For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
DWELLING, MOBILE HOME.
(1) A detached residential dwelling unit that must meet all of the following criteria in order to be located within the incorporated limits of the town, and then only in a permissible zoning classification zone:
(a) Designed for a long-term occupancy and containing sleeping accommodations, a flush toilet, a tub or shower bath, and kitchen facilities, and which has plumbing and electrical connections provided for attachment to outside systems;
(b) Designed to be transported after fabrication, on its own wheels, or on flatbed or other trailers or on detachable wheels;
(c) Arrives at the site where it is to be occupied as a complete unit and is ready for occupancy except for minor and incidental unpacking and assembly operation, located on an adequate foundation, supports or jacks previously approved by the town’s Building Inspector, underpinned, with adequate connections to utilities and the like in conformity with applicable building, plumbing and electrical codes;
(d) Exceeds either eight feet in body width or 32 feet in body length, excluding towing gear and bumpers;
(e) Is without motive power; and
(f) Is certified pursuant to the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, 42 U.S.C. §§ 5401 et seq., as amended, (commonly referred to as the HUD Code; effective 1976) and all regulations enacted pursuant thereto, including any local modifications as are expressly allowed by federal law.
(2) MOBILE HOMES, manufactured homes and trailer houses must not have been manufactured more than 20 years from the current year of installation.
(3) A structure meeting the above definitions and criteria shall be deemed suitable for human habitation on a year-round basis when provided with the required plumbing, heating and electrical facilities. The structure shall not be occupied as a dwelling unit until such requirements and criteria are met and satisfied. MOBILE HOME shall not include any camping unit such as travel trailers, campers or self contained “motor homes” or “camper buses”. MOBILE HOME shall also not include any manufactured home as defined in C.R.S. § 31-23-301(5)(a)(I) and the definition for manufactured home below.
DWELLING, ONE UNIT. A detached principal building designed for or occupied as a dwelling exclusively by one family as an independent living unit, but not including mobile homes, but including a manufactured home as defined in C.R.S. § 31-23-301(5)(a)(I).
MANUFACTURED HOME. A single-family dwelling which:
(1) Is partially or entirely manufactured in a factory;
(2) Is not less than 24 feet in width and 38 feet in length;
(3) Is installed on an engineered permanent foundation;
(4) Has brick, wood or cosmetically equivalent exterior siding and a pitched roof; and
(5) Is certified pursuant to the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, 42 U.S.C. §§ 5401 et seq., as amended.
(Ord. 2000-1, passed 2-10-2000; Ord. 2014-3, passed 4-10-2014)