Alabama Administrative Code › Title 535 - ALABAMA MANUFACTURED HOUSING COMMISSION › Chapter 535-X-13 - REGULATIONS FOR THE INSTALLATION OF MANUFACTURED HOMES AND MANUFACTURED BUILDINGS AND THE MANUFACTURE OF GROUND ANCHORS AND TIEDOWN DEVICES › Section 535-X-13-.02 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
When used in this Regulation, the following words and phrases
						shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section:
(1) Ground Anchor - any device at the
					manufactured home or manufactured building site designed for the purpose of
					securing a manufactured home or manufactured building to the ground.
(2) Stabilizer Plate - a device used to
					prevent horizontal movement of a ground anchor.
(3) Tiedown - means any device designed to
					anchor a manufactured home or manufactured building to ground
					anchors.
(4) Pier - that portion of
					the support system between the top of the footing and the bottom of the pier
					cap.
(5) Vertical Anchor Tie - an
					anchor tie designed primarily to resist overturning by applying a force to the
					home or building in a direction no more than 15 degrees from the
					vertical.
(6) Diagonal Anchor Tie -
					an anchor tie designed primarily to resist sliding horizontally.
(7) Roof Protector - a device designed to
					prevent over-the-roof tiedowns from damaging or penetrating the roof
					material.
(8) Pier Footing or
					Foundation - the structural support pad that a pier is placed upon.
(9) Pier cap - a concrete or wood plate
					placed on top of the highest open cell block of the pier.
(10) Install or Installation - siting,
					placing or anchoring a manufactured home or manufactured building, either one
					or more units, to land, upon footings, piers or foundations, or connecting the
					home or building to public or private utilities. Public or private utilities
					shall not be classified as installers under this section.
(11) Installer - any person who sites,
					anchors, places, connects, sets up or installs a manufactured home or
					manufactured building upon land, footings, piers or foundations.
(12) Manufactured Building - a closed
					structure, building assembly or systems of subassemblies which may include
					structural, electrical, plumbing, heating, ventilating, utility service lines,
					footings, foundations, porches or other service systems manufactured in
					manufacturing facilities, for installation or erection, with or without other
					specified components, as a finished building or as a part of a finished
					building, which shall include, but not be limited to, residential dwelling
					units, commercial, institutional, storage and industrial structures. Mobile
					homes or manufactured homes are excluded. Manufactured building may also mean
					at the option of the manufacturer, any building of open construction made or
					assembled in manufacturing facilities away from the building site, for
					installation, or assembly and installation on the building site.
(13) Manufactured Home - as defined by the
					United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.
(14) ANSI - The American National Standards
					Institute or its successor.
(15)
					NFPA - The National Fire Protection Association or its successor.
(16) Commission - The Alabama Manufactured
					Housing Commission (AMHC).
(17)
					Hurricane Zone - an area of Alabama that has encountered sustained winds of 100
					mph or more. Mobile and Baldwin counties are designated as such
					zones.
(18) Site - an area of land
					that a manufactured home or manufactured building is installed upon. It is
					defined as the area under the home to include a 5 ft. perimeter around the
					home.
(19) Approved - all devices
					that have been tested according to the ANSI standards and requirements, and are
					capable of withstanding and resisting all such loads without failure as
					required by the ANSI standard for the testing of ground anchors and tiedown
					devices. Approved shall also mean all systems and devices meeting the
					Department of Housing and Urban Development's standards and/or the American
					Society of Testing of Materials standards for ground anchors and tiedown
					devices.
(20) Anchoring System - A
					combination of ties, anchoring equipment, and ground anchors that will, when
					properly designed and installed, resist the overturning or sideways movement of
					the home caused by wind.
Author:
Jim Sloan
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
							1975
, §§
										24-4A-3,
							24-5-31,
							24-5-32,
							24-6-4.