Words and phrases not defined in this section shall have the meaning indicated by common dictionary definition. For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
DEPENDENT MOBILE HOME. A mobile home which does not have a toilet and bath or shower facilities.
FRONT. The end of the mobile home or manufactured home to which the hitch is or was attached and used for towing or for delivery to the site.
INDEPENDENT MOBILE HOME. A mobile home which has a self-contained toilet and bath or shower facilities.
LICENSE. Mobile Home Park Operator's License.
MANUFACTURED HOME. A structure, transportable in one or more sections which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities, including plumbing, heating, air conditioning and electrical systems. For purposes of this chapter, a motorized recreational vehicle shall not be considered a MANUFACTURED HOME. Any structure defined in this chapter as a MOBILE HOME shall also be considered a MANUFACTURED HOME. For purposes of this chapter, the terms MOBILE HOME and MANUFACTURED HOME are used interchangeably.
MANUFACTURED HOME ACCESSORY BUILDINGS OR STRUCTURES. An assembly of materials forming a construction for use which contributes to the comfort, convenience or necessity of the principal building or structure served, including, among other things, awnings, cabanas, garages, storage structures, sheds, decks, carports, fences, windbreaks, porches or other like appurtenances.
MANUFACTURED HOME COMMUNITY or MANUFACTURED HOME PARK. A tract of land or two or more contiguous tracts of land that contain sites with the necessary utilities for two or more independent manufactured 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 MANUFACTURED HOME COMMUNITY or MANUFACTURED HOME PARK. Separate ownership of contiguous tracts of land shall not preclude the tracts of land from common licensure as a manufactured home community or manufactured home park if they are maintained and operated jointly. A motorized recreational vehicle shall not be construed as being part of a manufactured home community or manufactured home park. Any community defined in the ordinance as a MOBILE HOME PARK shall also be considered a MANUFACTURED HOME COMMUNITY or MANUFACTURED HOME PARK. For the purposes of this chapter the terms MOBILE HOME PARK, MANUFACTURED HOME COMMUNITY and MANUFACTURED HOME PARK are used interchangeably.
MOBILE HOME. A structure designed for permanent habitation and so constructed as to permit its transport on wheels, temporarily or permanently attached to its frame, 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, provided that any such structure resting on a permanent foundation, with wheels, tongue, lug bolts and hitch permanently removed, shall also be construed as a MOBILE HOME. For purposes of this chapter, a motorized recreational vehicle shall not be considered a MOBILE HOME.
MOBILE HOME PARK. An area of land or lands upon which two or more independent mobile homes are harbored either free of charge or for revenue purposes, and shall include any building, structure, tent, vehicle or enclosure used or intended for use as a part of the equipment of the mobile home park.
PERMANENT HABITATION. A period of one or more months.
SITE. The lot on which the mobile home is located for permanent habitation.
STRUCTURE. Anything constructed or erected or any production or piece of work, manmade and artificially built up or composed of parts joined together in some definite manner, the use of which requires permanent or temporary location above, on. or below the ground.
VARIANCE. An authorization for the construction or maintenance of structures following a public hearing and finding that such structures, which are otherwise prohibited by this chapter, meet certain specified standards.
VILLAGE. The Village of Calumet Park, Cook County, Illinois.
(Ord. 05-899, passed 11-22-2005; Ord. 11-1044, passed 8-11-2011)