§ 14-132. Definitions.

The following words, terms, and phrases shall have the following meanings when used in this article.

Abandoned manufactured home: A manufactured home that has been abandoned for use as a dwelling and is found to be a nuisance because it is in a wrecked, scrapped, disassembled, unusable, cannibalized, burnt, inoperable, or irreparable state, or creates or fosters one or more of the following conditions:

(1)

A breeding ground or harbor for mosquitoes, other insects, rats, or other pests;

(2)

A point of heavy growth of weeds or other noxious vegetation over eight inches in height;

(3)

The collection of pools or ponds of water;

(4)

Concentrated quantities of gasoline, oil, or other flammable or explosive materials;

(5)

A source of danger for children because of the possibility of entrapment or injury from exposed sharp surfaces of metal, glass, or other rigid materials;

(6)

A source of danger from the home, or parts thereof, falling or turning over;

(7)

An accumulation of garbage, food waste, or any other rotten or putrefied matter of any kind;

(8)

Accumulation of sewage or animal waste;

(9)

Concentrated quantities of hazardous materials;

(10)

The presence of dead animals; or

(11)

Any manufactured home specifically declared a public health and safety hazard by the board of commissioners or a duly authorized county official or employee.

Manufactured homes that are abandoned as defined herein shall be considered personal property and, if previously characterized as real property for tax or other purposes, shall forfeit that characterization.

Manufactured home: A structure, transportable in one or more sections, which in the traveling mode whose body is eight feet or more in width or forty feet or more in length, or when erected on site, is 320 square feet or more, 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. Such term shall include any structure that 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 Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and complies with the standards established under that federal agency. For purposes of this article, "manufactured home" includes both factory-built single-family structures built to meet standards established under The National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 and mobile homes built prior to the effective date of those standards (June 15, 1976).

(Ord. of 8-7-06(2), § 502; Ord. of 7-16-07(1))