Code of Maine Rules › 02 - DEPARTMENT OF PROFESSIONAL AND FINANCIAL REGULATION › 385 - MANUFACTURED HOUSING BOARD › Chapter 900 - USED MANUFACTURED HOME INSTALLATION STANDARD › Subpart 1 › Section 385-900-1-3 - DEFINITIONS

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
ANCHORING EQUIPMENT (TIES). Straps, cables, turnbuckles,
					 and chains, including tensioning devices, which are used to secure a
					 manufactured home.
ANCHORING SYSTEM. A method of construction which when
					 properly designed and installed will resist overturning and lateral movement of
					 the manufactured home.
DIAGONAL TIE. A tie intended to primarily resist horizontal
					 or shear forces and which may secondarily resist vertical, uplift, and
					 overturning forces.
FOUNDATION, MANUFACTURED HOME. A site-built or site
					 assembled system of stabilizing devices which is:
(a) Capable of transferring design dead loads
				  and live loads and other design loads unique to local home sites due to wind,
				  seismic, and water conditions, that are imposed by or upon the structure into
				  the underlying soil bedrock without failure.
GROUND ANCHOR. A device at the manufactured home pad
					 designed to transfer manufactured home anchoring loads to the ground.
HURRICANE-RESISTIVE MANUFACTURED HOME. A manufactured home
					 which meets the wind design load requirements for Zone II in Subpart D, Section
					 3280.305(c)(2) of the Federal Standard or the applicable hurricane-resistive
					 design requirements of the Standard for Mobile Homes, NFPA 501B/ ANSIA119.1
					 edition in effect at the time of manufacture.
INSTALLER. Any licensed dealer or an employee of a licensed
					 dealer, or a person licensed as a mechanic who engages in the process of
					 affixing or assembling or setting up of manufactured housing on foundations or
					 supports at a building site.
INSTALLATION. The process of affixing or assembling or
					 setting up manufactured housing on foundation or supports at the building
					 site.
MECHANIC. For the purposes of these rules, any licensed
					 individual who engages in the process of installing manufactured housing.
					 Meaning the process of affixing or assembling or setting up a home on
					 foundations or supports at the building site.
PAD. That area which has been established for the placement
					 of a manufactured home.
PIER. That portion of the support system between the
					 footing and the manufactured home, exclusive of caps and shims.
SET-UP. The work performed and operations involved in the
					 placement and securing of a manufactured home or any portion thereof.
SHALL. Indicates a mandatory requirement.
SHOULD. Indicates a recommendation or that which is advised
					 but not required.
SITE.
A.
				  designated parcel of land designed for the accommodation of one manufactured
				  home, its accessory buildings or structures, and accessory equipment for the
				  exclusive use of the occupants.
SKIRTING. A weather-resistant material to enclose the space
					 from the bottom of the manufactured home to grade.
STABILIZING DEVICES. All components of the anchoring and
					 support systems such as piers, footings, ties, anchoring equipment, ground
					 anchors, or any other materials and methods of construction which supports and
					 secures the manufactured home to the ground.
SUPPORT SYSTEM. A combination of footings, piers, caps, and
					 shims that will, when properly installed, support the manufactured home.
UNCONTROLLED FILL. Uncontrolled fills are fill materials
					 that are placed without control of the content of the fill materials or without
					 adequate compaction to assure a bearing capacity without undue settlement. For
					 purposes of this STANDARD, uncontrolled fills shall mean fill materials
					 containing organic matter or fills which are placed without compaction
					 necessary to provide a uniform bearing capacity of 1000 lbs./ft.
VERTICAL TIE. A tie intended to resist the uplifting and
					 overturning forces.