For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ANCHOR. Any approved device designed to be implanted in the ground and/or concrete to which the mobile home tie-down equipment is attached so as to prevent the home from shifting or toppling over as a result of high winds.
DEPARTMENT. The Department of Planning and Development of the city.
DEPENDENT MOBILE HOME. A mobile home which does not have self- contained plumbing, heating and electrical systems.
IMMOBILIZE. To remove permanently the wheels, tongue, hitch and other essential transportation devices from a home and/or to place any mobile home on a permanent foundation.
INDEPENDENT MOBILE HOME. A mobile home which includes the plumbing, heating and electrical systems self-contained. Said structure shall be constructed to meet the HUD requirements for mobile homes and shall be at least eight body feet or more in width and 40 body feet or more in length.
LICENSE. A permit issued by the Building and Zoning Commissioner authorizing the operation of a mobile home park in accordance with all applicable provisions of this chapter and other requirements of the city.
MANUFACTURED HOME. See MOBILE HOME definition.
MOBILE HOME. A structure designed for habitation and so constructed as to permit its transport on wheels, temporarily or permanently attached to its frames, from the place of its construction to the location or subsequent locations, at which it is intended to be a permanent habitation and designed to permit the occupancy thereof as a dwelling place for one or more persons; the term MOBILE HOME shall also include manufactured houses constructed after 6-30-1976, in accordance with the Federal National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974. It is further provided that for the purpose of this chapter, the definition of MOBILE HOME shall include any portable structure used as an office; except that, it shall not include a temporary portable structure at a construction site; provided further that, if a temporary construction site structure remains at a construction site for over one year, permission to remain thereafter must be obtained from the Building and Zoning Commissioner. As defined in this chapter, a MOBILE HOME differs from a modular home in that it does not meet the adopted Building Code for the city. (See definition of MODULAR, PRECUT OR PREFAB HOME in § 162.006 of this code of ordinances.)
MOBILE HOME PARK. A tract of land or two or more contiguous tracts of land upon which contains sites with the necessary utilities for five or more independent mobile homes for permanent habitation either free of charge or for revenue purposes, and shall include any building, structure, vehicle or enclosure used or intended for use as a part of the equipment of such mobile home park. Separate ownership of contiguous tracts of land shall not preclude the tracts of land from common licensure as a MOBILE HOME PARK if they are maintained and operated jointly. As specified in the Zoning Code, any newly developed mobile home park shall contain a parcel of land not less than ten acres in area in single/ownership control.
MOBILE HOME SPACE or MOBILE HOME SITE. Any portion of a mobile home park designed for the use or occupancy of one mobile home.
PERMANENT HABITATION. A period of two or more months.
SCHOOL DISTRICT. Any district created or operated under the provisions of the School Code of the state (105 ILCS).
TIE-DOWN EQUIPMENT. Any approved device(s) used to attach a mobile home to anchors so as to keep the home securely on its stand/foundation. Must be in compliance with the state’s Mobile Home Tiedown Act, being 210 ILCS 120/1 et seq.
(1960 Code, § 19-1-1) (Ord. 5170, passed 12-6-1993; Ord. 5218, passed 2-7-1994; Ord. 5429, passed 5-15-1995)