The FHA definitions under chapter 7 for mobile home court terms have been adopted and will apply as follows: (The following terms are defined because they refer specifically to mobile home developments and may vary in many respects from their commonly accepted usage. These definitions apply only to mobile home properties.)
APPURTENANT STRUCTURES: Any structural addition.
COMMON AREA: Any area or space designed for joint use of tenants occupying mobile home developments.
COMMUNITY SYSTEM (WATER OR SEWERAGE): A central system which serves all living units and is not publicly owned.
DENSITY: The number of mobile homes or mobile home stands per gross acre.
DRIVEWAY: A minor private way used by vehicles and pedestrians on a mobile home lot or for common access to a small group of lots or common facilities.
EASEMENT: A vested or acquired right to use land, other than as a tenant, for a specific purpose; such right being held by someone other than the owner who holds title to the land.
ELECTRIC BRANCH SERVICE: That part of the electric distribution system from the service equipment to the development receptacle.
ELECTRIC FEEDER: That part of the electric distribution system between the transformer and the service drop or drops (secondary voltage).
ELECTRIC PARK RECEPTACLE: The waterproof, attachment plug device located adjacent to the water and sewer outlets to receive the flexible cable from the mobile home.
ELECTRIC SERVICE DROP: That part of the electric distribution system from a feeder to the service equipment serving one or more mobile home spaces.
ENTRY SIDE: The side of the mobile home where the main entrance doorway is located.
LOT AREA: The total area reserved for exclusive use of the occupants of a mobile home.
LOT LINE: A line bounding the lot as shown on the accepted plot plat.
MASTER TELEVISION ANTENNA SYSTEM: A television antenna system designed to serve more than one living unit.
MOBILE HOME: A manufactured relocatable living unit.
MOBILE HOME DEVELOPMENT: A parcel of land under single ownership which has been planned and improved for the placement of mobile homes for nontransient use.
MOBILE HOME LOT: A parcel of land rented for the exclusive use of the occupants of a single mobile home.
MOBILE HOME STAND: That part of an individual lot which has been reserved for the placement of the mobile home.
NONENTRY SIDE: That side of the mobile home opposite the entry side.
PATIO: A surfaced outdoor living space designed to supplement the mobile home living area.
PLAT: A map, plan or chart of a city, town, section or subdivision, indicating the location and boundaries of individual properties.
PLOT: A parcel of land consisting of one or more lots or portions thereof which is described by reference to a recorded plat or by metes and bounds.
PRIVATE STREET: A private way which affords principal means of access to abutting individual mobile home lots and auxiliary buildings.
PROPERTY: A plot with any buildings or other improvements located thereon.
PROPERTY LINE: A recorded boundary of a plot.
PUBLIC STREET: A public way which affords principal means of access to abutting properties.
PUBLIC SYSTEM (WATER OR SEWERAGE): A system which is owned and operated by a local governmental authority or by an established public utility company which is adequately controlled by a governmental authority. Such systems are usually existing systems serving a municipality, a township, an urban county or a water or sewer district established and directly controlled under the laws of a state.
RIGHT OF WAY: The area, either public or private, over which the right of passage exists.
SHALL: Indicates that which is required.
SHOULD: Indicates that which is recommended but not required.
SITE: A parcel of land consisting of one or more lots or portions thereof which is described by reference to a recorded plat or by metes and bounds.
TENANT STORAGE: An enclosed space designed to provide auxiliary general storage space for an individual mobile home. It may be provided in current mobile home models.
YARDS: The area on the same lot with a mobile home between the lot line and the front, rear or side of the mobile home stand. This includes areas which must remain clear of all structures such as enclosed patios, expandable rooms, garage or other additions. (Ord. 579, 2-5-1973)