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Article I. General Provisions
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For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:

“Manufactured home” means a structure that is transportable in two or more modules which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling with a permanent foundation and footing when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning and electrical systems contained therein. For the purposes of this chapter, the definition of a manufactured home shall be construed to include mobile homes that are at least twenty-four feet in body width and thirty-five feet in body length and consists of two or more modules and is attached permanently to an approved foundation and footing, provided the units are manufactured after June 16, 1976, in accordance with the standards adopted pursuant to the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 and stamped approved by HUD (S 5402-6) and contains the State Insignia of Approval.

“Mobile home” means a vehicular, portable structure more than eight feet in width and thirty-two feet in length, built on a chassis and designed to be used without a permanent foundation as a dwelling when connected to indicated utilities.

“Mobile home park” means an area or tract of land used to accommodate two or more occupied mobile homes.

“Mobile home subdivision” means a described tract of land which has been divided into three or more lots, tracts or parcels of five acres each or less in area and which lots, tracts or parcels of land are used exclusively as sites for mobile homes.

“Motor home” means a self-propelled vehicular unit, primarily designed as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreational and vacation use.

“Park trailer” means a vehicle that:

1. Is designed as a temporary living quarters for seasonal or a destination residence which may be connected to utilities necessary for operation of installed fixtures and appliances;

2. Is built on a single chassis and mounted on wheels; and

3. Has a gross trailer area not exceeding four hundred square feet in the set up mode.

“Recreational vehicle,” “camper,” “travel trailer,” “motor home,” and “vacation vehicle” means a vehicular unit, other than a mobile home, primarily designed as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreational and vacation use, which is either self-propelled or is mounted on or pulled by another vehicle; including but not limited to: a travel trailer, a camping trailer, a truck camper, a motor home, a fifth wheel trailer and a van.

“Recreational vehicle court” means an area or tract of land used to accommodate two or more occupied recreational vehicles.

“Travel trailer” means a vehicular, portable unit, mounted on wheels, not requiring special highway permits when drawn by a motorized vehicle:

1. Designed as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreational, and vacation use; and

2. When factory-equipped for the road, having a body width of not more than eight feet or a body length of not more than forty feet. (Ord. 94-24 (part), 1994; prior code § 24-1)