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The following definitions shall be applicable to the provisions of this chapter.

(1) Camper. A structure designed to be mounted upon a vehicle, usually a truck, which provides facilities for human habitation or for temporary outdoor or recreational lodging.

(2) Canopy. A structure designed to be mounted upon a vehicle, usually a truck, which provides security or shelter for things or persons under the structure that is the canopy.

(3) Community Facility. An accessory building located in a manufactured home park or recreational vehicle park for the purpose of providing restroom, bathing and/or laundry facilities to residents or occupants of that park. Community facility buildings may also house the park office, shop or storage space, recreational facilities, or any commercial enterprise permitted by this Chapter.

(4) Manufactured Home (MH). A dwelling unit built according to the United States Department of housing and Urban Development Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards Act (42 U.S.C. 5401-5426), as it exists now or may hereafter be amended. A manufactured home also:

(a) includes plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and electrical systems;

(b) is built on a permanent chassis; and

(c) can be transported in one or more sections with each section at least eight (8) feet wide and forty (40) feet long when transported, or when installed on the site is three hundred twenty (320) square feet or greater.

(5) Manufactured Home Accessory Structure. An awning, ramada, storage structure, carport, fence, windbreak, deck or porch located on a manufactured home lot, all of which must comply with applicable construction codes.

(6) Manufactured Home Lot. Any portion of a manufactured home park designated as the location for one (1) manufactured or mobile home and its accessory structures.

(7) Manufactured Home Park (MHP). Real property under single ownership and management, or multiple ownerships and a single management, that is used as the location for two (2) or more manufactured or mobile homes that are, or are intended to be, occupied as dwellings.

(8) Manufactured Home Stand. That part of a manufactured home lot intended for the placement of a manufactured or mobile home.

(9) Mobile Home. A factory-built dwelling until built prior to June 15, 1976, to standards other than the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development Code, and acceptable under applicable state codes in effect at the time of construction or introduction of the home into the state. A “Mobile Home” is not a “Manufactured Home.”

(10) Park Street. A street or road within a manufactured home or recreational vehicle park that connects manufactured or mobile home lots or recreational vehicle sites with a street, road, or highway.

(11) Recreational Facilities. A building or outdoor recreational structure located in a manufactured home or recreational vehicle park for the purpose of providing leisure time activities for the residents of that park and their guests.

(12) Recreational Vehicle (RV). A motor home, travel trailer, truck camper, or camping trailer with or without motor power, built on a single chassis, and having a living area of less than two hundred twenty (220) square feet.

(13) Recreational Vehicle Park (RVP). Real property under a single ownership or management that is used as the location for the temporary occupancy of two (2) or more recreational vehicles and/or tents.

(14) Recreational Vehicle Site. That part of a recreational vehicle park that is designated for the parking or placement of a single recreational vehicle or tent.

(15) Trailer. A non-motorized vehicle designed for being drawn by or used in conjunction with a motorized vehicle and which is constructed so that no appreciable part of its weight rests upon or is carried by such motorized vehicle. The term trailer also includes what is commonly known as a “fifth-wheeler”. (Ord. 05-12 §3, 2005; Ord. 01-5 §14, 2001; Ord. 88-8 §2, 1988; Ord. 87-9 §1, 1987).