The following definitions shall apply in this chapter unless the context clearly requires a different meaning:
ANCHORING SYSTEM. A combination of ties, anchoring equipment, and anchoring devices that will, when properly designed and installed, resist overturning and lateral movement of the manufactured home from wind forces.
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 includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and electrical systems. The term does not include a recreational vehicle as that term is defined by 24 C.F.R Section 3282.8(g).
MANUFACTURED HOME LOT. A plot of ground within a manufactured home park designed for the accommodation of one manufactured home.
MANUFACTURED HOME PARK or PARK.
Any plot of ground upon which two or more manufactured homes occupy space for dwelling or sleeping purposes and where a compensation is made for such accommodations, provided that this chapter does not apply to parks established for a recreational vehicle park. A plan for a recreational vehicle park must be submitted as an application for a conditional use permit following procedures outlined in Chapter 155.
MANUFACTURED HOUSING or MANUFACTURED HOME. Manufactured Home or a mobile home and collectively means and refers to both.
MOBILE HOME. A structure that was constructed before June 15, 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 includes the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning, and electrical systems.
PERMANENT FOUNDATION. When used in the context of a manufactured home, means a system of supports, including piers, either partially or entirely below grade which is certified by the consumer/mortgagor and the lender/mortgagee in a real estate loan transaction as having permanently affixed the structure to the real estate or which is:
(1) capable of transferring all design loads imposed by or upon the structure into soil or bedrock without failure;
(2) placed at an adequate width below grade to prevent frost damage;
(3) constructed of concrete, metal, treated lumber or wood, or grouted masonry;
(4) designed so that the components of the foundation system cannot be removed from the site and used at any other location;
(5) designed so that the attached structure resists overturning due to wind pressure by the dead load resisting moment of the structure and foundation. The weight of earth superimposed over footings may be used to calculate the dead load resisting moment. The overturning moment shall not exceed 2/3 of the dead load resisting moment;
(6) designed to have the structure attached without the towing hitch, axles, brakes, wheels and other parts of the chassis that operate only during transportation; and
(7) designed in accordance with accepted engineering practice to resist damage due to decay, insects and condensation. A licensed engineer or architect shall stamp and sign each foundation drawing. The foundation drawings shall contain the statement, “This foundation drawing describes a permanent foundation.”
PRIVATE LOT. When used in the context of a manufactured home, any lot or parcel of land within the city limits, regardless of zoning or ownership, that is not part of an approved manufactured home park.
SKIRTING. The enclosing of the open space between the underside of a manufactured home and the ground around the entire perimeter of the structure, using a masonry wall or a framework to which panels are attached.
(Ord. 99-37, passed 11-9-99)