For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ADD-A-ROOM UNIT. A unit of manufactured housing not designed as a part of the original structure which may have less occupied space than a manufactured housing section.
ANCHORING SYSTEM. An approved system of straps, cables, turnbuckles, chains, ties, or other approved materials used to secure a manufactured or mobile home.
ANSI/NFPA 501 A STANDARD FOR INSTALLATION OF (MANUFACTURED) MOBILE HOMES. Model national standards (including all authorized successor documents) for installation of manufactured and mobile homes, as adopted and copywrited by the National Fire Protection Association and the Manufactured Housing Institute.
APPROVED. Acceptable to the appropriate authority having jurisdiction, by reason of investigation, accepted principles or tests by nationally recognized organizations.
EXPANDO UNIT. An expandable manufactured housing unit.
FOUNDATION SIDING/SKIRTING. A type of wainscoting constructed of fire and weather resistant material such as aluminum, asbestos board, treated pressed wood or other approved materials, enclosing the entire undercarriage of the manufactured or mobile home.
MANUFACTURED HOME. A dwelling unit fabricated in an off-site manufacturing facility for installation or assembly at the building site, bearing a seal certifying that it is built in compliance with the Federal Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Code or the state’s Title 675 of the Indiana Administrative Code, as promulgated by the state’s Administrative Building Council.
MANUFACTURED HOME SUBDIVISION. A parcel of land platted for subdivision according to all requirements of the comprehensive plan, designed or intended for lots to be conveyed by deed to individual owners for residential occupancy primarily by manufactured homes.
MANUFACTURED HOUSING CONSTRUCTION AND SAFETY STANDARDS CODE. Title VI of the 1974 Housing and Community Development Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 5401 et seq.), as amended (previously known at the Federal Mobile Home Construction and Safety Act), rules and regulations adopted thereunder (including information supplied by the home manufactured, which has been stamped and approved by a design approval primary inspection agency, an agent of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to HUD rules), and regulations and interpretations of said code by the state’s Administrative Building Council; all of which became effective for mobile/ manufactured home construction on 6-15-1976.
MANUFACTURED OR MOBILE HOME COMMUNITY OR PARK. A parcel of land on which two or more manufactured or mobile homes are occupied as residences.
MOBILE HOME. A transportable structure larger than 320 square feet, designed to be used as a year-round residential dwelling, and built prior to the enactment of the Federal Mobile Home Construction and Safety Act of 1974, being 42 U.S.C. §§ 5401 et seq., which became effective for all mobile home construction 6-15-1976.
OCCUPIED SPACE. The total area of earth horizontally covered by the structure, excluding accessory structures, such as, but not limited to, garages, patios and porches.
ONE- AND TWO-FAMILY DWELLING CODE, INDIANA. The nationally recognized model building code prepared by the Council of American Building Officials, adopted by the Indiana Administrative Building Council (ABC) as mandated through Title 675 of the Indiana Administrative Code, and, which includes those supplements and amendments promulgated by the ABC.
PERMANENT PERIMETER ENCLOSURE. A permanent perimeter structural system completely enclosing the space between the floor joists of the home and the ground.
PERMANENT FOUNDATION. Any structural system for transposing loads from a structure to the earth at a depth below the established frost line without exceeding the safe bearing capacity of the supporting soil.
RECREATIONAL VEHICLE. A portable vehicular structure not built to the Federal Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Code (or the obsolete ANS1119.1 Mobile Home Design and Construction Standard) designed for travel, recreational camping or vacation purposes, either having its own motor power or mounted onto or drawn by another vehicle, and including, but not limited to, travel and camping trailers, truck campers and motor homes.
SECTION. A unit of a manufactured home at least ten body feet in width and 30 body feet in length.
SPECIAL EXCEPTION PERMIT OR VARIANCE. A device for permitting a use within a district other than a principally permitted use.
SUPPORT SYSTEM. A pad or a combination of footings, piers, caps, plates and shims, which, when properly installed, support the manufactured or mobile home.
(Prior Code, § 9:1:02) (Ord. 82-3, passed 6-16-1982)