of a manufactured home park is responsible for informing each park resident of the location of the nearest fire alarm box, if any; the location of an accessible telephone and the telephone number to be used to report fires; and procedures to be followed in case of fire.
(2) The park owner shall install a fire extinguisher labeled as suitable for Class A, B, C fires and of a type approved by the fire marshal in each building open to the public and in the park office. The park staff shall be instructed in the proper use of any fire protection equipment available in the park and their specific duties in the event of fire.
(3) The park owner or operator shall maintain the park area free of rubbish, dry brush, leaves, weeds, and any other materials which might communicate fires between manufactured homes and other buildings.
(4) Empty liquefied petroleum gas containers and other objects and materials not approved by the Fire Marshal shall not be stored under manufactured homes.
(5) The manufactured home owner shall be responsible for payment of any applicable fees if the Fire Department is called upon.
(E) Infestation prevention.
(1) Grounds, buildings, and structures shall be maintained free of insect and rodent infestation. Extermination methods and other measures to control insects and rodents shall conform with the requirements of the County Health Officer.
(2) Parks shall be maintained free of accumulations of debris which may provide rodent harborage or breeding places for flies, mosquitoes, and other pests.
(3) Storage areas shall be so maintained as to prevent rodent harborage. Lumber, pipes, and other building materials shall be stored at least one foot above the ground.
(4) Where the potential for insect and rodent infestation exists, all exterior openings in or beneath any structure shall be appropriately screened with wire, mesh, or other suitable materials.
(5) The growth of brush, weeds, and grass shall be controlled to prevent harborage of ticks, chiggers, and other noxious insects. Parks shall be so maintained as to prevent the growth of ragweed, poison ivy, poison oak, poison sumac, and other noxious weeds considered detrimental to health. Open areas shall be maintained free of heavy undergrowth of any description.
(F) Inspection.
(1) The Robeson County Health Department, the Inspections Department, and/or the Zoning Official are hereby authorized and directed to make such inspections as are necessary to determine satisfactory compliance with this chapter. It shall be the duty of the owners or occupants of manufactured home parks to give these agencies free access to such premises at reasonable times for the purpose of inspection.
(2) Periodic inspections shall also be made of street surface conditions within the park, with special attention given to streets surfaced with stabilized earth. In the event the park owner fails to maintain earth streets in an appropriate manner, the Inspections Department shall require repaving with hard-surface materials, or pursue other appropriate legal remedies.
(3) The person to whom an operating permit for a manufactured home park is issued shall operate the park in compliance with this chapter and shall provide adequate supervision to maintain the park, its facilities and equipment in good repair and in a clean and sanitary condition.
(4) The park owner or operator shall notify park occupants of all applicable provisions of this ordinance and inform them of their duties and responsibilities under this chapter.
(5) The operator or caretaker shall be answerable, together with the owner, for the violation of any provision of this chapter.
(Ord. 23-241, passed 7-18-2023)