For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
MANUFACTURED HOME. A factory-built structure or structures which, 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, contain 320 or more square feet, 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, factory-built home designed to be used as a residential dwelling and built prior to the enactment of the Federal Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, being 42 U.S.C. §§ 5401 et seq., which became effective June 15, 1976.
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 not apply to structures under 650 square feet used temporarily and exclusively for construction site office purposes.
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 the setup mode.
PERSON. An individual, partnership, corporation, or legal entity.
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, U.S. 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.
SETUP. 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.
(Prior Code, § 510.200) (Ord. 293, passed 5-19-1999)