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VILLAGE OF GOLD RIVER
Bylaw No. 374
A bylaw to regulate and govern
mobile home parks in the Village
of Gold River, prescribing the
standard of building, and providing
for regulations, enforcement
procedure and penalties.
The Municipal Council of the Village of Gold River, in open
meeting assembled, enacts as follows:
INTERPRETATION
This Bylaw may be cited as the "Village of Gold River Mobile Home
Park Bylaw No. 374, 1988."
In this Bylaw unless t he context otherwise requires:
"approval " means approval in writing;
"buffer area" means the buffer area described in Section 6;
"floor area" means an area on any story of a building or mobile
home which is occupied or intended for occupancy; floor area shall
not be considered as ir.cluding exits, or attic, crawl or duct
spaces;
"household" means a person or group of persons occupying one
dwelling;
"independent mobile home" means a mobile home equipped with a
water closet and a bathtub or shower, waste from both of which may
be disposed of directly into a sewer;
"licensee" means any person licensed to operate and maintain a
moble home park under the provisions of this Bylaw;
"medical health officer" means the Provincial Medical Health
Officer appointed under the "Health Act" for the territorial
jurisdiction of the area in which a mobile home park is located;
"mobile home" means a structure manufactured as a unit having no
foundations other than wheels, jacks, or skirtings, intended to be
occupied in a place other than that of its manufacture, and so
designed or constructed as to permit occupancy for dwelling or
sleeping purposes, pursuant to C.S. A.224O or A-277 as the case may
be.
"mobile home area" means that part of a mobile home park used
primaril y for installed mobile homes, permissible additions and
which is not used for buffer area, roadways, owner's residential
pl ot, the procuring ant treatment of water, collective sewage
treatment, effluent disposal from a collective sewage treatment
pl ant, garbage disposal, or service buildings;
"exit" means that part of a means of egress which leads from the
floor area it serves, including any doorway leading directly from
a floor area to another floor area, a public thoroughfare or an
approved open space;
"exit, access to" means that part of a means of.egress within a
floor area which provides access to an exit sei~ing the floor
area;
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"means of egress" means a doorway, hallway, corridor, lobby,
stair, ramp or other facility or combination thereof, provided for
the escape of persons from a building, mobile home, floor area, or
room to a public thoroughfare or other approved open spaces; means
of egress includes exits and access to exits;
"mobile home park" means any site, lot, field or tract of land
upon which two or more occupied mobile homes are located, either
free of charge or for revenue purposes, and shall include any
building, structure or enclosure used or intended for use as part
of the equipment of such mobile home park;
"mobile home space" or "space" means an area of land for the
installation of one mobile home and situated within a mobile home
area;
"owner" means an owner, agent, lessor, manager, or any person who
operates a mobile home park;
"person" means any individual, firm, trust, partnership,
association or corporation;
"potable water" means water which is approved for drinking
purposes by the Medical Health Officer;
"roadway" means an allowance within a mobile home park part or all
of which is made suitable for normal vehicular use so vehicles can
gain access t o abutting spaces;
"village" means the Village of Gold River.
I.ADMINISTRATION
A.
The Building Inspector or such other person appointed by the
Council shall administer this Bylaw.
B.
Persons appointed under subsection (1) may enter any building
or premises at any reasonable time for the purpose of
administering or enforcing this Bylaw. It shall be unlawful
for any person to prevent or obstruct any of such officials
from carrying out their duties under this Bylaw.
2.APPLICATION
All plumbing, building, or alteration to any structure in any
mobile home park shall comply with the regulations and bylaws and
amendments thereto in force in the Village of Gold River.
No person shall establish, construct, al ter, or subdivide a mobile
home park contrary to the provisions of the bylaw.
3.GENERAL PROVISIONS
A.
All additions or extensions t o a mobile home shall be of
similar construction and finish as the mobile home.
B.
(i)
a mobile home in a mobile home park shall not be located
elsewhere than on a mobile home space.
