Fort Edward, N.Y., Code of Ordinances ch. 71 (eCode360 ed. 2026) § 71-6

A. Site. The park shall be located on a well-drained site where soil conditions are suitable and shall be properly graded. Brush shall be cleared from the site so as to reduce fire hazard. The park shall be at least 20 acres in size, with 100 or more feet of frontage on a public road, with 100 feet of setback from said road, and properly landscaped subject to state and local laws. B. Mobile home lots. Each mobile home park shall be marked off into mobile home lots, and each lot shall be numbered. Each mobile home lot shall have an area of not less than 15,000 square feet. C. Mobile home. No mobile home shall be parked or otherwise located nearer than a distance of: (1) At least 70 feet to an adjacent mobile home in any direction. (2) At least 75 feet from a mobile home park property line. (3) At least 100 feet from a public street or highway. (4) At least 25 feet to the nearest edge of any roadway located within the mobile home park. D. Accessibility. (1) Each mobile home park and each unit in such park shall be easily accessible from an existing public highway. Where a mobile home park has more than six mobile homes, two points of entry and two points of exit from one or more public roads or streets must be provided. Two combination entry/exit points, each having separate entry and exit lanes of at least standard size, shall be permissible. (2) All entrances and exits shall be at right angles or nearly so to the public highways and designed for the safe and convenient movement into and out of the park. (3) All entrances and exits shall be free of any obstruction which would impede the visibility of the driver on the public highway or street. (4) Each park shall have improved streets for the convenient access to all mobile home lots and other facilities. (a) Streets shall be built to meet Town and county specifications, as applicable. (b) The street system shall be designed to permit safe and convenient vehicle circulation within the park. (c) Streets shall intersect at right angles or nearly so or shall be a design acceptable to the Planning Board. (d) All streets shall have two-way traffic, meeting Town standards and regulations, and shall have traffic-calming features. (e) Except in cases of emergency, no parking shall be allowed on such streets. (f) All streets within the mobile home park shall remain as private roads and all maintenance and repair of them shall be the park owner's responsibility. E. Parking: At least two off-street parking spaces shall be provided on each mobile home lot, and each parking space shall have a minimum width of nine feet and length of 20 feet. Additional off-street parking spaces shall be provided for guests and delivery and service vehicles. The surface of parking spaces shall be crushed stone or concrete or asphalt paving. F. Utilities and service facilities. The following utilities and service facilities shall be provided prior to the occupancy of any lots by mobile homes within such development, which shall be in accordance with the regulation and requirements of the New York State Department of Health: (1) An adequate supply of potable water for drinking and domestic purposes shall be supplied by pipes to all mobile homes and facilities in the park. Each site shall be provided with proper and sanitary water connections. (2) Each mobile home shall be provided with a sewer to receive the waste from such home. The sewer shall be connected to a public sewer system or code-compliant private sewer system approved by the Department of Health so as not to present a health hazard. Sewer connections in unoccupied lots shall be scaled to prevent the emission of any odors. Septic systems serving individual mobile home lots shall not be permitted. (3) Garbage, trash and rubbish shall be disposed of as necessary. The owner or operator of the mobile home park shall be responsible for arranging for the regularly scheduled pick-up and removal of such wastes from the park, the frequency of which shall be often enough to prevent any accumulations which might cause health, insect, pest or animal problems, or which might be unsightly. A park owner or operator is encouraged to consider establishing consolidated or centralized trash facilities within the park to minimize the potential for such problems. (4) No community laundry facilities shall be permitted in any mobile home park unless suitable plans for waste disposal have been approved by the New York State Department of Health. (5) Each mobile home lot shall be provided with weatherproof electric service connections and outlets which are a type approved by the New York State Board of Fire Underwriters. (6) Mailboxes for park residents shall be at one location or shall be consolidated at as few locations as reasonably practicable, and shall be in conformity with the regulations of the U.S. Postal Service. G. Recording. The owner or operator of each mobile home park shall keep a written record of all persons renting mobile home lots within such park and/or occupying the mobile homes located within such park. This record shall be available as to each such renter and/or occupant for a period of at least three years after termination of tenancy and/or occupancy. H. Mobile home construction. (1) The roof cannot be a flat roof or "shed" roof. (2) The mobile home must be at least 20 feet wide and must bear the seal of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. (3) The wheel-tongue shall be removed within 30 days of placement on site within a mobile home park. (4) Each mobile home shall be set upon a foundation constructed as follows: (a) The frost walls of the foundation shall extend a minimum of 48 inches below grade and a maximum of 24 inches above grade as measured from the lowest point of grade immediately surrounding the mobile home. (b) Material: Masonry block, mortared in place, minimum block width of eight inches on poured reinforced concrete slab, and/or poured concrete foundation. (5) All building practices shall conform to standard engineering procedures and all applicable federal, state and local laws, codes, rules, regulations and requirements.