790 - Definitions.

§  790. Definitions. As used in this article the following terms shall  have the following meanings:    1. The term "manufactured home resident" means one who rents space  in  a manufactured home park from a manufactured home park owner or operator  for  the  purpose  of  locating  his or her manufactured home or one who  rents  a  manufactured  home  in  a  manufactured  home  park   from   a  manufactured home park owner or operator.    2.  The  term "manufactured home owner" means one who holds title to a  manufactured home.    3. The term "manufactured home park"  means  a  contiguous  parcel  of  privately  owned  land  which  is used for the accommodation of three or  more manufactured homes occupied for year-round living.    4. The term "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 forty body feet or more in length, or, when erected on  site, is three hundred twenty 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 a "mobile  home" as defined in subdivision five of this section, and shall  include  a  structure which meets all the requirements of this subdivision except  the size  requirements  and  with  respect  to  which  the  manufacturer  voluntarily  files  a certification required by the secretary of housing  and urban development.    5.  The  term  "mobile  home"  means  a  moveable  or  portable  unit,  manufactured  prior  to  January  first,  nineteen  hundred seventy-six,  designed and constructed to be towed on its own  chassis,  comprised  of  frame  and  wheels, connected to utilities, and designed and constructed  without a permanent foundation for year-round living. A unit may contain  parts that may be folded, collapsed or telescoped when being  towed  and  expanded  later  to  provide additional cubic capacity as well as two or  more separately towable  components  designed  to  be  joined  into  one  integral  unit  capable of being again separated into the components for  repeated towing. "Mobile home" shall mean  units  designed  to  be  used  exclusively for residential purposes, excluding travel trailers.