Sec. 21-67. License: Application. Fee. Renewal. Inspections. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 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.

      (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:

Not more than
    twenty-nine spaces


One hundred
    twenty-five dollars
    plus three dollars
    for each space More than twenty-nine
    but not more
    than fifty spaces
Six hundred
    eighty-eight dollars

More than fifty
    but not more than
    one hundred spaces
One thousand
    sixty-three dollars

More than one hundred
    spaces One thousand two
    hundred fifty 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, upon receipt of a renewal application, accompanied by the annual license fee, and after inspection of the mobile manufactured home park and determination that the park continues to conform with the requirements of this chapter, issue a renewal license.

      (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 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.

      (1972, P.A. 186, S. 4; P.A. 73-57, S. 2; 73-94, S. 1, 2; P.A. 77-614, S. 246, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 96, 97, 136; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-3, S. 4; P.A. 84-83, S. 1, 10; P.A. 89-251, S. 151, 203; P.A. 92-174, S. 2; P.A. 94-36, S. 2, 42; 94-99.)

      History: P.A. 73-57 added application of Subsec. (b) to sections of the park; P.A. 73-94 amended P.A. 73-57 to provide an effective date of April 1, 1973; P.A. 77-614 made no change; P.A. 78-303 substituted reference to Sec. 21-75 in lieu of Sec. 21-76 in Subsecs. (b) and (d); June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-3 transferred licensure authority from real estate commission to department of consumer protection and established a new fee schedule for park licenses; P.A. 84-83 substituted "this chapter" for references to Secs. 21-64 to 21-75, inclusive, and deleted requirement that renewal licenses be issued during April of each year; P.A. 89-251 amended Subsec. (c) to increase the fees as follows: Not more than 29 spaces, from $100 to $125; for more than 29 but not more than 50 spaces, from $550 to $688; for more than 50 but not more than 100 spaces, from $850 to $1,063, and for more than 100 spaces from $1,000 to $1,250; P.A. 92-174 added Subsec. (e) re issuance of license to holder of motor vehicles dealers' and repairers' licenses; P.A. 94-36 amended Subsec. (b) to eliminate reference to license expiration date, effective January 1, 1995; P.A. 94-99 amended Subsec. (e) by clarifying eligibility to resell a mobile manufactured home.

      See Sec. 21a-10(b) re staggered schedule for license renewals.

      Cited. 208 C. 620.