Hoosick, N.Y., Code of Ordinances ch. 266 (eCode360 ed. 2026) § 266-10

NOTE: Asterisk (*) denotes requirements also applicable to trailer camps. A. *Every mobile home park shall be at least 10 acres in size and shall be located in an area where grades and soil conditions are suitable for use as mobile home sites, providing rapid drainage and free at all times from stagnant pools of water. The park shall conform to recommendations or requirements set forth in any land use laws; zoning requirements; and state, county and local laws which affect the siting of mobile home parks. B. Every mobile home park shall be marked off into designated mobile home lots, with the total not to exceed five per gross acre. Each lot shall have a total area of not less than 6,000 square feet with no boundary line thereof less than 60 feet in length. C. Location requirements; skirting and utility specifications. (1) No mobile home shall be parked or otherwise located other than on a mobile home stand which shall not be nearer than a distance of: (a) Thirty feet from an adjacent mobile home in any direction. (b) Fifty feet from an adjacent property line (park boundary). (c) One hundred feet from the right-of-way of any public street or highway. (d) Twenty feet from the nearest edge of any right-of-way boundary of any street within the park. (2) Only one mobile home shall be permitted to occupy any one mobile home lot. (3) Within 60 days after arrival in the park, each mobile home shall be skirted by enclosing the bottom portion with either a metal, wood, or masonry skirt properly ventilated. Provision shall also be made for effective tie-down capable of withstanding 100 mph winds. (4) Each mobile home unit must have a flush toilet, tub or shower, sink, cooking and heating facilities, plumbing and electrical connections to outside systems herein provided, all of which comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations of the Town, county, and State of New York. D. Each mobile home lot shall have a mobile home stand constructed of durable, nonporous material sufficiently graded to permit rapid surface drainage, and large enough to accommodate the mobile home, together with appurtenant structures. E. *Every mobile home park shall be easily accessible from a public highway, having a least two points of entry/exit so designed and located as to provide safe and convenient movement of vehicles to and from the public highway(s) to which it connects. F. *Each mobile home park shall have streets designed to permit safe and convenient vehicular traffic within the park and shall conform to the Town of Hoosick design standards for new roads. G. Parking. (1) Except in emergency, no parking shall be allowed on any street in any mobile home park. Each mobile home lot shall provide at least one off-street parking space having a minimum length of 20 feet by nine feet wide. (2) Every parking space shall be constructed of durable nonporous material suitably graded to permit rapid surface drainage. Additional off-street parking spaces shall be provided within the park at convenient locations for guests and service vehicles, amounting to one such space for every two mobile home lots within the park. H. The following utilities and service facilities shall be provided in each mobile home park and shall be constructed and maintained in accordance with the regulations and requirements of the Rensselaer County Department of Health, the New York State Department of Health, and the Sanitary Code of New York State: (1) An adequate supply of pure drinking water supplied by pipes to all mobile home lots and service buildings within the park, with proper connections to each building and to each mobile home. (2) A sewage system connected to each mobile home and service building to receive waste from showers, tubs, toilets, lavatories and sinks, and to dispose of same in a sanitary manner. Sewer connections in unoccupied lots shall be tightly sealed to prevent emission of gas or odors and the breeding or harboring of insects or vermin. (3) Garbage containers with tight-fitting covers, in quantities adequate to permit the disposal of all garbage and rubbish from the park. Such cans shall be kept covered and in sanitary condition at all times, in convenient locations, emptied at least twice weekly. (4) Not less than one public telephone shall be provided for emergency use. (5) Weatherproof electric service connections and outlets of a type approved by an appropriate electrical inspection person or agency, as determined by the Town, for the provision of electric service to each mobile home lot of not less than 100 amps; 150 amps if the mobile home unit is to be heated electrically. (6) A storage building suitable for the secure and orderly storage of personal property such as bicycles, baby carriages, lawn furniture, and the like may be placed on each mobile home lot. No combustible or noxious material may be stored beneath any mobile home, creating a health hazard. (7) All electric utilities shall be installed underground in a manner approved by an appropriate electrical inspection person or agency, as determined by the Town. I. *Each mobile home park shall provide common open spaces conveniently located for use by the occupants of the park, and amounting to at least 10% of the gross land area of the park. The Town Board may establish such conditions on the ownership, use, and maintenance of said open space as it deems necessary to assure the preservation of such for their intended purposes. J. *Every mobile home park shall have lawn or other suitable vegetative ground cover on all areas not used as stands or for the placement of buildings or roads or parking areas. Trees and other shrubs shall be provided to the extent necessary to provide shade and a suitable setting for the mobile homes, in addition to screening such objectionable views as laundry facilities, gas tanks, garbage storage and collection areas, and service buildings. Other plantings shall be provided along areas fronting public highways to reduce glare from headlights, and along abutting property lines to form screening strips. K. *Every mobile home park shall be sufficiently lighted during the hours of darkness to provide for the safe movement of pedestrian occupants of the park to and from other mobile homes and service buildings. L. The operator of each mobile home park shall, on a form supplied by the Town, make a permanent record of all persons occupying each mobile home therein, with such forms to be submitted to the Town Clerk within 30 days of initial occupancy, including termination of occupancy. Such form shall contain necessary identifying data regarding the mobile home unit and its occupants.