(ii)
No building, erection, or structure, or alteration or
modification, of any building, erection or structure,
shall be constructed or placed within a mobile home space
except as provided by the bylaw.
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(iii) No part of any installed mobile home shall be permitted
on or over any part of the yards required under section
4 G of this bylaw.
C.
A copy of the plan required in clause (iv) of section 4 and a
copy of the mobile home park provisions shall be posted
permanently and prominently in a prot ected place for the
reference of the mobile home park residents.
D.
No person shall locate a mobile home park except on a well
drai ned site that is above high water line and at all times is
free of stagnant pools and graded for rapid dr ainage.
The site
shall have a minimum frontage on any road, street or highway of
150 feet (45 .72m) and shall be a minimum area of three acres
(1 . 21 ha) .
E.
All parcels of land included in a mobile home park site shall
have at least one common boundar y with one or more other
parcels of land comprising t he said mobile home park site .
F.
All installed mJbile homes shall be restrained from moving .
G.
No person shall
(i) Locate , establish, construct, alter, subdivide, or
operate a mobile home park; or
(ii) cause or allow a mobile home to be parked or to remain in
a mobile home park
in contravention of the regulations as provided in this bylaw.
H.
Mobile homes shall not be used as dwellings on any parcel of
land other than provided in this bylaw.
I .
No person shall connect a mobile home to a water or sewer
system unless the mobile home has a plumbing system designed
and installed pursuant to regulations and bylaws or amendments
thereto in force in the Village.
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Spaces or mobile homes shall be numbered in a logical order
with letters or numerals, a minimum of 4 inches ( 10.2 cm) in
height , plainly visible from the front of each said area.
4.PLANS AND LAYOUT SPECIFICATIONS
A.
No person shall establish, construct , alter, or subdivide a
mobile home park until appr oval of plans and specifications is
received from the Buil ding Inspector, or such other person
appointed by the Council to administer this bylaw.
B.
All applications for approval of plans and specifications
shall be made in writing and contain :
(i)
the name and address of the applicant;
(ii) the intended use of the land;
(iii) a popular understandable description of the loca tion of
the l and and the l egal description of the land on which
the proposed mobile home park is to be constructed,
altered , or extended;
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(iv)
two complete and legible sets of plans to scale showing:
(a)
the area dimensions and legal description of the
site;
(b)
the dimensions and location of the buffer area;
(c)
the number, location, dimensions and designation of
all mobile home spaces, the location and dimensions
of all required yards, roads, recreation areas and
the owner's residential plot;
(d)
the dimensioned location of all service buildings,
the owner's residence and other structures;
(e)
the i nternal layouts of all service buildings and
other structures apart from the owner's dwelling;
(f) the l ocation and details of the water distribution
lines and outlets;
(g )
t he location and details of the storm drain systems;
(h)
the location and details of all connections to the
sewer and sewer lines;
(i)
the location and detail s of all on site garbage and
r efuse disposal areas;
(j) a north arrrow and notation of the scales used.
C.
The application and all accompanying plans and specifications
shall be filed in triplicate.
One copy shall be referred to
the Medical Health Officer and one to the Building Inspector.
No building permit shall be issued unl ess and until there is
recorded upon the application, or attached to it, the report
of the Medical Health Officer t hat the plans of the park and
all facilities in conformance with the provisions of the
Public Health Act and any Municipal bylaw relating thereto and
the report of the Building Inspector that all buildings or
plans therefor are not contrary to any Municipal bylaw.
D.
If an application for a permit to construct or to make
alterations to a mobile home park is declined by the Village,
the Building Inspector shall so stati in writing, giving the
reason or reasons for declining the application. If the
objections can be corrected, the applicant may amend the
application and re-submit it for approval.
E.
Mobile home parks shall be located in the Village in
accordance with the Zoning Bylaw and amendments thereto.
F.
Mobile home spaces shall be provided, consisting of a minimum
of two thousand, eight hundred (2,800) square feet (260.12
metres) for each space which shall be at least forty (40) feet
(12.19 metres) wide.
