Connecticut General Statutes 21-67 – License: Application. Fee. Renewal. Inspections
(a) Application for a license to operate a mobile manufactured home park shall be made in writing to the department on such forms and in such manner and accompanied by such evidence in support of the application as the department may prescribe together with a fee determined in accordance with subsection (c) of this section. Certification of approval by the appropriate local official or commission of compliance with the State Building Code and any existing municipal ordinance or planning or zoning regulation shall accompany such application.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 21-67
- Department: means the Department of Consumer Protection. See Connecticut General Statutes 21-64
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Licensee: means any person licensed to operate and maintain a mobile manufactured home park under the provisions of this chapter. See Connecticut General Statutes 21-64
- Mobile manufactured home: means a detached residential unit having three-dimensional components which are intrinsically mobile with or without a wheeled chassis or a detached residential unit built on or after June 15, 1976, in accordance with federal manufactured home construction and safety standards, and, in either case, containing sleeping accommodations, a flush toilet, tub or shower bath, kitchen facilities and plumbing and electrical connections for attachment to outside systems, and designed for long-term occupancy and to be placed on rigid supports at the site where it is to be occupied as a residence, complete and ready for occupancy, except for minor and incidental unpacking and assembly operations and connection to utilities systems. See Connecticut General Statutes 21-64
- Ordinance: means an enactment under the provisions of section 7-157. See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1
- park: means a plot of ground upon which two or more mobile manufactured homes, occupied for residential purposes are located. See Connecticut General Statutes 21-64
- Person: means an individual, corporation, limited liability company, the state or any political subdivision thereof, agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, two or more persons having a joint or common interest, and any other legal or commercial entity. See Connecticut General Statutes 21-64
(b) The department shall, within sixty-five days after the receipt of the application, review the application, plans and specifications and inspect the location. If the department finds that the proposed park meets the provisions of this chapter and of any other state statutes or regulations and municipal ordinances or regulations, it shall approve the application and, subject to reinspection and approval on completion of the park or sections of the park and payment of the annual license fee as provided in subsection (c), shall issue a license effective for one year.
(c) The annual license fee for each mobile manufactured home park shall be computed on the basis of the number of mobile manufactured home spaces located in the park in accordance with the following schedule:
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Not more than |
Two hundred |
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twenty-nine spaces |
fifty dollars |
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plus three dollars |
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for each space |
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More than twenty-nine |
Eight hundred sixty |
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but not more than fifty spaces |
dollars |
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More than fifty |
One thousand |
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but not more than |
three hundred fifteen |
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one hundred spaces |
dollars |
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More than one hundred |
One thousand |
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spaces |
five hundred dollars |
No municipality shall charge any fee or assessment under a mobile manufactured home or trailer ordinance or zoning regulation other than a fee for seasonal use.
(d) The department shall conduct an inspection of each mobile manufactured home park annually. Such inspections may be staggered throughout the course of the year. The department shall, upon receipt of a renewal application, accompanied by the annual license fee, issue a renewal license, unless the park fails to comply with the requirements of this chapter, as determined by an enforcement action conducted pursuant to section 21-71.
(e) The department shall annually issue a mobile manufactured home seller’s license to any person who, on October 1, 1992, has a valid Department of Motor Vehicles dealers’ and repairers’ license under which the licensee has engaged in the sale or resale of mobile manufactured homes. The mobile manufactured home seller’s license shall allow the licensee, or any of his employees, to sell new or used mobile manufactured homes. The mobile manufactured home seller’s license shall be issued annually after payment of an annual licensing fee of three hundred seventy-five dollars. No person, except a person licensed or specifically exempted under chapter 392, shall act as a real estate broker or a real estate agent for the resale of a mobile manufactured home without a license issued pursuant to this subsection.