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Dundee Village City Zoning Code

ARTICLE IX

Manufactured Housing Park

[Amended 10-8-2024 by L.L. No. 2-2025[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: This local law also changed the article title from "Mobile Homes" to "Manufactured Housing Park."

§ 138-43 General regulations.

[Amended 5-23-1989 by L.L. No. 2-1989; 9-14-2021 by L.L. No. 2-2021]
A. 
Manufactured housing parks (hereinafter referred to as "Parks") are allowed in zoning districts of the Village where they are a permitted use or a special use.
B. 
Manufactured housing parks shall comply with the following:
(1) 
Site plan approval is required.
(2) 
Parks shall be located where orderly development can be undertaken in harmony with development of the surrounding area in terms of traffic generation, ease and safety of vehicular access to and circulation within the park, safety of pedestrian movement, location of structures, adequacy of off-street parking, placement and sizing of sewage treatment and water supply systems and other utilities, safety of fuel storage and supply, provision of open space, recreation facilities or areas, delivery service and adequacy of landscaping and buffering.
(3) 
Parks shall be free from adverse, unsafe or unhealthful conditions including but not limited to flooding, ponding, poor drainage, erosion, slumping or other soil instability, breeding areas for insects or rodents, smoke, noise, odors, heat, glare or toxic or volatile substances.
(4) 
Parks shall be a minimum of five acres in size.
(5) 
Parks shall be divided (exclusive of internal roads, open space or common areas) and marked off into sites numbered consecutively, the number being conspicuously posted on each site with such number to correspond to the site shown on the site plan submitted.
(6) 
Each home site shall be a minimum of 9,000 square feet, and be at least 70 feet wide and be at least 125 feet in depth.
(7) 
All manufactured homes, including expansions, extensions or other additions thereto, patios, porches and/or garages and all other structures shall satisfy the following setback requirements:
(a) 
Minimum of 100 feet from the road line of any public road.
(b) 
Minimum of 30 feet from the center line of any internal road.
(c) 
Minimum of 10 feet from all side and rear site lines.
(8) 
No site, internal road, parking lot, recreation area or storage facility for fuels, supplies or equipment shall be located within 25 feet of external boundaries of the park.
(9) 
Access roads and entrances:
(a) 
Access roads connecting internal roads with public roads shall be required to serve any park having three or more homes, at least two independent access roads shall be required to service any park having 20 or more mobile homes.
(b) 
Access roads shall intersect public roads at right angles and at compatible grades. Access road rights-of-way shall be at least 30 feet wide, 20 feet of which must be of durable surface of a twelve-inch depth.
(c) 
Access roads shall be at least 75 feet in length from the intersection with public roads.
(d) 
Entrances shall be located directly opposite or at least 200 feet from the nearest intersection of public roads, if any, and at least 150 feet from any other entrances to the park, if any.
(e) 
Entrances shall have sufficient width to allow reasonable turning movements of vehicles with manufactured homes attached and of service and delivery vehicles.
(f) 
Entrances shall be located so as to allow safe line-of-sight distances to and from their points of intersection with the public road.
(10) 
Internal roads.
(a) 
Internal roads shall be privately owned and maintained and shall provide for safe and convenient movement of vehicles.
(b) 
All sites shall face on and be serviced by internal roads.
(c) 
All internal roads shall be provided with durable surface of either blacktop, gravel, or concrete and shall be designed, graded and leveled so as to permit the safe passage of emergency and other vehicles at a speed not exceeding 10 miles per hour.
(d) 
Cul-de-sacs shall be provided in lieu of closed end roads, with turnaround having diameter of at least 90 feet.
(e) 
All internal roads shall have a minimum 30 foot right-of-way, 16 feet of which must be of durable surface.
(11) 
Recreational areas and open space. Easily accessible and usable open spaces shall be provided in all parks. Such open space shall have a total area equal to at least 15% of the gross land area of the park and shall be fully maintained by the park owner. Part or all of such space shall be in the form of developed recreation areas to be usable for active recreation purposes.
(12) 
Walkways. A four foot wide hard surfaced pedestrian walkway shall be provided along and at least five feet from each access road between the entrance to the public highway and either the first unit or such location within the park as may be required by the Planning Board to assure pedestrian safety.
(13) 
Water supply and sewage disposal. Systems shall be designed and constructed in compliance with all New York State Health Department and Environmental Conservation Department requirements as well as the Fire Prevention, Building Code and Conservation Code of the State of New York.
(14) 
Fuel.
(a) 
All fuel oil and propane tanks shall be placed at the rear of manufactured homes and located in compliance with the NYS Fire Prevention and Building Code.
(b) 
Supports or racks for fuel oil tanks shall be of a non-combustible material.
(15) 
Liquefied gas (propane).
(a) 
Systems shall be provided with safety devices to relieve excessive pressures and shall be installed so that the discharge terminates at a safe location.
(b) 
Systems shall have at least one accessible means for shutting off gas. This means shall be located outside of homes.
(c) 
All liquid propane gas piping shall be well supported and protected against mechanical damage.
(d) 
Storage tanks shall not be less than 100 pounds.
(e) 
Supports or racks for gas storage tanks shall be of a non-combustible material.
(16) 
Park office. The owner or manager of a park shall maintain an office in the immediate vicinity of the park and/or provide readily available information to contact such office.
(17) 
Service buildings. Service buildings, if provided, housing sanitation facilities and/or laundry shall be permanent structures complying with all applicable New York State Laws and Regulations related to buildings, electrical installations, plumbing and sanitation systems. All service buildings and the grounds of the park shall be well lit.
(18) 
Screening. The entire park shall be screened from the view of adjacent properties and roadways by the planting of shrubbery. Such shrubbery shall be of a species suitable to the Planning Board and shall mature to at least eight feet in height. Screening shall be permanent. Any damaged or dead screening shrubbery shall be replaced as soon as is seasonably practicable.
(19) 
The park operator/owner shall operate the park in compliance with the standards set forth in this article and shall provide adequate supervision to maintain the park, its common grounds, roads, facilities and equipment in good repair and in a clean and sanitary condition.
(20) 
The park operator/owner shall place or supervise the placement of manufactured home on its pad or foundation which includes ensuring its stability by securing all tie-downs and installing all utility connections.
(21) 
The park operator/owner shall maintain a register containing the names and contact information for all occupants.
(22) 
The park occupant shall be responsible for the maintenance of his/her home and any appurtenances thereto, and shall keep all yard space on their site in a neat and sanitary condition.
(23) 
A list of operator and occupant responsibilities shall be posted in the park office and made available to occupants.
(24) 
Recreational vehicles shall not be used for residential purposes, whether permanently or temporarily, in the park.
(25) 
All receptacles, including cans and dumpsters, shall be kept in a sanitary condition at all times. It shall be the responsibility of the park owner/operator to ensure that garbage and rubbish shall be collected and properly disposed of outside the park. All areas of the park shall be maintained free from organic and inorganic material that might become a health, accident or fire hazard.
(26) 
No additions shall be made to a manufactured home except a canopy and/or porch open on three sides, a private garage, or an addition constructed in compliance with the Fire Prevention, Building Code and Conservation Code of the State of New York.

§ 138-44 through § 138-45. (Reserved) [1]

[1]
Editor’s Note: Former § 138-44, Additions, as amended 5-23-1989 by L.L. No. 2-1989, and § 138-45, Mobile homes not located in mobile home parks, were repealed 10-8-2024 by L.L. No. 2-2025.