For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ABANDONED. Any manufactured home or other structure that ceases to be occupied for more than 12 months and no active attempt to rent via regular advertisement effort or no longer complies with § 154.05; and/or a manufactured home for which an owner cannot be determined through reasonable efforts that include utilizing the County Supervisor of Assessments records, or other appropriate sources.
AFFIDAVIT. An oath in writing, sworn before and attested by an individual who has authority to administer an oath.
APPLICANT. Any person seeking to install or place an allowable structure in the unincorporated area of the county.
CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. A document issued by the County Code Administrator certifying that a new manufactured home and pre-owned manufactured homes is in compliance with applicable requirements set forth by this subchapter, and indicating it to be in a condition suitable for residential occupancy.
CODE COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE. A certificate provided by the manufacturer to the Department of Public Health that warrants that the manufactured housing unit or mobile home complies with the applicable code.
COUNTY CODE ADMINISTRATOR. Person appointed by the County Board of Jersey as the official of planning, permits and inspections; or any of his or her assistants and may be referred as CODE OFFICIAL.
DEAD STORAGE. Keeping or accumulating items or materials that are not being used for their intended purpose(s) for an extended period of time.
DEPARTMENT. The Department of Public Health.
DEPENDENT MOBILE HOME. A mobile home which does not have a toilet and bath or shower facilities.
FLOODPLAIN and SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREA (SFHA). Those lands within the jurisdiction of the county that is subject inundation by the base flood. The floodplains of the Macoupin Creek, Mill Creek, Phils Creek, Piaso Creek, Otter Creek, Illinois and Mississippi Rivers are generally identified as such on the flood insurance rate map of Jersey County prepared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and dated April 2, 2009. FLOODPLAIN also includes those areas of known flooding as identified by the community.
INDEPENDENT MOBILE HOME. A mobile home which has a self-contained toilet and bath or shower facilities.
IMMOBILIZED MOBILE HOME. A mobile home served by individual utilities (sewer, water, electricity) resting on a permanent perimeter foundation which extends below the established frost depth with the wheels, tongue and hitch removed and the home secured in compliance with the Illinois Mobile Home Tiedown Act. (210 ILCS 120)
INSTALL. To construct a foundation system and to place or erect a manufactured home on such foundation system. Such term includes, without limitation, supporting, blocking, leveling, securing or anchoring such manufactured home and connecting multiple or expandable sections of such manufactured home.
JURISDICTION. The unincorporated areas of Jersey County, Illinois.
MANUFACTURED HOME.
(1) A structure that was constructed on or after June 15, 1976 per HUD requirements and is a factory-assembled, completely integrated structure designed for permanent habitation, with a permanent chassis, and so constructed as to permit its transport, on wheels temporarily or permanently attached to its frame, and is a movable or portable unit that is:
(a) Eight body feet or more in width;
(b) Forty body feet or more in length; and
(c) Three hundred twenty or more square feet, constructed to be towed on its own chassis (comprised of frame and wheels) from the place of its construction to the location, or subsequent locations, at which it is installed and set up according to the manufacturer’s instructions and connected to utilities for year round occupancy for use as a permanent habitation, and designed and situated so as to permit its occupancy as a dwelling place for one or more persons.
(2) The term shall include units containing parts that may be folded, collapsed or telescoped when being towed and that may be expected to provide additional cubic capacity, and that are designed to be joined into one integral unit capable of being separated again into the components for repeated towing. The term excludes campers and recreational vehicles.
MOBILE HOME.
(1) A structure that was constructed before June 15, 1976, and is a factory-assembled, completely integrated structure designed for permanent habitation, with a permanent chassis, and so constructed as to permit its transport, on wheels temporarily or permanently attached to its frame, and is a movable or portable unit that is:
(a) Eight body feet or more in width;
(b) Forty body feet or more in length; and
(c) Three hundred twenty or more square feet, constructed to be towed on its own chassis (comprised of frame and wheels) from the place of its construction to the location, or subsequent locations, at which it is installed and set up according to the manufacturer’s instructions and connected to utilities for year-round occupancy for use as a permanent habitation, and designed and situated so as to permit its occupancy as a dwelling place for one or more persons.
(2) The term shall include units containing parts that may be folded, collapsed or telescoped when being towed and that may be expected to provide additional cubic capacity, and that are designed to be joined into one integral unit capable of being separated again into the components for repeated towing. The term excludes campers and recreational vehicles.
MOBILE HOME PARK. A tract of land or two or more contiguous tracts of land upon which contain sites with the necessary utilities for five or more independent mobile homes for permanent habitation either free of charge or for revenue purposes, and shall include any building, structure, vehicle or enclosure used or intended for use as a part of the equipment of such mobile home park.
(1) Separate ownership of contiguous tracts of land shall not preclude the tracts of land from common licensure as a mobile park if they are maintained and operated jointly.
(2) Neither an immobilized mobile home nor a motorized recreational vehicle shall be construed as being a part of a MOBILE HOME PARK.
(3) All mobile home parks must be in strict compliance with the Illinois Mobile Home Park Act. 210 ILCS 115/.
MODULAR HOME. Also known as panelized or prefab, is constructed of premade parts and unit modules at a factory. Wall panels, trusses and other pre-fabricated house parts are transported on a flatbed truck from the factory to the building site, these house sections are lifted onto the foundation where they are for the locations where they are erected.
NEC. The National Electrical Code, also referred to as the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA 70).
PERMANENT HABITATION. Habitation for a period of two or more consecutive months.
POLE BARN. A building which lacks a conventional foundation built from treated poles, typically at eight-foot intervals and anchored into the ground with cement and rock. Boards and metals are used for the sides and roof with screws to attach to the metal. The floor may be concrete, rock or bare ground.
PORTABLE BUILDING. Any prefabricated structure assembled off site and delivered to the site as a complete unit or a building purchased in kit form and assembled onsite, which can be moved without disassembly to another location.
PRE-OWNED MANUFACTURED HOME. Any manufactured home that has been previously used as a dwelling or for any other purpose and has been titled.
RAILROAD CAR. A railway wagon or railway carriage, also called a train car or train wagon, is a vehicle used for the carrying of cargo or passengers on a rail transport system.
SHIPPING CONTAINERS. A container with strength suitable to withstand shipment, storage and handling. SHIPPING CONTAINERS range from large reusable steel boxes used for intermodal shipments to the corrugated boxes and are used for the shipment of freight. The majority of containers measure eight feet wide and lengths can be 20 or 40 feet. Standard height measures eight feet six inches.
SITE. The lot on which the structure is located or is to be located for permanent habitation.
STRUCTURE. Anything constructed or erected with a fixed location on the ground. This includes buildings, mobile homes, manufactured homes, modular homes, portable sheds, pole barns, trailers, garages, carports, sheds and shipping containers.
(Ord 17-001, passed 12-12-2017)