Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 39, September 25, 2024
The operator shall be responsible for the installation and
maintenance of park utilities, in accordance with applicable State and local
regulations or generally accepted standards. The operator shall also be
responsible for the proper connection of park utilities to each home.
(a) Water supply.
(1) Drinking water shall be adequate in
quantity, of a quality which the permit-issuing official approves as complying
with the applicable requirements of Part 5 of this Title, and shall be readily
available to occupants of the property. Nonpotable water shall not be
accessible to park occupants.
(2) A
minimum water pressure of 20 pounds per square inch shall be provided at the
riser pipe of each site at all times.
(3) A water service connection consisting of
a service box with a shut-off valve installed below the frost line and a
three-quarter inch riser pipe shall be supplied on each site. Surface drainage
shall be diverted from the connection. The park operator shall be responsible
for maintaining the shut-off and riser pipe, except where the responsibility
for the riser pipe has been transferred to the mobile home occupant by formal
written agreement. Such formal written agreement shall be available for review
by the permit-issuing official.
(4)
The riser pipe shall be provided with a watertight seal when not connected to a
home.
(b) Sewage
facilities. Facilities shall be provided and maintained for the satisfactory
treatment and/or disposal of sewage.
(1) All
sewage facilities shall be designed, constructed, and maintained in accordance
with the appropriate standards of the Departments of Health or Environmental
Conservation.
(2) No construction
of new or modified facilities shall commence until approval from the agency
having jurisdiction in writing has been received by the operator. All
construction shall be in accordance with approved plans.
(3) Each site shall be provided with a
minimum four-inch sewer pipe below the ground surface and a four-inch rise
pipe.
(4) The connecting pipe
(minimum of three-inch diameter) from the mobile home to the riser pipe shall
be noncollapsible and semirigid. All connections shall be watertight.
(5) The rise pipe shall be provided with a
watertight seal when not connected to a mobile home.
(6) Inadequately treated sewage on the
surface of the ground shall be prohibited.
(7) The operator shall be responsible for
maintaining the sewage system to include the riser pipe. The connecting pipe
shall also be the responsibility of the operator unless the responsibility has
been transferred to the mobile home occupant by formal written agreement. Such
formal written agreement shall be available for review by the permit-issuing
official.
(c) Utilities
other than water and sewage. Distribution systems for electricity, including
the mobile home service equipment and feeder assembly, gas and fuel oil shall
be in accordance with applicable State and local regulations or generally
accepted standards. The operator shall be responsible for maintaining these
systems, including the connection to each home, unless such responsibility has
been transferred to the mobile home occupant by formal written agreement. Such
formal agreement shall be available for review by the permit-issuing
official.
