§ 42-2. Definitions.
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Applicant means any person seeking to install a pre-owned manufactured home in the unincorporated area of Screven County.
Building official means one of the persons, officers or officials or his authorized representative, whom the county manager has appointed to administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter.
Certificate of occupancy means a document issued by the building inspector certifying that a pre-owned manufactured home is in compliance with applicable requirements set forth by this Ordinance, and indicating it to be in a condition suitable for residential occupancy.
Conditional use means a use, specifically designated in this chapter, that may cause harmful or undesirable effects on surrounding or nearby properties within a given zoning district, but would, in the opinion of the board of commissioners, promote the public health, safety, morals, welfare, order, comfort, convenience, appearance, prosperity, or general welfare if such uses were controlled as to number, area, location, or relation to the neighborhood or upon any other standard provided by this chapter.
DCA means the state department of community affairs.
Dwelling means a building or portion thereof designed, arranged, or used principally for residential occupancy, not including motels, hotels, boardinghouses, or roominghouses.
Dwelling, single-family detached, means a single residential detached building, manufactured home or site-built, designed for or containing one dwelling unit.
Guarantee of condition bond means a surety bond to guarantee that the affidavit and photographs required by paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a) of section 42-12 reasonably portray or represents the existing condition of the pre-owned manufactured home proposed for relocation. In lieu of the bond, a cash deposit may be deposited with the county.
HUD means U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Install means to construct a foundation system and to place or erect a manufactured home on such foundation system. Such term includes, without limitation, supporting, blocking, leveling, securing, or anchoring such manufactured home and connecting multiple or expandable sections of such manufactured home.
Manufactured home means a structure, transportable in one or more sections, which, in the traveling mode, is eight body feet or more in width or 40 body feet or more in length or, when erected on site, is 320 or more square feet and which is built on a permanent chassis 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; except that such term shall include any structure which meets all the requirements of this paragraph except the size requirements and with respect to which the manufacturer voluntarily files a certification required by the secretary of housing and urban development and complies with the standards established under the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, 42 U.S.C. Section 5401, et seq.
Manufactured home community. See Planned manufactured home community .
Manufactured home park. See Planned manufactured home community .
Manufactured home, pre-HUD, means any manufactured home that was not constructed to the HUD Code, which was adopted June 1976. All manufactured homes must be installed in accordance with O.C.G.A. § 8-2-160 et seq.
Manufactured housing means a type of housing that is produced, either completely or partially in a factory, including manufactured homes, modular homes, and industrialized buildings.
Mobile home means a manufactured home manufactured prior to June 15, 1976. See Manufactured home, pre-HUD .
Mobile home park means a planned manufactured home park. See Planned manufactured home community .
National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards means the national building code for all manufactured homes built since June 15, 1976, written and administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; also known as the HUD Code.
Planned manufactured home community means a lot used as a residential area occupied by manufactured homes; conforming to an approved development plan, as provided in section 42-11, with appropriate and adequate community services, such as adequate garbage disposal, recreation facilities, utilities, streets, and sidewalks provided by the developer, and where the resident owns or rents the manufactured home and rents the manufactured home space.
Planning and zoning commission means the county planning and zoning commission.
Pre-owned manufactured home means any manufactured home that has been previously used as a residential dwelling and has been titled.
Public water means water service provided by the county, the City of Sylvania, or a private water system approved by the state department of natural resources, environmental protection division.
Public sewer means sanitary sewer service provided by the county or a municipality within the county.
SBCCT means Southern Building Code Congress International, currently in effect in the state.
Site-built home means a home built on-site for single-family occupancy.
Subdivision means the division of a lot record, identifiable at the time of the enactment of this chapter, into two or more lots, building sites, or other divisions for the purposes of sale, gift, devise, or development, whether immediately or in the future, except that a subdivision does not include the combination or recombination of portions of previously platted lots where the total number of lots is not increased and the resultant lots are a least equal to standards set forth in this chapter.
Singlewide is an obsolete term used to describe a manufactured home having a width of between eight feet and 16 feet.
Trailer is an obsolete term used to describe a manufactured home.
Trailer court is an obsolete term used to describe a planned manufactured home community. See Planned manufactured home community .
Trailer park is an obsolete term used to describe a planned manufactured home community. See Planned manufactured home community .
Travel trailer means a vehicle designed as a temporary dwelling for travel or recreational uses, not more than eight feet in width and not more than 30 feet in length.
Travel trailer park means a lot on which are parked two or more travel trailers for a period of less than 30 days.
(Ord. No. 98-08, § 2, 6-23-1998; Ord. of 10-19-2010(2), § 2)
Cross reference
Definitions generally, § 1-2.