The following definitions shall be applicable to the terms used in this chapter.
1. “Accessory use” means a use incidental to the primary use of the mobile home park such as direct service facility building, park management building, maintenance building, community buildings or other uses of a similar nature.
2. “Approved mobile home park development plan” means the mobile home park development plan approved by the Council.
3. “Appurtenances” means an attached or detached enclosed addition to a mobile home, situated on the mobile home lot for the use of its occupants, such as an enclosed carport, garage, storage shed, or items of a similar nature.
4. “Building Codes” means those applicable codes enforced by the Building Department of the City.
5. “Common area” means any area or space designed for joint use of tenants occupying mobile home parks.
6. “Common walk system” means sidewalks within the mobile home park.
7. “Community building” means a building housing toilet and bathing facilities for men and women, a slop-water sink and such other facilities as may be required by this chapter.
8. “Density” means the number of mobile homes or mobile home stands per gross acre.
9. “Design standards” means those standards and specifications adopted and approved for public improvements by the City.
10. “Driveway” means a minor private way used by vehicles and pedestrians on a mobile home lot.
11. “Easement” means 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.
12. “Electric park receptacle” means the waterproof, attachment receptacle device located adjacent to the water and sewer outlets to receive the flexible cable from the mobile home or where required, the permanently installed conductors.
13. “Electric service drop” means that part of the electric distribution system from the main electrical distribution system, overhead or underground to the service equipment serving one or more mobile home spaces.
14. “Existing installations” means those installations which were constructed before the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter.
15. “Health authority” means the legally designated health authority of the City or the authorized representative of such authority.
16. “Mobile home” means a transportable, single family dwelling unit suitable for year round occupancy having no foundation other than the wheels, jacks, piers, or skirtings and containing water supply, water disposal, heating and electrical conveniences.
17. “Mobile home lot” means a parcel of land for the placement of a single mobile home and the exclusive use of its occupants.
18. “Mobile home park” means a parcel of land under single ownership which has been planned and improved for the placement of mobile homes for non-transient use.
19. “Mobile home park development plan” means a custom-made design for a specific site or area consisting of drawings, maps, and engineering details to set forth the boundary, topography and overall park design, including streets, parking facilities, mobile home lot locations and service facilities.
20. “Mobile home stand” means that part of an individual mobile home lot which has been reserved for the placement of the mobile home and any appurtenances thereto.
21. “New installations” means those which are proposed for construction after the effective date of these rules and regulations.
22. “Patio” means a surfaced outdoor living space designed to supplement the mobile home living area.
23. “Permit” means a written permit issued by the City Building Department permitting the construction, alteration and extension of a mobile home park under the provisions of this chapter.
24. “Plat” means a map, plan, or chart of a City, Town, Section, County section, or subdivision, indicating the location and boundaries of individual properties.
25. “Private street” means a private way which affords principal means of access to abutting individual mobile home lots or accessory buildings.
26. “Property line” means a recorded boundary of a plat.
27. “Public street” means a public way which affords principal means of access to abutting properties.
28. “Public system (water or sewage)” means a system which is owned and operated by a local governmental authority or by an established public utility company which is adequately controlled by governmental authority. Such systems are usually existing systems serving the municipality or a water or sewer district established and directly controlled under the laws of the state.
29. “Right-of-way” means the area, either public or private, over which the right of passage exists.
30. “Roadway” means that portion of the mobile home park street system that is surfaced for the actual travel or parking of vehicles, and includes curbs.
31. “Sewer connection” means the connection consisting of all pipes, fittings, and appurtenances from the drain outlet of the mobile home to the inlet of the corresponding sewer riser pipe of the sewerage system serving the mobile home park.
32. “Sewer riser pipe” means that portion of the sewer lateral which extends vertically to the ground elevation and terminates at each mobile home lot.
33. “Single ownership” means an individual, partnership, corporation, or other entity owning the whole park.
34. “Skirting” means the materials and construction around the perimeter of a mobile home floor between the bottom of the mobile home floor and the grade level of the mobile home stand.
35. “Tenant storage” means an enclosed space designed to provide auxiliary general storage space for an individual mobile home.
36. “Transient use” means the occupancy of a mobile home lot by a mobile home for a period of 14 days or less.
37. “Water connection” means the connection consisting of all pipes, meter pit, meters, and fittings from the water riser pipe to the water inlet pipe of the distribution system within the mobile home.
38. “Water riser pipe” means that portion of the water supply system serving the mobile home park which extends vertically to the ground elevation and terminates at a designated point at each mobile home lot.
39. “Yard” means the area on the same lot with a mobile home between the lot line and the front, rear, or side of the mobile home.
For purposes of this chapter the “front” of a mobile home shall be considered as that part of the mobile home facing toward the approved street or right-of-way as required by this chapter.