PARK RULES FOR WHITEGATES MOBILE HOME PARK

BH&HPA Membership Number: SE667

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 homeowner 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 the general benefit to occupiers, and to promote and maintain community cohesion. They form part of the agreement by which home owners 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 homes.

The only rule which does not apply to occupiers who rent their home is rule 29 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 is to have retrospective effect. Accordingly:

• They are here to apply only form the date on which they take effect, Which is 10th November 2014; 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 a breach of the rules in existence before that date.

Conditions of the Pitch

1. For reasons of ventilations and safety you must keep the underneath of your home clear and not use it as a storage space.
2. You must not erect or replace fences or other means of enclosure unless they are of a picket style fence. Maximum height one metre. Reason. To obtain a common style of fence throughout the park.
3. You must not have external fires including incinerators, (this does not include barbeques).
4. You must not keep or store flammable substances on the park except in quantities reasonable for domestic use, or any type of explosive.
5. The pitch must be kept in a clean and tidy condition at all times, and not used to store unwanted items.

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 comply with the parks site licence and fire safety requirements. The size of the shed must not exceed three metres by two metres.
7. You must not have more than one other garden storage container.
8. You must be aware 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 parks site licence conditions and fire safety requirements. The separation space is the space between your park home and any neighbouring home.

Refuse

9. You are responsible for the disposal for all household, recyclable or garden waste in approved containers through the local authority service. You must not over fill containers and must place them in the approved positions for the local authority collections.
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 Activates

11. You must not use the park home, the pitch or the park (or any part of the park) for any business purpose, and you must not use the park home or pitch for the storage of stock, plant machinery or equipment used or last used for any business purpose connected to you or any other person. 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 and does not involve other staff, other workers, customers or members of the public calling at the park home or the park.

Age of occupants

12. No person under the age forty five years may reside in a park home. The park home must not be let, or sublet to any other person or persons.

Noise Nuisance

13. You must not use musical instruments, or forms of recorded music players and other similar appliances, in the home or any motor vehicle, so as to cause a nuisance to other occupiers especially between the hours of 10.30pm and 8am.

Pets

14. You must not keep any pets or animals except the following:
    1. 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 under control and you not permit it to frighten other users of the park. You must keep any dog on a leash not exceeding one metre in length and must not allow it to despoil the park.
    2. 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.
    3. Not more than two budgerigars which you must keep within the park home.
    4. Not more than two types of pet.
    5. No other type of pet is permitted.

Note

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 disturbances of any other occupiers of the park and this undertaking extends to the behaviour of the pets and animals.

Note

These rules do not have retrospective effect. If the keeping of the pets complied with the previous rules, an occupier will not be treated as being in breach when these rules take effect. However, when the pet dies or leaves it can only be replaced if this would comply 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 body has issued you with an identification book or other appropriate evidence.

Water

16. Water consumption has a fair use policy, any residents found abusing the policy by excessive use or wastage will be charged accordingly.
17. You must only use fire point hoses in case of Fire.
18. You must protect all external water pipes from potential frost damage.

Vacant Pitches

19. You must not have access to vacant pitches and must not disturb building materials and plant.

Vehicle and Parking

20. You must drive all vehicles on the park carefully and within the displayed speed limit.
21. You must not park more than one vehicle on the park.
22. You must not park on the roads or grass verges.
23. You must not park anywhere except in the permitted parking spaces.
24. Other than for the delivering of goods and services, you must not park or allow parking of commercial vehicles of any sort on the park including:
    1. Light commercial or light good vehicles, as described in the vehicle taxation legislation and
    2. Vehicles intended for domestic use but derived from or adapted from such a commercial vehicle.

With the exceptions of commercial vehicles operated by the park owner, and their family.

25. You must hold a current driving licence and be insured to drive any vehicle on the park, and all vehicles must be taxed and insured in accordance with the law.
26. Disused or un-roadworthy vehicles must not be kept anywhere on the park, we reserve the right to remove any vehicle which is apparently abandoned.
27. You must not carry out the following works or repairs on the park: (a) major vehicles repairs involving dismantling of part(s) of the engine. (b) Works which involve removal of oil or other fuels.

Weapons

28. You must not use or display guns, fire arms and offensive weapons (including crossbows and catapults) on the park and you may only keep them on the pitch or in your home if you hold the appropriate licence and they are securely stored in accordance with that licence.

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