For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
AGENT. Any person authorized by the licensee of a trailer and motor home park to operate or maintain such park under the provisions of this chapter.
BUILDING OFFICIAL. The legally designated inspection authority of the city, or his authorized representative.
CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. A certificate issued by the Building Official for the use of a building, structure, and/or land, when it is determined by him that the building, structure, and/or land complies with the provisions of all applicable divisions of this code.
CITY COUNCIL. The governing body of the City of Gun Barrel City.
CITY HEALTH OFFICER. The legally designated head of the City Health Department or his authorized representative.
CITY OFFICIAL. The legally designated head of a city department or his authorized representative when acting in an official capacity.
COMMON ACCESS ROUTE or INTERNAL STREET. A private way which affords the principal means of access to individual lots or auxiliary buildings.
FIRE CHIEF. The legally designated Chief of Fire Department of the city, or his authorized representative.
HUD-CODE MANUFACTURED HOME. A structure constructed on or after June 15, 1976, according to the rules of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, transportable in one or more sections, which, in the traveling mode, is eight body feet or more in width or 40 body feet or more in length, or when erected on-site, is 320 or more square feet, and 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, and included plumbing, heating, air-conditioning and electrical systems. The term does not include a recreational vehicle as that term is defined by 24 CFR 3282.8(g).
(Tex. Rev. Civ. Stat. Art. 5221f, § 3)
LICENSE. A written license issued by the City Council or its authorized representative, permitting a person to operate and maintain a trailer and motor home park under the provisions of this chapter and regulations issued hereunder.
LICENSEE. Any person licensed to operate and maintain a trailer and motor home park under the provisions of this chapter.
MANUFACTURED HOUSING or MANUFACTURED HOME. Means a “HUD-code manufactured home” or a “mobile home” and collectively means and refers to both.
(Tex. Rev. Civ. Stat. Art. 5221f, § 3)
MOBILE HOME. A structure that was constructed before June 14, 1976, transportable in one or more sections, which, in the traveling mode, is eight body feet or more in width or 40 body feet or more in length, or when erected on-site, is 320 or more square feet, and 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, and included plumbing, heating, air-conditioning and electrical systems.
(Tex. Rev. Civ. Stat. Art. 5221f, § 3)
MOBILE HOME SUBDIVISION. A unified development of mobile home lots arranged on a tract of land for permanent or semipermanent location of mobile homes which has been subdivided and is under ownership of one or more persons meeting all requirements of city subdivision regulations.
PERMIT. A written permit or certification issued by the Building Official permitting the construction, alteration, or extension of a trailer or motor home park, under the provisions of this chapter and regulations issued hereunder.
PERSON. Any natural individual, firm, trust, partnership, association or corporation.
PLOT PLAN or SITE PLAN. Graphic representation, drawn to scale, in a horizontal plane, delineating the outlines of the land included in the plan and all proposed use locations, accurately dimensioned; the dimensions also indicating the relation of each use to that adjoining and to the boundary of the property.
POLICE CHIEF. The legally designated Chief of the Police Department of the city, or his authorized representative.
REPLACEMENT. The act of moving one trailer or motor home from an existing stand and replacing it with another trailer or motor home.
SERVICE BUILDING. A structure housing toilet, lavatory, and such other facilities as may be required by this chapter.
SEWER CONNECTION. The connection consisting of all pipes, fittings and appurtenances from the drain outlet of a trailer or motor home to the inlet of the corresponding service riser pipe of the sewage system serving the park.
SEWER SERVICE RISER PIPE. That portion of a sewer service which extends vertically to the ground elevation and terminates at a space.
SPACE. A plot of ground without a park designed for the accommodation of one unit, together with such open space as required by this chapter. This term also shall include the terms “lot,” “stand” and “site.”
TRAILER and MOTOR HOME PARK. A parcel of land authorized by the City Council and not prohibited for such use by deed restrictions, for the purpose of renting trailer or motor home spaces on a temporary basis.
TRAILER, MOTOR HOME or UNIT (RECREATIONAL VEHICLE; INCLUDING TRAILER HOMES AND TRAVEL TRAILERS). A vehicle which stands on wheels and is built to be towed by a motor driven vehicle. A MOTOR HOME (RECREATION VEHICLE) is a self propelled vehicle which stands on wheels. Both are built to federal and state specifications to be licensed for operation on public roads and highways, and are not considered mobile homes.
WATER CONNECTION. The connection consisting of all pipes, fittings, and appurtenances from the water riser pipe to the water inlet pipe of the distribution system within a trailer or motor home.
WATER RISER PIPE. That portion of the private water service system serving a park which extends vertically to the ground elevation and terminates at a designated point at a trailer or motor home space.
ZONING ORDINANCE. The zoning ordinance of the city.
(`88 Code, Ch. 3, § 6.01) (Ord. 84, passed 2-14-77; Am. Ord. 88, passed 5-23-77)