(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to maintain, construct, alter or extend any mobile home park within the borough unless he or she holds a valid certificate of registration issued by the State Department of Environmental Protection and a valid occupancy permit issued by the Borough Council.
(B) Proof that a valid certificate of registration from the State Department of Environmental Protection is held shall be submitted to the Borough Secretary each year.
(C) Every person holding a certificate of registration shall file notice in writing to the State Department of Environmental Protection and the Borough Secretary within ten days after having sold, transferred, given away or otherwise having disposed of interest in or control of any mobile home park.
(D) Mobile home parks in existence upon the effective date of this chapter shall be required to meet only the standards of the State Department of Environmental Protection, the borough zoning ordinance and other applicable borough ordinances, as a prerequisite to the issuing of an occupancy permit by the borough. The standards of the Department of Environmental Protection, the borough zoning ordinance, other applicable borough ordinances and the standards prescribed in this chapter shall be met before an occupancy permit is issued by the borough for a mobile home park constructed or expanded after the effective date of this chapter.
(E) A representative of the borough may inspect a mobile home park at reasonable intervals and at reasonable times to determine compliance with this chapter.
(F) A copy of the occupancy permit for a mobile home park issued by the borough shall at all times be posted in the office of the mobile home park manager.
(G) Applications for occupancy permits for mobile home parks shall be filed with the Borough Secretary, using application forms available from the Borough Secretary.
(H) Accompanying all applications for occupancy permits shall be three copies of all information, which was submitted to the State Department of Environmental Protection when an application for a certificate of registration from that body was filed.
(I) An application for an occupancy permit for a mobile home park shall be accompanied by three copies of plans for the mobile home park and three copies of any supplemental drawings, which shall contain all information necessary to allow the Borough Council to determine that all the requirements of this chapter have been met.
(J) The Borough Council shall act on each application for an occupancy permit for a mobile home park and shall issue an occupancy permit if the application is approved, proof that the State Department of Environmental Protection has issued a certificate of registration is submitted to the borough, and a permit fee is paid to the borough. The occupancy permit shall be valid for a period of one year from the date it is issued.
(K) An annual permit fee shall be required for each mobile home park. An occupancy permit must be renewed each year and will not be renewed by the borough unless the annual permit fee is paid to the borough and the borough determines that all the standards of the State Department of Environmental Protection are met. In the case of mobile home parks constructed or expanded after the effective date of this chapter, the borough must also determine that the standards of this chapter are met.
(L) An application for renewal of an occupancy permit for a mobile home park must be submitted each year. Application forms shall be obtained from the Borough Secretary. A plan of the mobile home park is not required when a permit is to be renewed.
(M) After the effective date of this chapter, before the area, number of mobile home spaces, road system, service facilities, sewer facilities, water facilities or any other aspect of a mobile home park, which is regulated by this chapter, may be altered or expanded, this alteration or expansion must be approved by the Borough Council in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
(Ord. 1-2006, passed 5-8-2006) Penalty, see § 153.999