Cottage Park Rules

In these rules:

• occupier means anyone who occupies a Park home, whether under an Agreement to which the Mobile Homes Act 1983 applies or under tenancy or any other agreement.
• "you" and "your" refers to the homeowner or other occupier of a park home.
• "we and "our" refers to the park owner/owners.

These rules are in place to ensure acceptable standards are maintained on the park, which will be of general benefit to occupiers and to promote and maintain community cohesion. They form part of the Agreement by which homeowners occupy the pitch in accordance with the Mobile Homes Act 1983 as amended.

None of these rules have retrospective affect. Acordingly:

• They are there to apply only from the date on which they take effect, which is 10/012/2014
• No occupier who is in occupation on that date will be treated as being in breach due to circumstances which were in existence on that which would not have been a breach of the rules in existence before that date.

These rules also apply [for so long as they live on the park] To the park owner and any employees, with the exception of the following rules Numbers 13-15-21.

CONDITION OF THE PITCH

1. For reasons of ventilation and safety you must keep the underneath of your home clear and not use as storage space.

2. You must not erect fences or other means of enclosure if they are in excess of 1 Metre in height, you must position the fences and other means of enclosure so as to comply with the park site licence conditions and fire safety requirements.

3. You must not have external fires including incinerators.

4. You must not keep inflammable substances on the park except in quantities reasonable for domestic use.

5. You must not keep explosive substances on the park.

6. You must maintain all gardens lawns and fencing. You must not plant trees or bushes to avoid damage to underground services.

STORAGE

7. You must not have more than one storage shed and two storage containers on the pitch. You must position the shed and storage containers so as to comply with the sites licence and fire safety requirements. The footprint of the shed shall not exceed 3x metres, storage containers must not exceed 1.4 x 1 metre.

8. You must not have any storage receptacle on the pitch other than the shed or storage container mentioned in rule 7 and any receptacle for storage of domestic waste pending

9. You must ensure any shed or other structure erected in the separation space between park homes is of non-combustible construction and positioned to comply with the park site licence conditions and fire safety requirements. The separation space is the distance between your home and any neighbouring home.

REFUSE

10. You are responsible for the disposal of all household, recyclable and garden waste in approved containers and bags through the local Council service. You must not overfill containers and bags and must place them in the approved position for the local council Collections. They must be kept to the rear of your home until the day of, or night before collection.

11. You must not deposit any waste rubbish or litter other than in council approved containers and bags on any part of the park .

BUSINESS ACTIVITIES.

12 You must not use the park home, the pitch or any part of the park for any business purpose nor must you use the park home for the storage of stock, plant machinery or equipment used or last used for any business purpose. However you are at liberty to work individually from home by carrying out any office work of a type. Which does not create a nuisance to other occupiers or involve other staff, customers members of the public or other callers at the park.

AGE OF OCCUPANTS

13. No person under the age of 50 yrs must reside in a park home, with exception of the park owner and their family, Park warden or their family.

NOISE NUISCANCE

14. You must not use musical instruments, all forms of recorded music players radio's or other similar appliances and motor vehicles so as to cause a nuisance to other occupiers, especially between the hours of 10-30 pm and 8am.

PETS

15. You must not keep any pets or animals, except for the following on the pitch: Not more than 2 dogs [other than any breed subject to the dangerous dogs act 1991 which are not permitted at all.] Any dog must be kept under control it must not be allowed to frighten other users of the park. All dogs must be kept on a leash not exceeding one metre in length and must not be allowed to foul the park.

• Not more than two domestic cats, these must be kept under proper control and not be allowed to frighten other users [ Does not apply to park owners their family and park warden] we also request they be litter trained to help avoid fouling of the park.

16.Nothing in rule 15 will prevent you keeping an assistant dog on this park if it is required to support your disability and Assistance dogs UK or any other body has issued you with and identification book or other evidence.

WATER

17. You must protect all external water pipes from potential frost damage.

VEHICLES AND PARKING

18. You must drive all vehicles on the park carefully and within the displayed speed limit.

20. You must not park on the roads only in designated parking facilities.

21. Other than for delivering goods services and visitors, must not park or allow the parking of any commercial vehicles on the park of any kind. This includes all Light Commercial or light goods vehicles as described in the vehicle taxation legislation (with the exceptions of vehicles operated by the park owners, their family or park warden).

22. You must not store any motor homes or touring caravans on the park. With the exception of loading or unloading for a maximum of 48 hrs.

23. You must hold a current driving licence and be insured to drive any vehicle on the park, any vehicle you drive on the park must be taxed as required by law and is roadworthy.

24. Disused or unroadworthy vehicles must not be kept anywhere on the park. We reserve the right to remove any vehicle deemed to be abandoned.

25. You must not carry out the following works on the park: [at Major vehicle repairs involving dismantling of parts, works involving the removal of fluids or other fuels]

WEAPONS

26. You must not use or display guns, fire arms, including crossbows. On the park you may only store them in your home or on the pitch if you hold the appropriate licence in accordance with that license.

EXTERNAL DECORATION

27. You must not erect extensions or other structures to your unit as it does not apply to park site conditions.

28. Home owners must maintain the outside of their park home in a clean and tidy condition. Where the exterior is repainted or recovered homeowners must use reasonable endeavours not to depart from the original colour scheme.

29. You must only use a rotary type of clothesline one to each unit.

HEALTH AND SAFETY

30. All occupiers and visitors to the site will be expected to comply with site rules and licence conditions.

31. Occupiers are requested to supervise the conduct of children and visitors to their home.

PAYMENTS

32. All payments and utilities to be paid strictly on time.

33. The site is subject to 10% commission payable to the site owners on any resale.

Park Home Living Disclaimer:

Park rules have been downloaded from the relevant licensing authority and were correct at the time of publishing. Uploaded Date May 2021