Bristol Town City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XIV
Regulation of Manufactured/Mobile Home Parks
§ 350-66 Purpose.
The purpose of the Manufactured/Mobile Home Park District is to provide opportunity for diversity in housing choices. It is also intended to provide a greater opportunity for obtaining moderate cost housing to meet the needs of a variety of household types. Finally, it is the purpose of this section to enact proper control and development regulations to insure that manufactured/mobile home parks provide an attractive and functional residential choice and environment. The Town of Bristol will entertain proposals for manufactured/mobile home park districts, provided that rezoning is consistent with the Town's Comprehensive Plan and in conformance with these regulations.
§ 350-67 Site plans required.
Rezoning for a manufactured/mobile home park shall not be approved until conceptual site plans for the park have been reviewed by the Planning Board and approved by the Town Board. No site preparation or construction shall commence until the property has been rezoned and all permits have been issued by all governmental agencies involved. This provision shall apply to the expansion or alteration of an existing manufactured/mobile home park as well as to proposals for new parks. A site plan for the establishment of a new manufactured/mobile home park or for the expansion or alteration of an existing manufactured/mobile home park shall contain all of the required data elements specified herein, plus any additional information that may be required by the Planning Board to complete its review and evaluation of the proposed plans. In the review of proposed site plans, the Planning Board's investigations shall certify for action by the Town Board that the plans comply with all standards and developments in this article.
§ 350-68 Requirements for manufactured/mobile home parks.
Any person may construct, operate and maintain a manufactured/mobile home park upon lands within the Town of Bristol in the M-H District.
Special use permits for manufactured/mobile home parks shall be limited to two years in duration, whereupon renewal may be permitted upon application to the Code Enforcement Officer. The special use permit will not be granted if violations of provisions of this section exist at the time of application or have occurred during the year immediately preceding the application. In such case, the applicant shall appear before the Zoning Board of Appeals for decision as to whether the permit shall be renewed.
Each duly licensed manufactured/mobile home park will conform to all of the following:
Each manufactured/mobile home lot will have an area of not less than 8,000 square feet.
Each manufactured/mobile home lot shall be provided with either a 120-square-foot patio of cement or concrete, four inches in depth, or a 120-square-foot wooden deck. Such patio shall not be used as a parking space, and no portion of the manufactured/mobile home shall be located on said patio.
Each entrance to the public highway will be illuminated with at least one lamp having a minimum of 10,000-lumen capacity.
Each manufactured/mobile home park will be provided with outdoor lights of the vapor type, which will be installed in such manner that no manufactured/mobile home will be more than 300 feet from any such light.
Each manufactured/mobile home must have two off-street parking spaces. Alternative parking facilities may be provided so that each manufactured/mobile home lot will have one off-street parking space with a common parking area utilized for second vehicle parking, guest parking and for delivery and service vehicles.
No boats, campers, travel trailers, recreational vehicles or unregistered and unlicensed motor vehicle shall be parked or stored at any place within a manufactured/mobile home park except in areas designated and approved for such storage as part of the site development plan approval.
Each manufactured/mobile home park will provide at least two access roads. Every roadway within a manufactured/mobile home park shall have a minimum street/pavement width of 22 feet, inclusive of a four-foot-wide walkway and a minimum right-of-way of 50 feet. (Refer to Town of Bristol Design Criteria and Construction Specifications.[1]) Internal streets will conform to the following standards:
Hammerheads shall be provided in lieu of closed-end streets.
All streets shall be constructed of blacktop or equivalent of it and will be designed, graded and leveled to permit the safe passage of emergency and service vehicles at a speed of 15 mph. Dirt or gravel roads are prohibited. All roads must be constructed to comply with the same requirements as for roads in a major subdivision.
Each street shall be named and each manufactured/mobile home lot thereon will be given a permanent number, which shall be affixed to the home and shall be visible from the street.
Every roadway within a manufactured/mobile home park will be maintained in good repair and shall be open at all times reasonably possible for travel by occupants of the park and necessary fire, police, ambulance, public utility maintenance and fuel supply vehicles. The park owner will be responsible for providing and paying the cost of such maintenance and all necessary snow removal. The provisions of this subsection will apply to existing manufactured/mobile home parks and manufactured/mobile home parks hereafter established.
Pedestrian walkways will be provided along at least one side of all interior streets. Said walkways will have a width of not less than four feet.
The roads and streets within the manufactured/mobile home park will be properly graded and constructed to insure proper drainage at all times. (Refer to Town of Bristol Design Criteria and Construction Specifications.)
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Editor's Note: Said specifications are included as an attachment to this chapter.
The owner/operator of the manufactured/mobile home park will, prior to commencing operation of the park, notify the highway department which has control and jurisdiction of any public highway abutting the park of the location of the park and request the installation of suitable traffic control and warning signs.
Within the manufactured/mobile home park, the owner/operator:
Other requirements within manufactured/mobile home parks:
No permanent additions shall be added to any manufactured/mobile home. Porches or decks will not exceed an area greater than 30% of the area of the manufactured/mobile home to which it is added.
All public utility, electric, gas, cable, television and telephone lines will be installed underground.
No manufactured/mobile home will be located on a manufactured/mobile home lot until the roadways, sanitary sewage disposal system, water supply system and storm drainage system serving said manufactured/mobile home lot have been installed in accordance with the approved site plan for the manufactured/mobile home park.
No manufactured/mobile home park will contain more than 75 manufactured/mobile home lots.
The owner or operator of each manufactured/mobile home park must set aside an area of not less than 10% of the total land included in the manufactured/mobile home park for recreational purposes. The recreational area will be equipped and maintained with safe equipment and facilities.
Each manufactured/mobile home park will provide an adequate supply of water for fire control and firefighting services. Any pond or reservoir constructed or maintained for such purposes will be completely enclosed by a fence of the chain link variety or similar type, at least six feet in height, with a suitable gate to permit entry by Fire Department officials.
Any swimming pool maintained within a manufactured/mobile home park must be enclosed by a fence of the chain link variety or similar type, not less than six feet in height with a suitable gate entrance which shall be securely locked when the pool is not in use.
All areas of the manufactured/mobile home park will be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition at all times. At least one service building will be constructed which will provide for adequate storage of all equipment, tools, and materials necessary for the maintenance of the park. All such equipment and materials will be stored within said building when they are not in use.
The owner or operator of each manufactured/mobile home park will provide space for a mailbox for each tenant who requires mail delivery.
Management of manufactured/mobile home parks:
Every manufactured/mobile home park will be under the direct management of the owner or his/her agent or representative.
Such person will operate the manufactured/mobile home park from an office located within the park.
Such person will maintain a current record of the names of all persons residing in the park. These records shall be available to any authorized person inspecting the park for compliance with these regulations.
§ 350-69 Manufactured/mobile home park penalties.
Should the Code Enforcement Officer determine that the owner of the manufactured/mobile home park is in violation of any of the provisions and regulations of § 350-68, the approval authorizing the establishment of the park will be null and void. Unless the violation is corrected within 30 days of written notification of the violations by the Code Enforcement Officer, the use of the site for a mobile home park will be discontinued. Article XIX, Penalties, will apply.