Town of New Windsor, NY Definitions

Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions shall be used in the interpretation and administration of this chapter. Words used in the present tense include the future; the singular number shall include the plural, and the plural the singular; the word "structure" shall include the word "building"; the word "used" shall include "arranged," "designated," "constructed," "altered," "converted," "rented," "leased" or "intended to be used"; and the word "shall" is mandatory and not optional.

As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:

FOUNDATION

A permanent mobile home foundation shall be capable of sustaining safely the weight to which it will be subjected without undue differential settlement, unsafe deformation or movement of the mobile home caused by freezing and thawing, dampness, corrosion, wetting and drying, and termites and other destructive insects. Minimum shall be a four-inch-thick reinforced concrete slab with a skirt, both equal in length and width of the mobile home. Anchors and tie-downs shall be placed at least as necessary to meet the manufacturer's recommended standards.[1]

LOT WIDTH

See Chapter 300, Zoning, § 300-89.

[Amended 7-3-2002 by L.L. No. 4-2002]

MOBILE HOME

Any vehicle, including a recreational vehicle and camping trailer, house trailer or any other type of portable thing on wheels, skids, or rollers set on either a temporary or permanent foundation, whether propelled by its own power or otherwise, which may be configured for living or sleeping purposes, or such other thing not classified as a premanufactured home as defined herein.

[Amended 7-3-2002 by L.L. No. 4-2002]

MOBILE HOME LOT

A parcel of land within a mobile home park for the placement of a single mobile home and the exclusive use of its occupants.

MOBILE HOME PARK

Any premises on which are parked or placed one or more mobile homes or any premises used or held out for the purposes of supplying to the public a parking space for one or more such mobile homes.

[Amended 7-3-2002 by L.L. No. 4-2002[2]]

MOBILE HOME SALES LOT

Any premises on which one or more mobile homes, new or used, are parked for the purpose of inspection or sale.

[Amended 7-3-2002 by L.L. No. 4-2002]

MOBILE HOME STAND

That part of an individual lot which has been reserved for the placement of the mobile home, appurtenant structures or additions.

PERSON

Any individual, firm, trust, partnership, public or private association or corporation, or other entity.

PREMANUFACTURED HOME

A premanufactured home or prefabricated home or structure which is transported and/or delivered in sections or parts shall not be considered a mobile home, provided that it is installed on a permanent masonry or concrete home-type foundation wall, that the home/structure meets all state code requirements for a single-family residence, and that the livable floor area shall be a minimum of 1,200 square feet.

[Amended 7-3-2002 by L.L. No. 4-2002]

SERVICE BUILDING

A structure housing sanitary, operational, office, recreational, maintenance and other facilities built to conform to required standards.

SEWER CONNECTION

Pipes, fittings and appurtenances from the drain outlet of the mobile home to the inlet of the corresponding sewer riser pipe of the sewer system serving the mobile home park.

SEWER RISER PIPE

That portion of the sewer lateral which extends vertically to the ground elevation and terminates at a designated point at each mobile home lot.

WATER CONNECTION

All pipes, fittings and appurtenances from the water riser pipe to the water inlet pipe of the distribution system within the mobile home.

WATER RISER PIPE

That portion of the water service pipe which extends vertically to the ground elevation and terminates at a designated point at each mobile home lot.

WATER SERVICE PIPE

Consists of all pipes, fittings, valves and appurtenances from the water main of the park distribution system to the water outlet of the distribution system within the mobile home.

[1]

Editor's Note: The definition of "camping trailer" which immediately preceded this definition was repealed 7-3-2002 by L.L. No. 4-2002.

[2]

Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I). Throughout this chapter, the term "trailer" was amended to read "mobile home" (except with regard to camping trailers) and the term "trailer court" was amended to read "mobile home park" at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).