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Edison City Zoning Code

§ 37-48.7

License Required for Mobile Home Parks; Fees and Applications.

[Ord. No. O.1500-2006§ 17.85.070]
a. 
It is unlawful for any person to maintain or operate a mobile home park within the limits of the Township unless such person shall first obtain a license therefor.
b. 
Each application for such license or the annual renewal thereof shall be filed with the Division of Licenses and Inspections. The license and inspection fees shall be the sum of twenty ($20.00) dollars for each trailer space, with a minimum inspection fee of one hundred ($100.00) dollars, and the sum of fifty ($.50) cents per calendar week per occupied trailer space. The license shall expire on June 30 of each year, and the fees are expressly declared to be imposed for regulation and revenues. Any present license expiring on any other date shall have the fees prorated upon first renewal to comply with the aforesaid expiration date. All fees hereunder shall be payable in advance, except that the weekly fee per occupied trailer space shall be payable as hereinafter provided.
c. 
Each application for a transfer of a license shall be accompanied by a fee of fifty ($50.00) dollars, and no such transfer shall be made unless the mobile home park shall at the time of the application be in full and complete compliance with all the requirements of this section.
d. 
Each application for a license shall be in writing and in triplicate and shall include the name and address of the owner in fee of the tract (if the fee is vested in some person other than the applicant, a duly verified statement by that person that the applicant is authorized by him or her to construct or maintain the mobile home park and to make the application) and a map showing the exact location of the premises to be licensed certified by a licensed New Jersey engineer. Where the owner is an entity, the name and address of the principal(s) of the ownership entity shall be provided. This shall include the officers of any corporation, the members of a limited liability company, the partners of a limited partnership and the officers of a general partnership if the general partner is a corporate entity or a limited liability company. The application shall be accompanied by four (4) copies of the mobile home park plan, drawn to the same scale as the map, showing the following, either existing or as proposed:
1. 
The extent and area used for mobile home park purposes;
2. 
Roadways and driveways;
3. 
Location and dimensions of mobile home spaces;
4. 
Location and number of sanitary conveniences, including toilets, washrooms, laundries and utility rooms;
5. 
Method and plan of sewage disposal;
6. 
Method and plan of garbage removal;
7. 
Plan for water supply;
8. 
Plan for electrical lighting of mobile homes and the mobile home park, including the roadways and driveways;
9. 
Density calculations.
e. 
Licenses issued under the terms of this section convey no right to erect any building, to do any plumbing work or to do any electrical work or any other kind of work ordinarily requiring government, municipal or other permits.
f. 
It shall be the duty of the Housing Inspector or its authorized agents or assistants, to make inspections of any mobile home park at least one (1) time every two (2) years to make certain that this section is being fully complied with and that the mobile home park is also in full compliance with all the other applicable ordinances and statutes. If it is determined that there is a violation, it shall be the duty of the officer to order the violation corrected within a reasonable time, and, if not so corrected, it shall be the further duty of the officer to bring formal charges against the violator in the Municipal Court.