ARTICLE 7

MANUFACTURED HOUSING PARKS

7.0     MANUFACTURED HOUSING PARKS

For the purposes of encouraging the preservation of open space, promoting a more efficient use of land in harmony with its natural features within the general intent of this ordinance, providing for lower cost housing, and to protect and promote the health, safety, convenience and general welfare of the inhabitants of the town, the owner(s) of a tract of land situated within the residential or rural districts, in conjunction with the establishment of a manufactured housing park, may make application to the Planning Board for site review to enable manufactured housing to be sited on ½ acre lots provided that community water and sewerage be provided and maintained by the park owner, and further provided that the total acreage required shall not be reduced from that which would have been required had the density remained at a minimum of one manufactured housing site per the lot size requirements for the appropriate zone.  The site plan of any manufactured housing park must be reviewed and approved by the Planning Board.

Manufactured housing parks may be permitted in the districts as shown in Article 5.3 of this ordinance, subject to the following conditions:

A.      Application for a permit to operate a new manufactured housing park or to expand an existing one shall require approval of the park design by the Planning Board.

B.      Prior to establishment of a manufactured housing park, a permit must be obtained from the Selectmen.

C.      The Board of Selectmen shall prescribe the fee for such a permit sufficient in amount to cover the entire administrative cost incurred in processing the permit.  Permits granted for the establishment, enlargement or operation of a manufactured housing park shall not be transferable.

D.      Any manufactured housing park permit may be revoked by the Selectmen if, after investigation, it is established that the permittee has violated any of the provisions of the ordinance, or that the manufactured housing park is being maintained in an unsanitary or unsightly manner.




E.    The minimum area of a manufactured housing park shall be ten
(10) acres, with a minimum frontage of 300 feet.  Tracts shall abut a state or town maintained road, or provide direct access to a state or town maintained road or street through an improved and permanently maintained private street or way which meets town standards.

F.      A manufactured housing park shall comprise a single contiguous parcel of property.