The purpose of this article is to regulate mobile home parks and commercial campgrounds, to promote the health, safety and general welfare of the community and to protect and preserve the property of the Village of Norwood, County of St. Lawrence, State of New York, and its inhabitants.

In its interpretation and application, the provisions of this article are held to be minimum requirements. Whenever the requirements of this article are held in variance with the requirements of any other lawfully adopted rules and regulations, the one most restrictive or the one that imposes the higher standard shall govern.

This article shall apply to all existing and future mobile home parks and commercial campgrounds.

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to establish, maintain, operate or conduct within the Village of Norwood any mobile home park or commercial campground without obtaining a license as is hereafter provided. It shall be the owner's or operator's responsibility to see that each manufactured or mobile home unit is in compliance with this chapter.

Each application shall be filed with the Village Clerk of the Village of Norwood, who shall thereupon transmit the same to the Village Code Enforcement Officer. Such application shall indicate compliance by the applicant with the minimum park or campground requirements as established by the rules and regulations of the State Department of Health and by the Sanitary Code of the State of New York. The Code Enforcement Officer shall, after investigation, transmit the application to the Board of Trustees of the Village of Norwood, together with his written approval or recommendation pertaining thereto. All such applications, after investigation, shall be approved or rejected by the Board of Trustees, after which the applications shall be filed with the Village Clerk and the applicant notified, in writing, by the Village Clerk of the action taken thereon. If said application is rejected, the applicant shall have the right to appear before the Board of Trustees for a hearing.

The Village Clerk of the Village of Norwood, upon the written application, upon the approval of the same by the Board of Trustees and upon receipt of the fee hereinafter provided, shall issue a license to become effective from the date thereof and to continue in force through the 31st day of December next succeeding for the use of the premises therein specified as a mobile home park or commercial campground, which license shall specify the number of park units or campsites which may be used in said park or campground. No license issued pursuant to this article is transferable or assignable.

The application for a mobile home park or commercial campground shall be accompanied by an investigation fee, as set from time to time by resolution of the Board of Trustees, which shall cover five park lots or campsites, plus a sum, as set from time to time by resolution of the Board of Trustees, for each additional park lot or campsite. The amount to be paid shall cover the required investigation, and if a license is subsequently issued, said sum shall be applied on account of license fee. However, in the event that a license is not issued, the investigation fee will be retained by the Village.

Application for the renewal of any mobile home park or commercial campground license issued pursuant to this article must be filed with the Village Clerk on or before the first day of December next preceding the expiration of said license. The application shall set forth in detail any fact or facts in variation with any fact or facts set forth in the original application. The application shall state that all facts not set forth in the renewal application remain unchanged. The procedure for obtaining a renewal license shall, in all other respects, be the same as set forth above for obtaining an original license. Upon approval of said application for renewal of the license by the Board of Trustees and upon the payment of the license fee, the Village Clerk shall issue a renewal license, which shall become effective upon the expiration of the prior license and continue for a period of one year. Such renewal license shall not be transferred or assigned.

Mobile home parks or commercial campgrounds existing in the Village of Norwood on the effective date of this article will become nonconforming parks or campgrounds and shall not be subject to § 200-40, General regulations, with the exception of Subsections J, K, N, S and T, which deal expressly with state and county health and safety requirements. However, any addition, extension or enlargement of an existing park or campground shall constitute a new mobile home park or commercial campground and shall be subject to all the provisions of this article.

No structure, enclosure, addition, vestibule, added room, carport, patio roof, utility shed, outbuilding or any such building shall be constructed or placed on the parcel or added to any mobile home without a building permit first obtained from the Village Code Enforcement Officer. Park or campground owners and/or operators shall apply for any and all permits. An exception is that winter vestibules constructed for the winter season and not to remain in place over six months need no building permit. All of the aforesaid structures and/or buildings shall be constructed according to the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code.

Plans for all entrances to mobile home parks and commercial campgrounds to public highways shall be approved by the St. Lawrence County Highway Superintendent and the New York State Department of Transportation.

The licensee shall, at all times, allow such persons as the Code Enforcement Officer, Board of Trustees member, Health Department Officer, police and/or any other authorized person to enter the park or campground to make any inspections as would be in the best interest of the Village.

The Board of Trustees may revoke any license to maintain and operate a park or campground when the licensee has been found guilty by a court of competent jurisdiction of violating any provision of this article. After the conviction and revocation, the license may be reissued within six months if the circumstances leading to the conviction have been remedied and the park or campground is operated and maintained in full compliance with this article, and provided that the license fee is paid.

This article does not repeal or impair conditions legally now existing or permits and licenses previously issued.

The issuance of a license shall not waive compliance with other statutes or laws. The issuance of a license pursuant to the provisions of this article shall not be deemed to waive compliance by the holder thereof, by the property owner or by an occupant of any mobile home with any statute of the State of New York or health regulations of the County of St. Lawrence. It shall be the owner's or operator's responsibility to see that each home unit is in compliance with this article.