(A) A factory-assembled structure or structures equipped with the necessary service connections and made so as to be readily movable as a unit or units on its own running gear and designed to be used as a dwelling unit(s) without a permanent foundation (NEC 550-2). The mobile home may be a single-wide, double-wide or have an expandable section.
(B) The mobile home service equipment shall be rated at least 100 amperes and shall also adhere to the following conditions (NEC 550-23b).
(1) The service equipment shall not be mounted in or on the mobile home (NEC 550-23a).
(2) The mobile home service equipment shall be readily accessible and shall be located in sight from and not more than 30 feet from the exterior wall of the mobile home it serves (NEC 550-23a). The service equipment shall be permitted to be located elsewhere provided a disconnecting means and grounding electrode system suitable for service equipment is located in sight from and not more than 30 feet from the exterior wall of the mobile home it serves (NEC 550-23, exception).
(c) The power supply to a mobile home used for residential purposes shall be a feeder assembly from the point of attachment at the service equipment to the point of attachment at the distribution panel consisting of one of the following methods (see Fig. 9, 10 and 10A) (NEC 550-5):
(1) A power supply cord of the three-pole, four-wire grounding type rated up to 50 amperes and shall have appropriate overcurrent protection (NEC 550-5 and 550-24); or
(2) Four insulated conductors, one of which shall be an equipment grounding conductor, (sized according to the equipment grounding conductor table of the National Electrical Code, (NEC Table 250-95) permanently installed either overhead or underground (NEC 550-24). The permanently installed feeder shall have an ampacity of at least 100 amperes (NEC 550-23b and 550-24b).
(d) The power supply to a mobile home used for nonresidential purposes shall be four-wire and installed in accordance with provisions of subsection (c) above, but need have only sufficient ampacity to carry the required load current (NEC 550-4a).
(e) Each service equipment, meter enclosure or meter board shall be identified with the mobile home it serves.
(Ord. passed 11-8-1994)