(A) For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
(B) The term “shall” is mandatory and words used in the singular include the plural and those in the present include the future tense.
HUD LABEL. A label attached to an individual manufactured home unit certifying that the unit was built in compliance with the National Manufactured Housing and Construction and Safety Standards. The label is approximately two inches by four inches, has a three-letter prefix which identifies the primary inspection agency and contains a six-digit number. A sample label reads as follows:
As evidenced by this label No. xxxxxx, the manufacturer certifies to the best of the manufacturer’s knowledge and belief that this manufactured home has been inspected in accordance with the requirements of the Department of Housing and Urban Development and is constructed in the conformance with the Federal Manufactured Home Construction and Safety standards in effect on the date of the manufacture.
MANUFACTURED HOME. Any family dwelling fabricated in an off site and manufacturing facility for installing or assembling on the building site bearing a seal certifying that it was built in compliance with the National Manufactured Housing and Constructing and Safety Standards Act of 1974 which became effective 6-15-1976.
MOBILE HOME. A structure transportable in one or more sections, which in the traveling mode is eight feet or more in width or is 40 feet or more in length or when erected on a site, contains 320 or more square feet of floor space, is designed to be used as a year-around dwelling and was built prior to the enactment of the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 which became effective 6-15-1976.
PERMANENT SET-UP. Any mobile home or manufactured home which is set up in accordance the State Regulations for Mobile/Manufactured Homes, 1989 addition as amended.
(Ord. passed 9-8-1998)