Source: https://www.oregonlaws.org/ors/2007/446.003
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ORS 446.003 - Definitions for ORS 446.003 to 446.200 and 446.225 to 446.285 and ORS chapters 195, 196, 197, 215 and 227 - 2007 Oregon Revised Statutes
2007 ORS Vol. 11 Chapter 446 Section 446.003
2007 ORS 446.003¹
As used in ORS 446.003 (Definitions for ORS 446.003 to 446.200 and 446.225 to 446.285 and ORS chapters 195, 196, 197, 215 and 227) to 446.200 (When noncompliance with city or county regulations authorized) and 446.225 (Administration and enforcement of federal manufactured housing safety and construction standards) to 446.285 (Advisory board education programs), and for the purposes of ORS chapters 195, 196, 197, 215 and 227, the following definitions apply, unless the context requires otherwise, or unless administration and enforcement by the State of Oregon under the existing or revised National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act would be adversely affected, and except as provided in ORS 446.265 (Transitional housing accommodations):
(2)(a) "Alteration" means any change, addition, repair, conversion, replacement, modification or removal of any equipment or installation that may affect the operation, construction or occupancy of a manufactured structure.
(b) "Alteration" does not include:
(4) "Board" means the Manufactured Structures and Parks Advisory Board.
(5) "Cabana" means a stationary, lightweight structure that may be prefabricated, or demountable, with two or more walls, used adjacent to and in conjunction with a manufactured structure to provide additional living space.
(6) "Certification" means an evaluation process by which the department verifies a manufacturer’s ability to produce manufactured structures to the department rules and to the department approved quality control manual.
(7) "Conversion" or "to convert" means the process of changing a manufactured structure in whole or in part from one type of vehicle or structure to another.
(8) "Dealer" means any person engaged in selling or distributing manufactured structures or equipment, or both, primarily to persons who in good faith purchase or lease manufactured structures or equipment, or both, for purposes other than resale.
(10) "Director" means the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services.
(11) "Distributor" means any person engaged in selling and distributing manufactured structures or equipment for resale.
(12) "Equipment" means materials, appliances, subassembly, devices, fixtures, fittings and apparatuses used in the construction, plumbing, mechanical and electrical systems of a manufactured structure.
(13) "Federal manufactured housing construction and safety standard" means a standard for construction, design and performance of a manufactured dwelling promulgated by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to the federal National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-383).
(14) "Fire Marshal" means the State Fire Marshal.
(15) "Imminent safety hazard" means an imminent and unreasonable risk of death or severe personal injury.
(16) "Insignia of compliance" means:
(17) "Inspecting authority" or "inspector" means the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services or representatives as appointed or authorized to administer and enforce provisions of ORS 446.111 (Regulation of structures in parks), 446.160 (Inspection), 446.176 (Fees), 446.225 (Administration and enforcement of federal manufactured housing safety and construction standards) to 446.285 (Advisory board education programs), 446.310 (Definitions for ORS 446.310 to 446.350) to 446.350 (Tourist Facility Account), 446.990 (Penalties) and this section.
(18) "Installation" in relation to:
(19) "Installer" means any individual licensed by the director to install, set up, connect, hook up, block, tie down, secure, support, install temporary steps for, install skirting for or make electrical, plumbing or mechanical connections to manufactured dwellings or cabanas or who provides consultation or supervision for any of these activities, except architects licensed under ORS 671.010 (Definitions for ORS 671.010 to 671.220) to 671.220 (Civil penalties) or engineers licensed under ORS 672.002 (Definitions for ORS 672.002 to 672.325) to 672.325 (Civil penalties).
(20) "Listed" means equipment or materials included in a list, published by an organization concerned with product evaluation acceptable to the department that maintains periodic inspection of production of listed equipment or materials, and whose listing states either that the equipment or materials meets appropriate standards or has been tested and found suitable in a specified manner.
(21) "Lot" means any space, area or tract of land, or portion of a manufactured dwelling park, mobile home park or recreation park that is designated or used for occupancy by one manufactured structure.
(22)(a) "Manufactured dwelling" means a residential trailer, mobile home or manufactured home.
(b) "Manufactured dwelling" does not include any building or structure constructed to conform to the State of Oregon Structural Specialty Code or the Low-Rise Residential Dwelling Code adopted pursuant to ORS 455.100 (Duties of director) to 455.450 (Prohibited acts) and 455.610 (Low-Rise Residential Dwelling Code) to 455.630 (Enforcement) or any unit identified as a recreational vehicle by the manufacturer.
