§ 35.9.1. Definitions.
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this Subchapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Agent. Any person authorized by the licensee of a manufactured home park or recreational vehicle park to operate or maintain such park.
Common Access Route. A private way which affords principal means of access to individual manufactured home stands or auxiliary buildings.
Driveway. A minor entranceway off the common access route within the park into an off-street parking area serving one or more mobile homes.
Electrical Connection. The connection consisting of all wiring, fittings and appurtenances from the disconnect box to the distribution system within a manufactured home or recreational vehicle.
Front. That part of the manufactured home space which abuts the common access or private drive, if double. The owner shall elect which one is the front, and such an election shall be stated and shown on the Final Plat.
HUD-Code Manufactured Home. A structure constructed on or after June 15, 1976, according to the rules of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Internal Street. The same as common access route.
License. A written license issued by the Building Official permitting a person to operate and maintain a manufactured home park or recreational vehicle park under the provisions of this Subchapter.
Licensee. A person licensed to operate and maintain a manufactured home park or recreational vehicle park under the provisions of this Subchapter.
Manufactured Housing or Manufactured Home. A HUD-code manufactured home.
Mobile Home. A structure that was constructed before June 15, 1976, transportable in one or more sections which, in the traveling mode, is eight (8) body feet or more in width or forty (40) body feet or more in length or, when erected on site, is three hundred twenty (320) or more 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.
Manufactured Home Lot. A parcel or tract of land for the placement of a single manufactured home and the exclusive use of its occupants and which is located in a mobile home subdivision approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission of the City.
Manufactured Home Park. A unified development of manufactured home spaces or stands arranged on a tract of land under private ownership meeting all requirements of this Subchapter.
Manufactured Home Subdivision. A unified development of manufactured home sites or lots which have been divided for the purpose of individual ownership and which is governed by the provisions of the subdivision regulations of the City.
Natural or Artificial Barrier. Any creek, ravine, pond, railroad, fence, hedge or similar physical separation which prohibits a direct view from outside the mobile home park.
Park Occupant. One who occupies a manufactured home or recreational vehicle within a licensed park.
Permit. A written Permit or certification issued by the Building Official permitting the construction, alteration or extension of a mobile home park or recreational vehicle park under the provisions of this Subchapter and regulations issued under this Subchapter.
Playground. A tract or parcel of land one (1) to four (4) acres in size which is reserved and designed primarily for a children's play area and equipped with conventional playground facilities such as swings, slides, etc., in addition to larger facilities such as ballfields or adult recreation areas.
Plot Plan. A graphic representation, drawn to scale, in a horizontal plane, delineating the outlines of the land included in the plan and all proposed use locations, accurately dimensioned, and indicating the relation of each use to that adjoining and to the boundary of the property.
Recreational Vehicle. A vehicular, portable structure built on a chassis, designed to be used as a temporary dwelling, self-propelled or to be towed behind a motor vehicle, without special Permit being needed, of a gross weight of not more than four thousand five hundred (4,500) pounds and having an overall length of not more than twenty-eight (28) feet.
Recreational Vehicle Park. A development under private ownership designed primarily for transient service on which recreational vehicles, pickup coaches and self-propelled motorized vehicles are parked or situated and used for the purpose of supplying to the public a parking space for such vehicles meeting all the requirements of this Subchapter.
Recreational Vehicle Stand. A parcel or area of land for the placement of a single recreational vehicle and the exclusive use of its occupants and which is located in a recreational vehicle park approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission of the City.
Register. A well-bound book, kept legibly, covering all pertinent information required by this Subchapter.
Replacement. The act of moving one (1) manufactured home from its existing stand and replacing it with another manufactured home.
Screening Device. A solid masonry or wooden wall or fence, a woven wire or chainlink fence with metal strips woven through the mesh to form a solid screen, a woven wire or chainlink fence with evergreen shrubs forming a sight screen.
Service building. A structure housing toilet, lavatory and such other facilities as may be required by this Subchapter.
Sewer Connection. The connection consisting of all pipes, fittings and appurtenances from the drain outlet of a manufactured home or recreational vehicle to the inlet of the corresponding sewer service riser pipe of the sewage system serving the manufactured home park or recreational vehicle park.
Sewer Service Riser Pipe. That portion of a sewer service which extends vertically to the ground elevation and terminates at a manufactured home or recreational vehicle stall.
Site. The same as stand, unless otherwise stated in the section.
Site Plan. The same as plot plan.
Stall. That limited portion of the manufactured home stand which has been readied for the placement and use of a manufactured home in accordance with this Subchapter.
Stand. An area within the park which has been improved for a single manufactured home or recreational vehicle as provided in this Subchapter.
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 a manufactured home or recreational vehicle.
Water Riser Pipe. That portion of the private water service system serving a manufactured home or recreational vehicle park, which extends vertically to the ground elevation and terminates at a designated point at a manufactured home or recreational vehicle space.