ORS Chapter 446 — Manufactured Dwellings and

ORS 446.285. (15) Installation in relation to: (a) Construction means the arrangements and methods of construction, fire and life safety, electrical, plumbing and mechanical equipment and systems within a manufactured dwelling. (b) Siting means the manufactured dwelling and cabana foundation support and tiedown, the structural, fire and life safety, electrical, plumbing and mechanical equipment and material connections and the installation of skirting and temporary steps. (16) 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 registered under ORS 671.010 to 671.220 or engineers registered under ORS 672.002 to 672.325. (17) 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. (18) 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 dwelling. (19)(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, the Low-Rise Residential Dwelling Code adopted pursuant to ORS 455.020 or 455.610 or the Small Home Specialty Code adopted under section 2, chapter 401, Oregon Laws 2019. (20)(a) Manufactured dwelling park means any place where four or more manufactured dwellings or prefabricated structures, as defined in ORS 455.010, that are relocatable and more than eight and one-half feet wide, 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. (b) 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 to 92.192. (21)(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. (22) Manufacturer means any person engaged in manufacturing, building, rebuilding, altering, converting or assembling manufactured dwellings or equipment. (23) Manufacturing means the building, rebuilding, altering or converting of manufactured dwellings that bear or are required to bear an Oregon insignia of compliance. (24) Minimum safety standards means the plumbing, mechanical, electrical, thermal, fire and life safety, structural and transportation standards prescribed by rules adopted by the director. (25) 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. (26) Mobile home park: (a) Means any place where four or more manufactured dwellings, recreational vehicles as defined in ORS 174.101, or a combination thereof, 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. (b) 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 to 92.192. (27) Municipality means a city, county or other unit of local government otherwise authorized by law to enact codes. (28) 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. (29) Sale means rent, lease, sale or exchange. (30) Skirting means a weather resistant material used to enclose the space below a manufactured dwelling. (31) Tiedown means any device designed to anchor a manufactured dwelling securely to the ground. (32) Utilities means the water, sewer, gas or electric services provided on a lot for a manufactured dwelling. [1975 c.546 10 (enacted in lieu of 446.002 and