Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 51 - PUBLIC HEALTH-SANITARY CODE › Part XIV - Plumbing › Chapter 15 - Travel Trailers and Travel Trailer Parks [formerly Appendix B - Travel Trailers and Travel Trailer Parks] › Section XIV-1503 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Definitions
				contained in Chapter 2 of this code shall also apply to this Chapter except
				where the following special definitions shall apply.
Air Lock -
a condition where air is trapped
				  in a
drain
or
drain hose
and retards or stops
				  the flow of
liquid waste
or
sewage
.
Center -
the longitudinal center line
				  located midway between the right and the left side of a
mobile/manufactured home
or
travel
				  trailer
.
Combination Compartment -
a shower stall
				  with or without a door which provides for or includes a water closet. It is
				  sized for occupancy of only one person.
Department Having Jurisdiction -
the
				  administrative authority/authorities or other law enforcement agency/agencies
				  having jurisdiction over this Code.
Dependent Travel Trailer
- a travel trailer
				  not equipped with a water closet.
Drain Hose -
the approved type hose,
				  flexible and easily detachable, used for connecting the
drain
				  outlet
on a
travel trailer
to a
sewer
				  inlet
connection.
Drain Outlet -
the lowest end of the main
				  drain of a travel trailer itself to which a
drain hose
is
				  connected.
Independent Mobile/Manufactured Home
or
Travel Trailer
- a
mobile/manufactured home
or
travel trailer
equipped with a water closet and a bath or
				  shower.
Inlet Coupling -
the terminal end of the
				  branch water line to which the
mobile/manufactured home
or
travel trailer's
water service connection is made. It may be a
				  swivel fitting or threaded pipe end.
Intermediate Waste Holding Tank -
(
travel trailers
only) an enclosed tank for the
				  temporary retention of water-borne waste.
Length -
the distance measured from the tip
				  of the hitch to the part farthest to the rear of a
mobile/manufactured
				  home
or
travel trailer
.
Park
or
Mobile/Manufactured Home
				  Park
or
Travel Trailer Park -
any lot, tract, parcel
				  or plot of land upon which more than one
travel trailer
and/or
mobile/manufactured home
s parked for the temporary or
				  permanent use of a
person
or
persons
for
				  living, working or congregating.
Park Drainage System -
the entire system of
				  drainage piping within the
park
which is used to convey
sewage
or other
wastes
from the
mobile/manufactured home
or
travel trailer
drain outlet
connection, beginning at its
sewer
				  inlet
connection at the
mobile/manufactured home
or
travel trailer
site, to a
community sewerage
				  system
, a
commercial treatment facility
, or an
individual sewerage system
.
Park Water Distribution System -
all of the
				  water distribution piping within the
park
, extending from the
				  water supply system or other source of supply to, but not including, the
mobile/manufactured home
or
travel trailer's
water service connection, and including branch service lines,
fixture
devices, service buildings and appurtenances
				  thereto.
Service Building -
a building housing
				  toilet and bathing facilities for men and women, with laundry
				  facilities.
Sewer Inlet -
a sewer pipe connection
				  permanently provided at the
travel trailer
or
mobile/manufactured home
site which is designed to receive
sewage
when a
travel trailer
or a
mobile/manufactured home
is parked on such site. It is
				  considered the upstream terminus of the
park drainage
				  system
.
Sewer Lateral
- that portion of the park
				  drainage system extending from the main to the sewer inlet connection at a
				  mobile/manufactured home or travel trailer site.
Trailer Trap -
a device, fitting or
				  assembly of fittings installed in the
sewer lateral
for a
travel trailer
or
mobile/manufactured home
which is used to prevent the circulation of air between the
park
				  drainage system
and the drainage system of the individual
travel trailer
or
mobile/manufactured
				  home
.
Travel Trailer
- a vehicular unit, mounted
				  on wheels, designed to provide temporary living quarters for recreational,
				  camping, or travel use, of such size or weight as not to require special
				  highway movement permits when towed by a motorized vehicle, and of gross
				  trailer area less than 320 square feet.
Travel Trailer Sanitary Service Station -
a
				  sewage inlet with cover, surrounded by a concrete apron sloped inward to the
drain
, and watering facilities to permit periodic washdown of
				  the immediately adjacent area, to be used as a disposal point for the contents
				  of
intermediate waste holding tanks
of
travel
				  trailers
.
Water Service Connection
- as used in
				  conjunction with mobile/manufactured homes and travel trailers, the water pipe
				  connected between the inlet coupling of the park water distribution system and
				  the water supply fitting provided on the mobile/manufactured home or travel
				  trailer itself.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  40:4(A)(7) and
				  R.S.
				  40:5(2)(3)(7)(9)(16)(17)(20).