For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. A subordinate building or structure, the use of which is incidental to and customarily in conjunction with the main building or use and which is located on the same lot as the main building or use. ACCESSORY STRUCTURES shall include sheds, detached garages, decks, pools and covered patios.
CITY. The City of O’Fallon, Illinois.
INDIVIDUAL UTILITIES. The provision for each mobile home of a separate metered connection to electrical service, separately tapped water service from an approved public water supply or a separate private water supply, and a separately tapped connection to an approved public sewer system or a separate private sewage disposal system.
MOBILE HOME. A structure, transportable in one or more sections, which, in 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 square feet and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning and electrical systems contained therein. All mobile homes shall comply with the Federal Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards established pursuant to the National Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards Act, 42 U.S.C. § 5403 and constructed after 6-15-1976. Each mobile home unit shall contain a red metal label, permanently affixed to the rear of each towable unit and comply with the requirement of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the State Department of Public Health and all other applicable agencies. The term MANUFACTURED HOME is synonymous with the term MOBILE HOME.
MOBILE HOME PARK. A tract of land or two or more contiguous tracts of land upon which contain sites with the necessary utilities for two or more mobile homes for permanent habitation either free of charge or for revenue purposes and maintained or operated jointly, 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. Separate ownership of contiguous tracts of land shall not preclude the tracts of land from common licensure as a MOBILE HOME PARK if they are maintained and operated jointly. A motorized recreational vehicle shall not be construed as being a part of a MOBILE HOME PARK.
REVENUE PURPOSES. Includes, but is not limited to, moneys or other valuable consideration paid by a tenant or lessee or paid by a contract purchaser pursuant to a lease, rental agreement, contract for deed, sale or purchase prior to the delivery of the deed conveying legal title.
SITE. The lot on which the mobile home is located for permanent habitation.
(1999 Code, § 156.02) (Ord. 3563, passed 3-3-2008)