G.
The boundaries of all mobile home spaces shall be clearly
defined and permanently marked on the ground.
H.
Roadways within the mobile home park shall have a minimum
width of thirty (30) feet (9.15 metres).
I.
All roadways shall be hard surfaced to a minimum width of
twenty (20) feet (6.10 metres).
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J.
All mobile homes shall abut upon a roadway of not less than
thirty (30) feet (9.15 metres) in width, which shall have
unobstructed access to a public street, road, or highway.
K.
All driveways within the park shall be Dust-Proofed and
lighted at night with electric lamps of not less than
twenty-five (25) watts at each space.
L.
All mobile home spaces shall abut upon a driveway of not less
than twelve (12) feet (3.66 metres) in width where the driveway
is a single carriageway and not less than twenty (20) feet
(6.10 metres) in width where the driveway is a dual
carriageway; such driveway shall have unobstructed access
to a public street, road, or highway.
M.
The electrical suppl y facilities of the mobile home park shall
have adequate capacity to serve the maximum connected load,
subject to a demand factor determined by inspection authority
havi ng jurisdiction.
N.
Every mobile home park shall have set aside an open space
preserved and maintained as common recreation space, in accordance
with the following table:
No. of Trailor Spaces
Required Area of Recreation Space
1 - 5
None
6 - 10
5,000 sq. feet
(464.5 sq metres)
11 - 25
10,000 sq. feet (929.0 sq metres)
26 - 50
1/2 acre (.202 ha)
51 - 100
1 acre (.404 ha) ,
Over 100
1 acre (.404 ha) plus additional
10 ,000 sq feet (929.0 sq metres)
for 20 trailer spaces or fraction
thereof above 100.
O.
Adjacent to each mobile home space there shall be a hard
surfaced, gravelled or wooden sidewalk not less than four (4) feet
(1.22 metres) i n width providing access to all service
buildings, recreation area and public streets which sidewalks
shall be adequately lighted at night.
P.
The owner (or licensee) of a mobile home park shall not allow
to be parked within the park a number of mobile homes greater than
the number of mobile home spaces within the park.
Q.
The owner (or licensee) of a mobile home park shall provide
sufficient area for the parking of at least one motor vehicle for
each trailer space.
5. PLACEMENT OF MOBILE HOMES AND PERMISSIBLE ADDITIONS
A.
Within a mobile home area no part of any mobile home or any
permissible addition shall be:
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(v)
on land that is not level and kept free from drainage
from adjacent l and;
closer than twenty (20) feet (6.10 metres) to any other
mobile home or permissible addition;
within ten (10) feet (3.05 metres) of any buffer area;
within twenty (20) feet (6.10 metres) of any building;
allowed to project over t he boundary of any mobile home
area.
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B.
One level easily accessible car parking space shall be
provided near each mobile home.
In addition, for every four
(4) mobile homes, one (1) additional ·parking space shall be
provided.
C.
No additions to mobile homes are permitted, except;
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
skirtings, but only if an easily removable access panel
of a minimum width of four (4) feet (1.22 metres)
provides access to the area enclosed by the skirtings;
carports;
shelters against sun or rain (ramadas);
vestibules or a maximum size of thirty (30) square feet
(2.79 metres); rooms (cabanas) added to a mobile home;
provided that any such added room shall have an exit or
access to exit other than through the mobile home, and
further, that any such additional room is not used as an
exit or access to exit from any mobi le home; to a
maximum of 50% of the floor area of the mobile home;
area of the mobile home;
provided in al l cases that the means of egress from the mobile
home or additional room is not restricted or diminished by any
part of the addition.
All foundations for the support of mobile homes or
alterations, or modifications of any building, erection or
structure shall be designed and installed in accordance with
the B.C. Building Code.
6.
BUFFER AREA
A.
