Montclair Municipal Code Art. III Operation and Maintenance Regulations

It is unlawful for any person to rent, or hold out for rent, any mobile home in a mobile home park which is owned by, or in the possession or control of, the owner or operator of the mobile home park or his or her agent. The rental paid for any such mobile home shall also be deemed to be rental for the space it occupies. In addition, such use of mobile homes shall conform to the provisions of the zoning regulations of the City. Individual rentals shall be limited no one-year time limits. It is unlawful for any person to place a mobile home on property not designated as a mobile home park by the Planning Commission.

(Ord. 99-791 Exh. A (part); prior code § 9-8.201)

The owner or operator of every mobile home park shall maintain in a conspicuous location in or adjacent to the mobile home park office a copy of the approved plot plan of the mobile home park with each site designated by a number or such other consecutive or systematic means of identification.

(Prior code § 9-8.202)

Dogs, cats or other pets shall not be permitted to run at large in a mobile home park. Barnyard animals or poultry shall be permitted in any mobile home park subject to special animal permits.

(Prior code § 9-8.203)

All mobile home parks shall have fire protection and prevention facilities developed in accordance with City standards.

(Prior code § 9-8.204)

Public address systems or loudspeakers shall not be permitted in mobile home parks if audible outside the boundaries of the mobile home park.

(Prior code § 9-8.205)

A. Every mobile home park operated or maintained in the City shall have a caretaker on duty at all times who shall be responsible for maintaining within the mobile home park all of the provisions of this title governing the operation and maintenance of mobile home parks.

B. Each mobile home park shall maintain an office in which shall be kept a park register and the approved plot plan and permit to operate the mobile home park which shall be readily visible to anyone entering the office.

C. It shall be the duty of the owner or operator or the person in charge of the mobile home park to:

1. Keep a register of all persons staying in the mobile home park, together with their home addresses, the date of arrival, the license number of the mobile home and automobile, the name of the state in which the automobile and mobile home are licensed, the year for which they are licensed, the mobile home site to which they are assigned, and the date of departure;

2. Maintain the mobile home park in a clean, orderly, and sanitary condition at all times;

3. Require that any and all plumbing fixtures in use in any mobile home be kept properly connected to the proper connections in the park plumbing system and ascertain that all sewer connections not in use are properly capped or plugged airtight; and

4. Require all garbage and rubbish to be deposited in proper containers and provide for the emptying, cleaning and replacing of containers as required.

D. All rental regulations and park standards shall be approved by the Planning Department and shall be consistent with the intent and purpose of this title as well as other applicable sections of this Code.

(Prior code § 9-8.206)