Section 385-830-1 - Initial Licensure1.Overview An applicant for an initial license to conduct, control, manage or operate a manufactured housing community shall submit an application to the Board on forms prescribed by the Board along with the required fee. An initial license to conduct, control, manage or operate a manufactured housing community expires on the last day of March following issuance.
2.General Information The application shall contain the following general information:
A. The name, address, email address, and telephone number of an applicant;B. If the applicant is a partnership, the name, address, email address, and telephone number of all partners;C. If the applicant is a limited liability partnership, evidence that the partnership is in good standing with the Secretary of State, and the name, address, email address, and telephone number of all partners;D. If the applicant is a corporation, evidence that the corporation is in good standing with the Secretary of State, and the name, address, email address, and telephone number of all officers and directors;E. If the applicant is a limited liability company, evidence that the company is in good standing with the Secretary of State, and the name, address, email address, and telephone number of all members and managers;F. The number of sites in the community;G. Address or physical location of the community (not the mailing address);H. The identity and contact information for the community manager;I. A description of the community's water system and sewage disposal system;J. If the community has a private water system, the identification number and results of the most recent analysis.K. Any additional information required by the Board.3.Planning and Design Documents The application shall include the following planning and design documents:
A. A copy of the vesting deed, option or other document showing the applicant's right, title or interest in the tract of land proposed for construction and operation of a manufactured housing community;B. A copy of the vesting deed, option or other document showing the location and legal description of the tract of land proposed for construction and operation of a manufactured housing community; andC. A site plan prepared by a registered engineer and/or professional land surveyor licensed to practice in the State of Maine, with the required seal affixed to the plan. The scale of the plan shall be no less detailed than 1" = 100', provided that the Board may in its discretion accept a less detailed plan if the less detailed plan allows the Board to determine whether the community meets the requirements of this chapter. The plan shall have a dimension tolerance of no more than 1% (i.e., 1' in 100' or 1° in 100°). The plan shall clearly show the dimensions and area of each site and the total area of the community, road locations and dimensions, sites, well and pump house locations, waste disposal systems, water and sewer lines, streams, culverts, and any additional detail required by the Board. The Board may waive the filing of a site plan as described in this paragraph in whole or in part, depending on the complexity of the application, if other submissions of the applicant demonstrate that the community meets the requirements of this chapter.4.Drinking Water Approval The application shall include one of the following relating to drinking water:
A. A letter from a public water utility that it will be supplying drinking water to the manufactured housing community. For the purpose of these rules, a manufactured housing community that sub-meters water to residents shall not be deemed a public water utility;B. Approval as a community water system by the Division of Environmental Health within the Center of Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services; orC. A statement from the Division of Environmental Health within the Center of Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services that the Private Water System meets the requirements of the Manufactured Housing Board contained in Chapter 840 of the Board's rules.5.Wastewater Disposal The application shall include one of the following relating to wastewater disposal:
A. An approval letter from a public sewage utility that will be handling the wastewater disposal for the manufactured housing community; orB. Approval of a subsurface wastewater disposal design for the manufactured housing community by the Division of Environmental Health within the Center of Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services.02-385 C.M.R. ch. 830, § 1