14.32A.120 Definitions.

The following definitions shall apply for interpretation, administration and enforcement of this chapter.

“Applicant(s)” means a manufactured home owner, manufactured home occupant, and/or landowner of the lot or space where the manufactured home is to be placed.

“Approved access” means issuance of a road approach permit and construction of such access in conformance with state, city or county road standards.

“Available water or sewers” means ready, convenient and obtainable connection to water and/or sewage disposal systems, whether public, community or private on-site systems.

“Board” means the board of county commissioners of Clark County.

“Building official” means the officer or other designated authority charged with the administration and enforcement of this chapter, or the building official’s duly authorized representative.

“Department” means the Clark County department of community development.

“Director” means the director of the department or the director’s designee.

“Insignia” means a label, stamp or tag issued by the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries (DLI) indicating the structure, alteration, or component bearing the insignia complies with Washington Administrative Code 296-150M, or a label, stamp or tag issued by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) indicating compliance with 42 U.S.C., ß 5401, et seq. and any related C.F.R.’s, as now enacted or hereafter amended.

“Installer” means a person who is in the business of installing manufactured homes who has been issued a certificate by the state of Washington under Washington Administrative Code 296-150M, as hereafter amended.

“Lot” means a parcel of land, the boundaries of which are described in the records of the Clark County auditor.

“Manufactured home” means a single-family dwelling built after June 15, 1976, in accordance with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards Act, as hereafter amended, which bears the appropriate insignia indicating such compliance. For the purposes of this chapter, the term “manufactured home” shall also include “mobile home.”

“Mobile home” means a single-family residence transportable in one (1) or more sections which, in traveling mode, are eight (8) feet or more in width or thirty-two (32) feet or more in length, or, when erected on site, is three hundred twenty (320) or more square feet, and built on a permanent chassis, designed to be used as a dwelling with or without permanent foundation when connected to required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and electrical systems contained therein, and constructed before June 15, 1976. For the purposes of installation and placement standards as required by this chapter, the term “manufactured home” shall include “mobile home.”

“Mobile home park” means a lot with two (2) or more spaces for lease or rent for manufactured homes.

“Occupancy” means any human use of a manufactured home, whether permanent or incidental.

“Permanent installation” means all on-site work necessary for the placement and installation of a manufactured home, and requires approved connections to all appropriate utilities, including but not limited to plumbing, heating, air conditioning and electrical systems.

“Person” means any individual, association, firm, partnership, corporation or other entity.

“Placement permit” means a permit issued by the department for permanent installation of a manufactured home in the unincorporated areas of Clark County.

“Recreational park trailer” shall have the same meaning as that term is defined in Washington Administrative Code 296-150P, as hereafter amended. For the purposes of this chapter, any reference to the term “recreational vehicle” shall include the term “recreational park trailer.”

“Recreational vehicle” shall have the same meaning as that term is defined in Washington Administrative Code 296-150R, as hereafter amended. For the purposes of this chapter, the term shall include travel trailers, folding camping trailers, truck campers, motor homes, multi-use vehicles designed for temporary occupancy as herein defined, and park trailers.

“Recreational vehicle park” means a lot with two (2) or more sites for lease or rent, to the extent such lot has been approved in conformance with applicable sections under Title 40, as now enacted or as hereafter amended.

“Road” means a dedicated or publicly maintained road or road right-of-way, or a private road right-of-way or easement providing access to three (3) or more lots or dwellings.

“Sewage disposal system” means the service and connection lines of a sanitary sewer system, or an on-site (septic) sewage disposal system approved pursuant to Washington Administrative Code 246-272, including septic tank, septic drainfield, drainfield replacement area, and any components thereof.

“Space” means the area identified for placement and permanent installation of a manufactured home within an approved mobile home park.

“Square feet” means a calculation based on the structure’s exterior dimensions, measured at the largest horizontal projections when erected on site, including all expandable rooms and other projections containing interior space.

“Structural addition” means any appurtenance or structural modification to a manufactured home that was not part of the original factory built component(s).

“Temporary occupancy” means human habitation of a structure not to be used for such purpose upon a single site for more than thirty (30) consecutive days, or sixty (60) total days in a calendar year, whichever is less.

“Water system” means service and connection lines of a public or community potable water system, or an on-site well that conforms to the requirements of Washington Administrative Code 246-290, or the Washington State Department of Health Guidelines for Determining Water Availability for New Buildings, as now enacted or as hereafter amended. (Sec. 2 (Exh. A) of Ord. 2003-10-13)