For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
DRIVEWAY. A minor private way used by vehicles and pedestrians on a mobile home lot or used for common access to a small group of lots or facilities.
LICENSE. A written license issued by the municipality.
MANUFACTURED HOME. A factory built structure or structures, in the traveling mode, are eight body feet or more in width or 40 body feet or more in length or, when erected on site contains 320 or more square feet and equipped with the necessary service connections and made so as to be readily movable as a unit or units with or without a permanent foundation. The phrase WITHOUT A PERMANENT FOUNDATION indicates that the support system is constructed with the intent that the MANUFACTURED HOME placed thereon may be moved from time to time at the convenience of the owner.
MOBILE HOME. A transportable, single-family dwelling unit suitable for year-round occupancy containing the same water supply, waste disposal, and electrical convenience as immobile housing.
MOBILE HOME LOT. A parcel of land for the placement of one single- or double-wide mobile home and the exclusive use of its occupants.
MOBILE HOME PARK. A contiguous parcel of land which has been developed for the placement of two or more mobile homes and is owned by an individual, a firm, trust, partnership, public or private association, or corporation.
MODULAR UNIT. A transportable building unit designed to be used by itself or to be incorporated with similar units at a point of use into a modular structure to be used for residential, commercial, educational, or industrial purposes. This definition shall apply to structures under 650 square feet used temporarily and exclusively for construction site office purposes.
MUNICIPAL OFFICIAL. The authorized representative of the City of Otterville, Missouri.
PARK STREET. A private way which affords principal means of access to individual mobile home lots or auxiliary buildings.
PARK TRAILER. A modular type unit built on a single chassis mounted on wheels, designed primarily as temporary living quarters for seasonal or destination camping and having a gross trailer area not exceeding 400 square feet and not less than 240 square feet in a set up mode.
PERMIT. A written permit issued by the municipality permitting the construction, alteration, and extension of a mobile home park under the provisions of this chapter.
PERSON. Any individual, firm, trust, partnership, public or private association, or corporation.
RECREATIONAL VEHICLE. A vehicular type unit primarily designed to provide temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, or travel use that either has its own motive power or is mounted on or towed by another vehicle.
SEAL. A device, label, or insignia issued by the state’s Public Service Commission, United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, or its agent, to be displayed on the exterior of the manufactured home, recreational vehicle, or modular unit to evidence compliance with the code.
SET UP. The operations performed at the occupancy site which render a manufactured home or modular unit fit for habitation, which operations include, but are not limited to, moving, blocking, leveling, supporting, and assembling multiple or expandable units.
SEWER CONNECTION. The connection consisting of all pipes, fittings, and appurtenances from the drain outlet of the mobile home to the inlet of the corresponding sewer riser pipe of the sewage system serving the mobile home park.
SEWER RISER PIPE. The portion of the sewer lateral which extends vertically to the ground elevation and terminates at each mobile home space.
TRAILER SPACE. A parcel of land in a trailer parking area for the placement of a single trailer and its accessory structures.
WATER CONNECTION. The connection consisting of all pipes, fittings, and appurtenances from the water riser pipe to the water inlet pipe of the distribution system within the mobile home or trailer.
WATER RISER PIPE. The portion of the water supply system serving the mobile home park parking areas, which extends vertically to the ground elevation and terminates at a designated point at each mobile home lot or each trailer space.
(Ord. 345, passed 7-2-2005)