(23) "Manufactured dwelling park" means any place where four or more manufactured dwellings are located within 500 feet of one another on a lot, tract or parcel of land under the same ownership, the primary purpose of which is to rent or lease space or keep space for rent or lease to any person for a charge or fee paid or to be paid for the rental or lease or use of facilities or to offer space free in connection with securing the trade or patronage of such person. "Manufactured dwelling park" does not include a lot or lots located within a subdivision being rented or leased for occupancy by no more than one manufactured dwelling per lot if the subdivision was approved by the local government unit having jurisdiction under an ordinance adopted pursuant to ORS 92.010 (Definitions for ORS 92.010 to 92.190) to 92.190 (Effect of replat).
(24)(a) "Manufactured home," except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection, means a structure constructed for movement on the public highways that has sleeping, cooking and plumbing facilities, that is intended for human occupancy, that is being used for residential purposes and that was constructed in accordance with federal manufactured housing construction and safety standards and regulations in effect at the time of construction.
(b) For purposes of implementing any contract pertaining to manufactured homes between the department and the federal government, "manufactured home" has the meaning given the term in the contract.
(25)(a) "Manufactured structure" means a recreational vehicle, manufactured dwelling or recreational structure.
(b) "Manufactured structure" does not include any building or structure regulated under the State of Oregon Structural Specialty Code or the Low-Rise Residential Dwelling Code.
(26) "Manufacturer" means any person engaged in manufacturing, building, rebuilding, altering, converting or assembling manufactured structures or equipment.
(27) "Manufacturing" means the building, rebuilding, altering or converting of manufactured structures that bear or are required to bear an Oregon insignia of compliance.
(28) "Minimum safety standards" means the plumbing, mechanical, electrical, thermal, fire and life safety, structural and transportation standards prescribed by rules adopted by the director.
(29) "Mobile home" means a structure constructed for movement on the public highways that has sleeping, cooking and plumbing facilities, that is intended for human occupancy, that is being used for residential purposes and that was constructed between January 1, 1962, and June 15, 1976, and met the construction requirements of Oregon mobile home law in effect at the time of construction.
(30) "Mobile home park" means any place where four or more manufactured structures are located within 500 feet of one another on a lot, tract or parcel of land under the same ownership, the primary purpose of which is to rent space or keep space for rent to any person for a charge or fee paid or to be paid for the rental or use of facilities or to offer space free in connection with securing the trade or patronage of such person. "Mobile home park" does not include a lot or lots located within a subdivision being rented or leased for occupancy by no more than one manufactured dwelling per lot if the subdivision was approved by the municipality unit having jurisdiction under an ordinance adopted pursuant to ORS 92.010 (Definitions for ORS 92.010 to 92.190) to 92.190 (Effect of replat).
(31) "Municipality" means a city, county or other unit of local government otherwise authorized by law to enact codes.
(32) "Recreational structure" means a campground structure with or without plumbing, heating or cooking facilities intended to be used by any particular occupant on a limited-time basis for recreational, seasonal, emergency or transitional housing purposes and may include yurts, cabins, fabric structures or similar structures as further defined, by rule, by the director.
(33) "Recreational vehicle" means a vehicle with or without motive power, that is designed for human occupancy and to be used temporarily for recreational, seasonal or emergency purposes and as further defined, by rule, by the director.
(34) "Residential trailer" means a structure constructed for movement on the public highways that has sleeping, cooking and plumbing facilities, that is intended for human occupancy, that is being used for residential purposes and that was constructed before January 1, 1962.
(35) "Sale" means rent, lease, sale or exchange.
(36) "Skirting" means a weather resistant material used to enclose the space below the manufactured structure.
(37) "Tiedown" means any device designed to anchor a manufactured structure securely to the ground.
(38) "Transitional housing accommodations" means accommodations described under ORS 446.265 (Transitional housing accommodations).
(39) "Utilities" means the water, sewer, gas or electric services provided on a lot for a manufactured structure. [1975 c.546 §10 (enacted in lieu of 446.002 and 446.004); 1979 c.884 §1; 1983 c.707 §1; 1987 c.274 §1; 1987 c.414 §21; 1989 c.527 §1; 1989 c.648 §§1,1a; 1989 c.683 §1; 1989 c.919 §6b; 1991 c.226 §1; 1991 c.844 §21; 1993 c.744 §47; 1995 c.251 §1; 1997 c.205 §1; 1999 c.758 §7; 2003 c.675 §6; 2005 c.22 §313]
Subdivision created under statute and ordinance but occupied by mobile homes as mobile home park, (1977) Vol 38, p 1366; mobile homes as "accessory buildings" or "buildings," (1978) Vol 38, p 2090