A factory-built structure designed for long-term residential use, the components of which are essentially constructed or assembled prior to its delivery to and installation upon a site. For the purposes of this Zoning Ordinance,
FACTORY- BUILT HOUSING shall include the following.
(a) MANUFACTURED HOME. Any nonself- propelled vehicle 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 unit with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning and electrical systems contained therein, which bears a label certifying that it is built in compliance with Federal Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards, being 42 U.S.C. §§ 5401 et seq.
(b) MOBILE HOME. Any nonself-propelled vehicle so designed, constructed, reconstructed or added to by means of accessories in a manner as will permit the use and occupancy thereof for human habitation, when connected to utilities, whether resting
on wheels, jacks, blocks or other temporary foundation and used or so construed as to permit its being used as a conveyance upon the public streets and highways and exceeding a gross weight of 4,500 pounds and an overall length of 30 feet, and not in compliance with the Federal Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974.
(c) MODULAR HOME. Factory-built housing certified as meeting the local or State Building Code as applicable to modular housing. Once certified by the state, MODULAR HOMES shall be subject to the same standards as site-built homes.
(Ord. 99-207, passed 1-10-2000)