55-248.41 - Definitions.
§ 55-248.41. Definitions.
For the purposes of this chapter, unless expressly stated otherwise:
"Abandoned manufactured home" means a manufactured home occupying amanufactured home lot pursuant to a written agreement under which the tenanthas defaulted in rent or if the landlord has the right to terminate the leasepursuant to § 55-248.33;
"Landlord" means the manufactured home park owner, lessor or sublessor, ora manager who fails to disclose the name of such owner, lessor or sublessoras provided in § 55-248.12;
"Manufactured home" means a structure, transportable in one or moresections, which in the traveling mode is 8 body feet or more in width or 40body feet or more in length, or, when erected on site, is 320 or more squarefeet, and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as adwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to therequired utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning, andelectrical systems contained therein;
"Manufactured home lot" means a parcel of land within the boundaries of amanufactured home park provided for the placement of a single manufacturedhome and the exclusive use of its occupants;
"Manufactured home park" means a parcel of land under single or commonownership upon which ten or more manufactured homes are located on acontinual, nonrecreational basis together with any structure, equipment, roador facility intended for use incidental to the occupancy of the manufacturedhomes, but shall not include premises used solely for storage or display ofuninhabited manufactured homes, or premises occupied solely by a landownerand members of his family;
"Owner" means one or more persons, jointly or severally, in whom is vested(i) all or part of the legal title to the property, or (ii) all or part ofthe beneficial ownership and right to present use and enjoyment of thepremises, and the term includes a mortgagee in possession;
"Rent" means payments made by the tenant to the landlord for use of amanufactured home lot and other facilities or services provided by thelandlord;
"Rental agreement" means any agreement, written or oral, and valid rulesand regulations adopted in conformance with § 55-248.17 embodying the termsand conditions concerning the use and occupancy of a manufactured home lotand premises and other facilities or services provided by the landlord; and
"Tenant" means a person entitled as under a rental agreement to occupy amanufactured home lot to the exclusion of others.
(1975, c. 535; 1983, c. 386; 1991, c. 500; 1992, c. 709.)