Every mobile home park shall have immediately within all its
boundaries a buffer area a minimum of twenty-five (25) feet
(7.62 metres) in depth which shall be used solely for
screening and landscaping and within which:
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(v)
no recreation, amenity, or service areas, except for
waterfront recreation or amenity areas, may be located;
no mobile home area nor an owner's residential plot may
be located ;
no building or structure may be erected or placed except
a sign which may only be placed within twenty-five (25)
feet (7.62 metres) of any highway, and a fence, and a
wall;
no garbage disposal area shall be located;
except where danger is involved no plant material may be
removed nor may any substance of which land is composed
be deposi ted or removed, except as a part of a recogniz-
able beautification scheme.
B.
The only roads permittted in the buffer area are those which
cross it as cl ose to right angles as practicable and connect
directly with the road system contained within the remainder
of the mobile home park.
No road shall traverse the buffer
area and give direct access from any public highway to any
space.
7.0WNER'S RESIDENTIAL PLOT
An owner's residential plot shall be permitted within a mobile
home park if the area of the plot is not l ess than thirty-five
hundred (3,500) square feet (325.15 sq. metres).
The owner's residential plot shall abut a roadway of a minimum
width of thirty (30) feet (9.15 metres).
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8.WATER SUPPLY
Potable water shall be distributed to:
(i) each space that is designated for an independent mobile
home;
(ii) fire hydrandts shall be located not more than 150 metres
apart nor more than 100 metres from a mobile home .
Each mobile home space shall be provided with a frost free
water tap at least four (4) inches (10 .2 cm) above the ground.
9.
SEWER SYSTEMS AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL
The owner (or licensee) of a mobile home park shall provide
for t he disposal of all waste water and of all body wastes that
are generated within the mobile home park by providing a sewer
system connected to all plumbing fixtures and sewer laterals i n
the mobile home park .
This sewer system shall be designated in
accordance with the plumbing regulations and bylaws or amendments
thereto in effect in the Village and shall discharge into the
Vi llage sewer system in compliance with all applicable bylaws.
Each mobile home space shall be provided with a trapped sewer
at least four (4) inches (10. 2 cm) in diameter , which shall be
connected to receive the waste from the shower , bath tub , flush
toilet, hand basin , and kitchen sink of the mobile home placed in
such space and having any or all such facilities .
The trapped
sewer in each space shall be connected to discharge the mobile
home waste in the Village sewer system in compliance with all
applicable bylaws or amendments thereto in force in t he Village.
10 . GARBAGE DISPOSAL
Metal garbage cans wi th tight fitting covers shall be provided
in quanities adequate to permit disposal .of all garbage and
rubbish .
The cans shal l be kept in sanitary condition at all times.
Garbage and r ubbish shall be collected and disposed of in
accordance with the r egulations and bylaws in for ce in the
Village.
The owner (or licensee) of a mobile home park shall arrange
for the disposal of all garbage or refuse pursuant to the
regulations and bylaws or amendments thereto in effect in the
Village.
11 . FIRE PROTECTION
A.
The :
(i) installation and maintenace of all oil burners and oil
burning equipment and appliances using inflammable liquids
as fuel ; and
(ii) the storage and disposal of inflammable liquids and
oils ; and
(iii) the installation, maintenace, carriage and use of
compressed gas systems
shall be in accordance with the Regulations of the Fire
Marshal's Act or Gas Act as appropriate.
B.
Every mobile home park shal l be kept free of inflammable
debris and rubbish .
C.
Fires shall be made only in stoves, incinerators or other
equipment designed for t hat purpose and approved by the
Building Inspector .
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D.
Skirting of mobile homes is permissible but such skirting
shall not permanently attach the mobile home to the ground,
provide harbourage for rodents or create fire hazard.
E.
No open fires shall be permitted at any place which would
endanger life or property.
No fires shall be left unattended
at any place.
F.
The owner (or licensee) shall instruct all his employees
in the use of the mobile home park fire protection equipment
and shall assign specific duties to each employee in the event
of fire.
G.
The owner (or licensee) shall post, in a conspicuous place
within the park, the address and telephone number of the
Fire Department, Ambulance, Police and Doctor.
