For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ABANDONED MANUFACTURED HOME.
(A) A manufactured home that has not been used as a dwelling for at least 180 days and is found to be a nuisance because it is in a wrecked, scrapped, disassembled, unusable, cannibalized, burnt, inoperable, or un-repairable state, or creates or fosters one or more of the following conditions:
(1) A breeding ground or harbor for mosquitoes, other insects, rats, or other pests;
(2) A point of heavy growth of weeds or other noxious vegetation over eight inches in height;
(3) The collection of pools or ponds of water;
(4) Concentrated quantities of gasoline, oil, or other flammable or explosive materials;
(5) A source of danger for children because of the possibility of entrapment or injury from exposed sharp surfaces of metal, glass, or other rigid materials;
(6) A source of danger from the home, or parts thereof, falling or turning over;
(7) An accumulation of garbage, food waste, or any other rotten or putrefied matter of any kind;
(8) Accumulation of sewage or animal waste;
(9) Concentrated quantities of hazardous materials;
(10) The presence of dead animals; and
(11) Any manufactured home specifically declared a public health, safety, or welfare hazard by the Board of County Commissioners or a duly authorized county official or employee.
(B) Manufactured homes that are abandoned as defined herein shall be considered personal property and, if previously characterized as real property for tax or other purposes, shall forfeit that characterization.
DEMOLITION COLLECTION CENTER. A manned or unmanned facility used for the collection, separation, and short-term storage of recyclables or demolition debris but does not include on-site processing.
DEMOLITION CONTRACTOR. An entity or individual contracted either with the county or a property owner to perform the service of deconstruction, removal, and/or recycling of a structure or scrap debris. DEMOLITION CONTRACTORS shall obtain a valid demolition permit through the Planning/Zoning and Code Enforcement Department prior to starting the abatement process.
DILAPIDATED MANUFACTURED HOME. A manufactured home which is unfit for human habitation or use and cannot be repaired, altered or improved to comply with all of the minimum standards except at a cost in excess of 50% of its value, as determined by finding of the Planning and Zoning Administrator and/or Code Enforcement Officers.
ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. The county-designated authority to include the Director of Public Works, Planning and Zoning Administrator, Code Enforcement Officers, Environmental Health Department Director and/or County Sheriff's Deputies.
MANUFACTURED HOME. Pursuant to G.S § 143-145(7), a structure, transportable in one or more sections, which in the traveling mode whose body is eight feet or more in width or 40 feet or more in length, or when erected on site, is 320 square feet or more, 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. Such term shall include any structure that meets all the requirements of this definition except the size requirements and with respect to which the manufacturer voluntarily files a certification required by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and complies with the standards established under that federal agency. For purposes of this chapter, MANUFACTURED HOME includes both factory-built single-family structures built to meet standards established under The National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 and MANUFACTURED HOMES built prior to the effective date of those standards (June 15, 1976). The federal standards became effective on June 15, 1976, and all homes with a date of manufacture on or after this date were required to have a HUD label indicating compliance with the standards.
SCOPE OF SERVICES AGREEMENT. A written and properly executed contract between a demolition contractor and the county which governs the deconstruction and removal of abandoned manufactured homes. Said contract specifies the process of the proper demolition and removal of an abandoned manufactured home. Guidelines, requirements, and standard operating procedures are specified within this contract.
(Ord. passed 9-14-2009; Ord. passed 6-7-2021)