Part 2 shall be known as the "Housing Standards
Applicable to Mobile Homes and Mobile Home Courts."
The purpose of Part
2 of this chapter is to provide basic and uniform standards, in terms of performance objectives implemented by specific requirements governing the construction, occupancy and maintenance of mobile homes and mobile home courts, and establishing reasonable safeguards for the safety, health and welfare of the occupants and users thereof.
This Part 2 shall apply to mobile homes used
or intended to be used for year-round dwelling accommodations. A mobile
home or trailer shall not be located anywhere in the city except in
a trailer or tourist camp.
Installations, alterations and repairs to mobile
homes and mobile home courts, and materials, assemblies and equipment
utilized in connection therewith, shall be reasonably safe to persons
and property and shall comply with applicable statutes of the State
of New York and orders, rules and regulations issued by authority
thereof.
The following definitions shall apply in the
interpretation of this Part 2:
ACCESSORY STRUCTURE
A structure, the use of which is incidental to that of the
mobile home and which is attached thereto or located on the same mobile
lot. Accessory structures include, but are not limited to, portable,
demountable or permanent enclosures, shade structures and carports.
APPROVED
Approved by the City Engineer under the regulations of this
chapter or approved by an authority designated by law or this chapter.
COMMUNITY AREA
An area or space within a mobile home court, including fences,
walls and other minor constructions, which is designed for joint use
of occupants or restricted to nonresidential use.
COMMUNITY STRUCTURE
A structure within a mobile home court providing laundry,
toilet, recreation, parking or other common facilities, including
management office and storage buildings.
GENERALLY ACCEPTED STANDARD
A specification, code, rule, guide or procedure in the field
of construction of mobile homes or mobile home courts or related thereto,
recognized and accepted as authoritative.
HABITABLE SPACE
Space used for living, sleeping, eating or cooking purposes,
excluding kitchenettes, bathrooms, toilet rooms, storage spaces and
enclosures for equipment installations.
MECHANICAL SYSTEMS AND EQUIPMENT
Mobile home electrical, plumbing, heating, ventilating, air-conditioning
systems and equipment used for living purposes, including cooking
and refrigeration equipment.
MOBILE HOME
A movable living unit equipped with a chassis and provided
with the following mechanical system and equipment: plumbing, heating,
electrical, cooking and refrigeration (see "trailer").
MOBILE HOME COURT
A parcel of land which has been planned and improved for
the placement of two or more mobile homes. This definition includes
the definition of a tourist camp, as it relates to trailers.
MOBILE HOME LOT
A designated site within a mobile home court for the exclusive
use of the occupants of a single mobile home.
MOBILE HOME STAND
That part of an individual mobile home lot which has been
reserved for the placement of the mobile home.
PATIO
A paved outdoor living space designed to supplement the mobile
home living area.
STORAGE LOCKER
An enclosed space designed to provide auxiliary general storage
space for an individual mobile home.
TRAILER (TRAVEL OR VACATION)
A movable living unit equipped with a chassis but lacking
any of the following mechanical systems and equipment: plumbing, heating,
electrical, cooking and refrigeration (see "mobile home").