H.
The owner (or licensee) shall inform all tenants of the
burning rules and regulations and oil and L.P. gas
application re~uirements pursuant to the Fire Marshal's
Act.
(i) fire hydrants shall be located not more than 150
metres apart nor more than 100 metres from a mobile home.
(ii) fire hydrants shall be so located to be effectively
connected to fire department apparatus.
(iii) each hydrandt shall be connected to a water main of a
minimum diameter of six (6) inches (15.24 cm).
12. SUPERVISION
The owner (or licensee) shall maintain all grounds, buildings,
and equipment in or on the mobile home park in a clean, tidy,
safe and sanitary condition.
The owner (or licensee) shall maintain in good repair and
appearance all sanitary facilities and appliances in or on the
mobile home park.
The owner (or licensee) shall at all times keep the mobile
home park, it's facilities and equipment in a clean, orderly, and
sanitary condition. The owner (or licensee) shall be answerable,
for the violation of any of the provisions of this bylaw.
13. REGISTRATION
A.
The owner (or licensee) shall at all times keep a register
containing a record of all mobile home owners and occupants
located within the park.
The register shall contain the
following information:
(i) t he name and address of the owner of each mobile
home,
(ii) the name and address of each mobile home occupant;
(iii) the make, model, year and licence number of each
mobile home;
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(iv)
the province, state, territory, or country issuing
such licences;
(v)
the date of arrival and of departure of each mobile
home.
B.
The owner (or licencee) shall keep the register available
for inspection at all times by law enforcement officers,
public health officers, and other officials whose duties
necessitate the acquisition of the information contained in
the register. The register record for each occupant
registered shall not be destroyed for a period of seven years
following the date of departure of the registrant from the
park.
14. MOBILE HOME PARK LICENCE
The annual licence fee for a mobile home park shall be as
set out in Business Licence or amendments thereto.
The Village may revoke any licence to maintain and operate
a mobile home park when the licencee has been found guilty by
a court of competent jurisdiction of violating any provisions
of this bylaw.
After such conviction, the licence may be
reissued if the circumstances leading to conviction have been
remedied and the mobile home park is being maintained and
operated in full compliance with the bylaws of the Village.
The licence certificate shall be conspicuously posted in
the office on the premises of the mobile home park at all
times.
15. VERMIN CONTROL
The owner (or licensee) of a mobile home park shall take
adequate steps to exterminate vermin and keep the mobile home park
free therefrom.
16. ANIMALS AND PETS
No owner or person in charge of any dog, cat, or other pet
animal shall permit it to run at large or commit any nuisance
within the limits of any mobile home park.
17. ENFORCEMENT
No person shall establish, construct, alter, or subdivide a
mobile home park contrary to the provisions of this bylaw.
No person shall allow or cause the public or any member of the
public to use a mobile home park for the installation of a mobile
home for storage, living, or sleeping purposes unless the
furnishings, facilities, installations, and equipment of the
mobile home and mobile home park are in accordance with the
regulations contained in this bylaw.
No person shall allow or cause the public or any member of the
public to park or leave parked a mobile home in a mobile home park
unless the furnishing, facilities, and equipment of the mobile
home park are in accordance with this bylaw.
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Every person who does any act or permits any act to be done in
contravention of this bylaw, or who neglects or refrains from
doing anything required t o be done by any of the provisions of
this bylaw, is quilty of an offence, and is liable upon summar y
conviction , to a penalty of not more than two thousand dollars
($2,000.00) for each such offence .
Each day during which
such violation is continued shall be deemed to constitute a new
and separate offence.
18. SEPARABILITY OF PROVISIONS
Should any section of this bylaw be declared i nvalid , such
decision shall not affect t he validity of the remaining portions
of this bylaw.
19. EFFECTIVE DATE
RECONSIDERED, PASSED AND FINALLY ADOPTED by the Municipal
Council , and signed by the Mayor and Clerk and SEALfJ) with
Corporate Seal, all on the
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