PARK RULES FOR POPLARS PARK

Preface

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 a tenancy or any other agreement.

“you” and “your” refers to the home owner or other occupier of a park home. “we” and “our” refers to the park owner.

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.

With one exception, the rules also apply to any occupiers of park homes who rent their home.

The only rule which does not apply to occupiers who rent their homes is rule 28 about the colour of the exterior of the home, as someone renting their home would not be responsible for exterior maintenance.

None of these rules are to have retrospective effect. Accordingly, they are to apply only from the date on which they take effect, which is the 3rd February 2015; and 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 date and which would not have been in 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 rules 12 and 14.

Conditions of the pitch

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

2. You must not erect fences or any other means of enclosure that has not already been agreed upon when the home was originally sited, because the character of the park is open plan, unless it is for the containment of a new pet or similar need and you have obtained our approval in writing (which will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed). You must position fences and any other means of enclosure so as to comply with the park’s site license conditions and fire safety requirements.

3. You must not have external fires or incinerators except BBQs.

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.

Storage

6. You must not have more than one storage shed on the pitch. Where you source the shed yourself, the design, standard and size of the shed must be approved by us in writing (approval will not be withheld or delayed unreasonably). You must position the shed so as to apply with the park site license and fire safety requirements. The footprint of the shed shall not exceed 5m².

7. You must not have any storage receptacle on the pitch other than the shed mentioned in rule 6 and receptacles for storage of domestic waste pending collection by the local authority.

8. You must ensure that any shed or other structure erected in the separation space between park homes is of non-combustible construction and positioned so as to comply with the park’s site license conditions and fire safety requirements. The separation space is the space between your park home and any neighbouring park home.

Refuse

9. You are responsible for the disposal of all household, recyclable and garden waste in approved containers through the local authority service. You must not overfill containers and must place them in the approved positions for the local authority collections on the appropriate collection day.

10. You must not deposit any waste or rubbish other than in local authority approved containers on any part of the park (including any individual pitch).

Business Activities

11. You must not use the park home, the pitch or the park (or any part of the park) for any business purpose, nor use the park home or the pitch for 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 office work which does not create nuisance to other occupiers nor involve other staff, workers, customers or the public calling at the home or the park.

Age of Occupants

12. No person under the age of 50 years may reside in a park home.

Noise Nuisance

13. You must not use musical instruments, all forms of recorded music players, radios and other similar appliances and motor vehicles so as to cause a nuisance to other occupiers, especially between the hours of 10.30pm and 8.00am.

Pets

14. You must not keep any pets or animals except the following:

Not more than one dog (other than any of the breeds subject to the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 which are not permitted at all). You must keep any dog under proper control and on a leash not exceeding 1m in length nor allow it to despoil the park.

Not more than one domestic cat. You must keep any cat under proper control and must not permit it to frighten other users of the park or to despoil the park.

A new resident may enter the park with more than one dog or cat but must not replace the extra pets.

NB The express terms of a home owner’s agreement contain an undertaking on the part of the home owner not to allow anything which is or becomes a nuisance, inconvenience or disturbance to other occupiers of the park and this undertaking extends to the behaviour of pets and animals. A similar requirement not to cause a nuisance applies to tenants and again this includes to the behaviour of tenants and animals.

Note

These rules do not have retrospective effect if the keeping of the pet complied with the previous rules, and occupier will not be treated as in breach when these rules take effect. However, when the pet dies or leaves it can only be replaced if this complies with these rules.

15. Nothing in rule 14 of these Park Rules prevents you from keeping an assistance dog if this is required to support your disability and Assistance Dogs UK or any successor has issued you with an Identification Book or other appropriate evidence.

Water

16. Water is not separately metered to the park homes, so use of hoses must be kept to a minimum except in case of fire.

17. You must only use fire point hoses in case of fire.

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

Vehicles and parking

19. You must drive all vehicles on the park carefully and within the displayed speed limit of 10 miles per hour and ensure all visitors also comply.

20. You must not park more than your allotted number of vehicles on the park.

21. You must not park on the roads or grass verges and ensure all visitors also comply.

22. You must not park anywhere except in the parking space allocated to your home except in exceptional circumstances.

23. Other than for delivering goods and services, you must not park or allow parking of commercial vehicles of any sort on the park, including light commercial or light goods vehicles as described in the vehicle taxation legislation and vehicles intended for domestic use but derived from or adapted from such a commercial vehicle, nor can you park or allow parking of caravans or motorhomes on the park. With the exception of commercial vehicles operated by the park owner their family or employees.

24. You must hold a current driving license and be insured to drive any vehicle on the park. You must also ensure that any vehicle you drive on the park is taxed in accordance with the requirements of law and is in road worthy condition.

25. Disused and unroadworthy vehicles must not be kept anywhere on the park. We reserve the right to remove any vehicle which is apparently abandoned.

26. You must not carry out the following work or works on the park:

1. major vehicle repairs involving dismantling of parts of the engine
2. works that involve the removal of oil or other fuels.