Code of Maine Rules › 02 - DEPARTMENT OF PROFESSIONAL AND FINANCIAL REGULATION › 385 - MANUFACTURED HOUSING BOARD › Chapter 820 - DEFINITIONS › Section 385-820-1 - Definitions

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
As used in the board's rules, unless the context otherwise
				  indicates, the following words have the following meanings:
1.
Board.
"Board" means the
				Manufactured Housing Board as described in
				10 MRS
				§9003.
2.
Central subsurface sewer system.
"Central subsurface sewer system" means a system designed to collect
				sewage from two or more individual sites and convey it to another area where
				the sewage is disposed of in a manner approved by the Division of Environmental
				Health within the Center of Disease Control and Prevention, Department of
				Health and Human Services. A central subsurface sewer system may consist of
				more than one cluster in different areas of the community.
3.
Community.
"Community" means
				a manufactured housing community.
4.
Community water system.
"Community water system" means any water source and system of pipes or
				other constructed conveyances, structures and facilities through which water is
				obtained for or sold, furnished or distributed to community residents for human
				consumption that is regulated by the Division of Environmental Health within
				the Center of Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human
				Services, pursuant to the
Safe Drinking Water Act
,
				22 MRS
				§2611,
et
				seq
.
5.
Home.
"Home" means a manufactured home as defined herein.
6.
Licensee.
"Licensee" means a
				manufactured housing community regulated by the Board that holds a current
				license issued by the Board, or a manufactured housing community, together with
				its owner, that formerly held a license issued by the Board that has expired or
				been suspended.
7.
Manufactured home.­
"Manufactured home" means:
A. A structure constructed prior to June 15,
				1976, transportable in one or more sections which is 8 body feet or more in
				width and is 32 body feet or more in length and which is built on a permanent
				chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent
				foundation when connected to the required utilities and includes the plumbing,
				heating, air conditioning and electrical systems contained therein;
				and
B. A structure constructed
				after June 15, 1976, which the manufacturer certifies is constructed in
				compliance with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
				("HUD") standard, meaning a structure, transportable in one or more sections,
				which, in the traveling mode, is 8 body feet or more in width and 40 body feet
				or more in length or, when erected on site, is 320 or more square feet, and
				which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling,
				with or without a permanent foundation, when connected to the required
				utilities, including the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning and electrical
				systems contained therein; except that such term shall include any structure
				which meets all the requirements of this paragraph except the size requirements
				and with respect to which the manufacturer voluntarily files a certification
				required by the Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban
				Development and complies with the standards established under the
National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of
				1974
, 42
United States Code
§ 5401,
et
				seq.
C. State-certified
				modular homes, which are those units that the manufacturer certifies are
				constructed in compliance with the State's Manufactured Housing Act and
				regulations, meaning structures, transportable in one or more sections, that
				are not constructed on a permanent chassis and are designed to be used as
				dwellings on foundations when connected to required utilities, including the
				plumbing, heating, air-conditioning or electrical systems contained therein.
				Such homes may be one story in height with a non-habitable attic space or two
				habitable stories in height not to exceed 16 feet in width measured at any
				floor.