(A) Access to mobile home parks. Access to mobile home parks shall be designed to minimize congestion and hazards at the entrance or exists and allow free movement of traffic on adjacent streets. Each mobile home park shall be provided with at least two points of ingress and/or egress in conformance with § 153.116(H).
(B) Pedestrian circulation system, service and accessory buildings and landscaping.
(1) All mobile home parks shall contain a pedestrian circulation system which shall be designed, constructed and maintained for safe and convenient movement from all mobile home spaces to principal destinations within the park and, if appropriate, shall provide safe and convenient access to pedestrian ways leading to destinations outside of the park. PRINCIPAL DESTINATIONS include such uses as recreation areas, service buildings, storage areas, common parking areas and management offices.
(2) All pedestrian walks shall have a minimum width of four feet.
(3) All pedestrian walks shall be paved.
(4) All pedestrian walks must be provided with lighting units spaced, equipped and installed to allow safe movement of pedestrians at night.
(5) All service and accessory buildings, including management offices, storage areas, laundry buildings and indoor recreation areas, shall conform to the requirements of the Borough Building Code. Attachments to mobile homes in the form of sheds and lean-to’s are prohibited.
(6) The mobile home park shall have a structure designed and clearly identified as the office of the mobile home park manager.
(7) Service and accessory buildings located in a mobile home park shall be used only by the occupants of the park and their guests.
(8) Ground surfaces in all parts of a mobile home park must be paved or covered with grass or other suitable vegetation capable of preventing soil erosion and the emanation of dust.
(9) Park grounds must be kept free of vegetative growth which is poisonous or which may produce pollen or harbor rodents, insects or other pests harmful to humans.
(C) Solid waste and vector control and electric distribution system.
(1) The storage, collection and disposal of solid wastes from the mobile homes park shall be the responsibility of the mobile home park operator.
(2) The storage, collection and disposal of solid wastes must be conducted so as to prevent insect and rodent problems.
(3) All solid wastes must be stored in approved fly-tight, rodent-proof and water-tight containers, and these containers shall be maintained in a clean condition.
(4) Solid wastes containers must be distributed throughout the mobile home park in adequate numbers and be readily accessible to the mobile home spaces in use.
(5) Exterior storage areas for solid wastes must be completely screened on three sides with evergreen plantings.
(6) Adequate measures must be taken by the operator of the mobile home park to prevent an infestation of insects and rodents.
(7) Every mobile home park shall be provided with an electrical distribution system to which every mobile home and service building shall be connected. Such system and connections shall be installed, inspected and maintained in accordance with the specifications and rules of the appropriate utility company, the borough and the state. The appropriate electric utility shall inspect all transformers and underground connections to all mobile homes located within mobile home parks and shall attach its dated “tag-of-approval” to each mobile home at a visible location before any mobile home is occupied.
(8) Underground electric distribution lines are to be installed in all mobile home parks.
(D) Utility improvements.
(1) Underground electrical distribution system. All mobile home parks shall have an underground electrical distribution system which shall be installed and maintained in accordance with the local electric power company’s specifications regulating such systems. All connections from the meter box to the trailer shall be installed by a qualified electrician and each trailer shall have its own meter box.
(2) Natural gas system.
(a) Natural gas piping systems, when installed in a mobile home park, shall be maintained in conformity with accepted engineering practices; and
(b) Each mobile home park provided with piped gas shall have an approved shutoff valve installed upstream of the gas outlet. The outlet shall be equipped with an approved cap to prevent accidental discharge of gas when the outlet is not in use.
(3) Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) systems. Liquefied petroleum gas systems, when provided in a mobile home park shall include the following.
(a) Systems shall be provided with safety devices to relieve excessive pressures with discharges terminating at a safe location.
(b) Systems shall have at least one accessible means for shutting off gas located outside the mobile home, and which shall be maintained in effective operating condition.
(c) All LPG piping outside of the mobile home shall be well supported and protected against mechanical injury. Undiluted liquefied petroleum gas in liquid form shall not be conveyed through piping equipment and systems in mobile homes.
(d) All LPG storage vessels of more than 12 U.S. gallons’ capacity shall be secured to prevent accidental overturning.
(e) No LPG vessel shall be stored or located inside or beneath any storage cabinet, carport, mobile home or any other structure.
(4) Fuel oil supply systems. All fuel oil supply systems, when provided in a mobile home park, shall be installed and maintained in conformity with the following regulations.
(a) All piping from outside fuel storage tanks or cylinders to mobile homes shall be securely fastened in place.
(b) All fuel oil supply systems shall have shut-off valves located within five inches of the storage tanks.
(c) All fuel storage tanks or cylinders shall be securely placed and shall not be located closer than five feet from any mobile home parking area or exit.
(d) Storage tanks located in areas subject to traffic shall be protected against physical damage.
(E) Other site improvements.
(1) The park operator shall require that a fire extinguisher of an approved type shall be maintained in each mobile home and in all public service buildings under the mobile home park control.
(2) Each mobile home lot shall be provided with a four-inch thick concrete slab on a stable surface at least ten feet by 18 feet in size for use as a terrace.
(Ord. 1-2006, passed 5-8-2006)