For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
INSPECTION COMMITTEE. A committee designated by the City Commission, which must inspect and approve each mobile home park before annual operating license can be issued for that park.
LICENSEE. Any person licensed to operate and maintain a mobile home park under the provisions of this chapter.
MANUFACTURED HOUSING. A manufactured home or modular home that is a single-family dwelling with a heated area of at least 36 feet by 24 feet and at least 864 square feet, constructed in a factory to the standards of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. §§ 5401 et seq.) and the Housing and Urban Development Zone Code II or the Uniform Building Code, as amended to the date of the unit’s construction, and installed consistent with the regulations made pursuant thereto relating to ground level installation and ground anchors.
(Am. Ord. 859, passed 8-13-1996)
MOBILE HOME. A movable or portable housing structure larger than 40 feet in body length, 8 feet in width, or 11 feet in overall height, designed to be occupied by no more than 1 family for living and sleeping purposes, but does not include structures built to the standards of any municipal building code and other technical codes.
(Am. Ord. 859, passed 8-13-1996)
MOBILE HOME PARK. Any plot of ground upon which 2 or more mobile homes, occupied for dwelling or sleeping purposes, are located; regardless of whether or not a charge is made for the accommodation.
MOBILE HOME SPACE. A plot of land within a mobile home park designed for the accommodation of 1 mobile home in accordance with the requirements set forth in this chapter.
MOBILE HOME STAND. The portion of the mobile home space intended for occupancy by the mobile home property consisting of a rectangular plot of ground of dimensions to be determined by the size of the unit to be accommodated.
OPERATING LICENSE. An occupation license valid for 1 year, that authorizes the maintenance and operation of a mobile home park.
PERMIT. A building permit issued by the Building Department of the City of Raton for the construction of a mobile home park.
PERMITTEE. Any person obtaining a permit to construct a mobile home park.
PUBLIC DRIVE. Any street within the mobile home park utilized as access by the residents of the mobile home park, their guests, and the public.
TRAILER. Any vehicle or structure, 8 feet by 30 feet or less, designed to be transported and intended for human occupancy as a dwelling for short periods of time and containing limited or no kitchen or bathroom facilities. Use of the units are prohibited in a mobile home park as defined by this chapter, except when located in General Commercial Districts.
TRAVEL TRAILER. Any vehicle or structure 8 feet in width by 40 feet or less in length, designed to be transported for human occupancy as a dwelling unit for short periods of time and containing limited or no kitchen or bathroom facilities. Use of the units are allowed only in recreational vehicle parks and mobile home parks, except when used as temporary living quarters while a permanent residence is being constructed. TRAVEL TRAILERS may be stored on off-street property for extended periods of time, while use for guests is not prohibited on an intermittent basis, the use as living quarters for continued periods of time beyond 30 days, in any 1-year time period, shall not be permitted. Any TRAVEL TRAILER converted solely for the use as a vending unit on a temporary basis, shall be permitted upon approval of the City Manager for times set by the City Manager in writing.
(Am. Ord. 859, passed 8-13-1996; Am. Ord. 865, passed 4-8-1997)
(1981 Code, App. B) (Ord. 625, passed 2-25-1975)