As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
A building or structure that is an addition to or supplements
the facilities provided by a manufactured home. Examples are garages,
storage structures, carports, fences, windbreaks or porches.
Straps, cables, turnbuckles and chains, including tensioning
devices, that are used with ties to secure a manufactured home to
ground anchors.
A combination of ties, anchoring equipment and ground anchors
that will, when properly designed and installed, resist the overturning
of the home or sideways movement caused by wind.
Acceptable to Kent County. (NOTE: In determining the acceptability
of installations or procedures, equipment or materials, the authority
having jurisdiction may base acceptance on compliance with NCSBCS/ANSI
or other appropriate standards. In the absence of such standards,
said authority may require evidence of proper installation, procedure
or use. The authority having jurisdiction may also refer to the listing
or labeling practices of an organization concerned with product evaluations
that is in a position to determine compliance with appropriate standards
for current production of listed items.)
The replacement, addition, modification or removal of any
equipment or installation that may affect the originally approved
design of construction, plumbing, heating, cooling, fuel-burning or
electrical systems.
A tie intended to resist horizontal or shear forces and to
resist vertical, uplift and overturning forces.
One or more habitable rooms that are designed to be occupied
by one family, with facilities for living, sleeping, cooking, eating
and sanitation.
That part of the support system that sits directly on the
ground at, below or partly below grade to support the piers.
A site-built or site-assembled system of stabilizing devices
that is:
Capable of transferring design dead loads and
lateral and vertical live loads, as required by the Manufactured Home
Procedural and Enforcement Regulations, and other design loads unique
to local home sites that result from wind and water conditions, or
that are imposed by or upon the structure, into the underlying soil
or bedrock without failure.
Placed at an adequate depth, or otherwise adequately
designed, to prevent frost damage.
Constructed of materials acceptable to Kent
County.
That part of the structural system that is normally used
to transmit accumulative design loads to the support system.
A device placed at the manufactured home stand designed to
transfer home anchoring loads to the ground.
Assembly, at the site of occupancy, of all portions of the
manufactured home, connection of the home to existing utility connections,
and installation of support or anchoring systems.
The replacement, addition, modification or removal of any
components of the required ground support or ground anchoring systems.
Instructions provided by the manufacturer which accompany
each manufactured home and detail the manufacturer's requirements
for ground support, anchoring systems and other work completed on
site.
Equipment or materials to which has been attached a label,
symbol or other identifying mark of an organization that is acceptable
to Kent County; that is concerned with product evaluation; that maintains
periodic inspection or production of labeled equipment or materials;
and that provides labels, the use of which indicates a manufacturer's
compliance with appropriate standards or performance in a specified
manner.
Equipment or materials included in a list that is published
by an organization acceptable to Kent County; that is concerned with
product evaluation; that maintains periodic inspection of production
of listed equipment or materials; and that produces listings that
state either that the equipment or materials meet appropriate standards
or have been tested and found suitable for use in a specified manner.
A structure, transportable in one or more sections, that
in its traveling mode is eight body feet or more in width or 40 body
feet or more in length or, when erected on site, is 320 or more square
feet; that is built on a permanent chassis; this is designed to be
used as a dwelling; that may or may not have a permanent foundation;
that is connected to the required utilities; and that contains the
plumbing, heating, air-conditioning and electrical systems; except
that such term shall include any structure that meets the size requirements
and for which the manufacturer has voluntarily filed a certification
required by the Secretary of HUD; and that complies with the MHCSS.
(NOTE: This definition should not be interpreted to include any types
of recreational vehicles, including so-called "park models" or travel
trailers, that may be equal or exceed the body length or width specified
herein.)
That portion of the support system between the footing and
the manufactured home, exclusive of shims. Types of piers include,
but are not limited to, the following:
Indicates a mandatory requirement.
Indicates a recommendation or that which is advised but not
required.
A designated parcel of land designed for the accommodation
of one manufactured home, its accessory buildings or structures and
accessory equipment, for the exclusive use of the occupants of the
home.
A weather-resistant material used to enclose the space from
the bottom of the manufactured home to grade.
All components of the anchoring and support systems, such
as piers, footings, ties, anchoring equipment, found anchors or any
other materials and methods of construction that support and secure
the manufactured home to the ground.
That which is built or constructed, an edifice or building
of any kind, or any piece of work artificially built up or composed
of parts joined together in some definite manner.
A combination of footings, piers and shims that will, when
properly installed, support the manufactured home.
See "anchoring equipment."
The connection of the manufactured home to existing utilities
that include, but are not limited to, electricity, water, sewer, gas
or fuel oil.
A tie intended to resist uplifting and overturning forces.
