(A) For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ABANDONED MANUFACTURED HOMES. A manufactured home which has been unoccupied for 12 months, or which has not been blocked up and provided with steps and underpinning for 60 days.
CONSTRUCTION PERMIT. A permit issued by the enforcement officer authorizing the manufactured home park developer to construct a manufactured home park in accordance with a park plan approved by the county planning board, the county health department, and the county electrical inspector.
DEVELOPER. Any person, firm, trust, partnership, association, or corporation engaged in development, or proposed development, of a manufactured home park.
ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. The person or persons appointed by the Board of Commissioners of the county to enforce the provisions of this chapter.
EXISTING MANUFACTURED HOME PARK. An existing manufactured home park on the effective date of this chapter shall consist of a plan for the park and physical evidence of the owner’s intent to build a manufactured home park on the property.
FOUNDATION ENCLOSURE. The enclosure of the perimeter of the manufactured home.
MANUFACTURED HOME. A single- family dwelling fabricated in an off-site manufacturing facility for installing or assembling on the building site bearing a seal certifying that it was built in compliance with the federal manufactured housing construction and safety standards. Also, a transportable structure designed to be used as a year-round residential dwelling and built prior to the effective date of the Federal Manufactured Housing Standards Act of 1974 (which became effective June 15, 1976). Travel trailers and campers (that is, transportable structures not intended for year-round residential use) are not considered manufactured homes for the purposes of this chapter.
MANUFACTURED HOME PARK. Any plot or parcel of land upon which three or more manufactured homes, occupied for dwelling or sleeping purposes, are located. Exempt from this definition are the following:
(a) Manufactured homes occupied by immediate family members of the land owner. For the purposes of this chapter, immediate family members shall include spouse, parent, guardian, child, brother, sister, grandchild, and grandparent, as well as the various combinations of half, step, in-law, and adopted relationships that can be derived from those named.
(b) Manufactured homes occupied by employees of the landowner. For the purposes of this chapter, employees shall be those persons employed on a temporary or permanent full-time basis by the landowner, whether seasonal or not, and who are provided a manufactured home residence by the landowner as partial compensation for employment.
(c) Manufactured homes on any plot or parcel of land which are situated 1,500 feet apart.
MANUFACTURED HOME PARK PLAN. A drawing of a proposed manufactured home park, prepared and submitted by the developer in accordance with §§ 152.060et seq.
MANUFACTURED HOME PARK SPACE. Any parcel of ground within a manufactured home park, designated for the exclusive use of one manufactured home.
MANUFACTURED HOME STAND. That portion of the manufactured home space designed for use as the area occupied by the manufactured home. The dimensions of a manufactured home stand shall be those required for the placement of the maximum size manufactured home proposed to be placed on that space.
OPERATING PERMIT. A license issued by the enforcement officer to a manufactured home park owner or operator upon completion of a manufactured home park, in whole or approved phase, which conforms to the requirements of this chapter.
OPERATOR or MANAGER. The individual responsible for the daily operations of the manufactured home park.
SITE NUMBER. The number attached to the manufactured home electrical service equipment at each manufactured home park space.
STREET JOGS. Two “T” intersections with a street or road (on opposite sides of the road) where intersecting streets have centerlines closer than 125 feet.
(B) When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tenses include the future; words in the plural number include the singular number. The word SHALL is mandatory and MAY is permissive. Words not defined shall be given their common and ordinary meaning.
(Ord. passed 8-4-03)