Vermont § 6238 - Charges and fees

§ 6238. Charges and fees

• (a) A prospective leaseholder or other person may not be charged an entrance fee for the
  privilege of leasing or occupying a mobile home lot. A reasonable charge for the fair
  value of services performed in placing a mobile home on a lot shall not be considered
  an entrance fee. (b) A qualified park owner may charge the initial lessee or occupant of an eligible site
  a site improvement fee. (1) The term “qualified park owner” shall mean: (A) a limited equity cooperative organized to provide low or moderate income housing as
  defined in 11 V.S.A. chapter 14; or (B) a Section 501(c)(3) organization or its wholly owned subsidiary organized to preserve
  housing for low income families. (2) The term “eligible site” shall mean a lawfully created mobile home site that becomes
  available for occupancy by a mobile home for the first time after June 1, 1993 and: (A) is located in a mobile home park established in conformance with the requirements
  of this chapter after June 1, 1970; or (B) is located in a mobile home park established prior to June 1, 1970 that registered
  with the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources as a preexisting mobile home park prior
  to July 1, 1989. (3) A site improvement fee is a charge for the cost of establishing a designated mobile
  home site located within a mobile home park, including site clearing; grading; construction
  of a mobile home pad; construction of utility improvements such as those for water
  supply, sewage disposal, electricity, telephone, cable television, and gas; payment
  of municipal fees such as school impact fees and sewer connection charges; and payment
  of other costs associated with improvement of a site. A site improvement fee may not
  exceed $8,000.00. (4) A mobile home park owner who has collected a site improvement fee may not terminate
  the park or change the use of any site that has paid the fee without offering to sell
  the park to the mobile home owners in accordance with the provisions of section 6242 of this title. (Added 1973, No. 264 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. April 16, 1974; amended 1993, No. 96, § 1; 2007, No. 176 (Adj. Sess.), § 60.)