Florida Administrative Code › 15 - DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAY SAFETY AND MOTOR VEHICLES › 15C - Division of Motor Vehicles › Chapter 15C-1 - GENERAL › Section 15C-1.0101 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
For the purpose of Rules
				   15C-1.0102,
				   15C-1.0103,
				   15C-1.01031,
				   15C-1.0104,
				   15C-1.0105,
				   15C-1.0106,
				   15C-1.0107,
				   15C-1.0108 and
				   15C-1.0109, F.A.C., the
				  following words have the meaning indicated:
(1) "Department" means the Department of
				Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.
(2) "Dealer Installer" means any licensed
				mobile/manufactured home dealer who is authorized by the department to install
				mobile/manufactured homes.
(3)
				"Licensed Installer" means any person, other than direct employees of licensed
				dealers or manufacturers, who engages in mobile home installation and has
				obtained a license to do so from the department.
(4) "Manufacturer Installer" means any
				licensed mobile/manufactured home manufacturer who is authorized by the
				department to install mobile/manufactured homes.
(5) "Exposure D" means flat, unobstructed
				areas exposed to wind flowing over large bodies of water. This exposure shall
				apply only to those buildings and other structures exposed to the wind coming
				from over the water. Exposure "D" extends inland from the shoreline a distance
				of 1500 feet or 10 times the height of the building or structure, whichever is
				greater.
(6) "Frame Tie or Tie
				Down" means any device or method approved by the department and used for the
				purpose of securing the mobile/manufactured home or park trailer to ground
				anchors in order to resist wind forces.
(7) "Ground Anchor" means any device approved
				by the department and used for the purpose of securing a mobile/manufactured
				home or park trailer to the ground in order to resist wind forces. Ground
				anchors are rated by working load, which is the maximum load for design
				purposes. The ultimate load is the working or design load multiplied by the
				safety factor of 1.5.
(8)
				"Mobile/Manufactured Home" means a structure, transportable in one (1) or more
				sections, which is eight body feet (8') or more in width, greater than four
				hundred (400') square feet and which is built on an integral chassis and
				designed to be used as a dwelling when connected to the required utilities and
				includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning and electrical systems
				contained herein.
(9) "Over-Roof
				Tie" means any device approved by the mobile/manufactured home manufacturer or
				listed by the department and used for the purpose of securing the
				mobile/manufactured home systems to ground anchors in order to resist wind
				forces. Ties may be installed over or under roof material.
(10) "Park Trailer" means a transportable
				unit which has a body width not exceeding fourteen feet (14') and which is
				built on a single chassis and is designed to provide seasonal or temporary
				living quarters when connected to utilities necessary for operation of
				installed fixtures and appliances.
(11) "Set-Up" means the operations performed
				by a licensed installer, dealer installer or manufacturer installer, at the
				occupancy site which render a mobile/manufactured home or park trailer fit for
				habitation. Such operations include, but are not limited to, transporting,
				positioning, blocking, leveling, supporting, tying down, making minor
				adjustments, assembling multiple or expandable units and connecting utility
				systems as defined in Rule
				 15C-2.0072, F.A.C.
(12) "Stabilizer Device" means a device
				approved by the department that is installed with the ground anchor to resist
				lateral movement of the mobile/manufactured home and anchor.
(13) "Vertical Tie" means any device or
				method approved by the department and used for the purpose of securing the
				mobile/manufactured home or park trailer to ground anchors in order to resist
				vertical or uplift forces caused by the wind.
(14) "Longitudinal Tie Downs" means anchor
				system or longitudinal stabilizing devices (system), designed to resist
				horizontal wind loads in the long direction of the home (i.e.: wind load
				applied to each end of the home).
Rulemaking Authority
					 320.011,
					 320.8325(1) FS.
					 Law Implemented 320.01(1)(b)7.,
					 320.01(2),
					 320.822(12)
					 FS.
New 1-10-94, Amended 10-2-95,
					 3-31-99.