Unless a contrary intention clearly appears, the following words and phrases shall have for the purpose of this article the meanings given in the following clauses:
ACCESSORY BUILDING OR STRUCTUREA subordinate building or structure which is an addition to or supplements the facilities provided by a mobile home, such as awnings, cabanas, ramadas, storage structures, carports, porches, fences, skirting or windbreaks.
AWNINGA shade structure supported by posts or columns and partially supported by a mobile home installed, erected or used on a mobile home lot.
AWNING, FREESTANDINGA shade structure supported entirely by columns or posts and not attached to or supported by a mobile home or structure.
AWNING WINDOWA shade structure supported wholly by the mobile home or building to which it is attached.
CARPORTAn awning or shade structure for a vehicle or vehicles, which may be freestanding or partially supported by a mobile home.
COMMON AREAAny area or space designed for joint use of residents of mobile home developments.
COMMUNITY MANAGEMENTThe person who owns or has charge, care or control of the mobile home development.
DENSITYThe number of mobile homes or mobile home stands per acre of gross area.
DIAGONAL TIEAny tie-down designed to resist horizontal or shear forces and which deviates not to less than 30° from a vertical direction.
DRIVEWAYA minor private way used by vehicles and pedestrians on a mobile home lot or common access to a small group of lots or common facilities.
EASEMENTA vested or acquired right to use land, other than as a tenant, for a specific purpose; such right being held by someone other than the owner who holds title to the land.
FEEDER ASSEMBLYThe overhead or under-chassis feeder conductors, including the grounding conductor, together with the necessary fittings and equipment, or a power supply cord listed for mobile home use, designed for the purpose of delivering energy from the source of electrical supply to the distribution panel board within the mobile home.
FENCEA vertical structure or enclosure designed as a barrier and erected as a freestanding unit.
GROUND ANCHORAny device at the mobile home stand designed for the purpose of securing a mobile home to the ground.
LOT AREAThe total area reserved for exclusive use of the occupants of a mobile home.
LOT LINEA line bounding the lot as shown on the accepted plot plan.
MOBILE HOMEA structure, transportable in one or more sections, which when erected on-site, measures eight body feet or more in width 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. Each mobile home shall be constructed in accordance with the National Mobile Home Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, 42 U.S.C. § 5402 et seq. and in conformance with the provisions of the BOCA Code adopted by the Township of Bethel and the requirements of the Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Authorization Act of 1982.
MOBILE HOME COMMUNITYA mobile home development and related facilities, including the mobile homes and all residents within the development.
MOBILE HOME LOTA parcel of land for the placement of mobile home and the exclusive use of its occupant.
MOBILE HOME PARKA parcel (or contiguous parcels) of land which has been so designed and improved that contains 15 or more mobile home lots available to the greater public for rent and the placement thereon of mobile homes for occupancy which shall be held under one ownership.
MOBILE HOME PARK ELECTRICAL WIRING SYSTEMAll of the electrical wiring, fixtures, equipment and appurtenances related to electrical installations within a mobile home park or subdivision, including the mobile home service equipment.
MOBILE HOME STANDThe outline of the actual mobile home including the paved portions of any outdoor living area. Proposed or anticipated structural additions to a mobile home such as carports, cabanas, or attached storage area shall be considered part of the mobile home stand.
PERSONA person within the meaning of this chapter shall include any individual, corporation, partnership, limited partnership who owns, has charge of or care of and control of any mobile home development.
PIERA concrete pillar 12 inches to 16 inches in circumference usually placed three feet in the ground and used for support of mobile homes.
PORCHAn outside walking area having the floor elevated more than eight inches above the grade.
PRIVATE STREETA private way, which affords principal means or access to abutting individual mobile home lots and community service facilities. Community management shall be responsible for the maintenance of all private streets.
PUBLIC WATER AND PUBLIC SEWERA. Public water or any municipally or privately owned water system with a Certificate of Public Convenience from the Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission for the distribution and sale of water, in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
B. Public sewer or any municipally or privately owned sewer system in which sewage is collected from buildings and piped to an approved sewage disposal plant or central septic tank disposal system and approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. It may also be referred to as an "off-lot" or "off-site sewer." All sewage systems shall be constructed in accordance with the Bethel Township Sewer Authority construction standards.
SEWER RISER PIPEThat portion of the sewer lateral to which extends vertically to the ground elevation and terminates at each mobile home space.
SKIRTSPanels specifically designed for the purpose of screening the underside of a mobile home by forming an extension of the vertical exterior walls for the mobile home and covering the entire distance between the bottom of the exterior walls and the ground elevation below.
STORAGE STRUCTUREA structure located on a mobile home lot which is designed and used solely for the storage and use of personal equipment and possessions of the mobile home occupants; said structure to comply with the requirements of Article
II, Sec. 302(9) of this chapter.
TIEDOWNSAny device designed for the purpose of anchoring a mobile home to ground anchors.
TRAVEL TRAILERA trailer used for temporary residence or for vacation purposes designed to be mobile with permanently attached tires.
WINDBREAKA vertical wall structure designed and erected as a freestanding unit, the vertical surface of which is not more than 50% open.