Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 09 - MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Subtitle 12 - DIVISION OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Chapter 09.12.52 - Industrialized Buildings and Manufactured Homes › Section 09.12.52.02 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A. In this chapter,
				the following terms have the meanings indicated.
B. Terms Defined.
(1) "Act" means the Industrialized Buildings
				and Manufactured Homes Act, Public Safety Article, Title 12, Subtitle 3,
				Annotated Code of Maryland.
(2)
				"Add-on" means any structure (except a structure designed or produced as an
				integral part of a manufactured home) that, when attached to the basic
				manufactured home unit, increases the area, either living or storage, of the
				manufactured home.
(3) Alteration.
(a) "Alteration" means the installation,
				replacement, addition, modification, or removal of any equipment after sale by
				a manufacturer to a dealer or distributor, but before sale by a dealer to a
				purchaser, that may affect the construction, fire safety, occupancy, plumbing,
				heat producing, or electrical system.
(b) "Alteration" includes any modification
				made in the manufactured home that may affect the compliance of the home with
				the standards.
(c) "Alteration"
				does not include the:
(i) Repair or
				replacement of a component or appliance requiring plug-in to an electrical
				receptacle when the replaced item is of the same configuration and ratings as
				the one being replaced; or
(ii)
				Addition of an appliance, not provided with the manufactured home by the
				manufacturer, requiring plug-in to an electrical receptacle, if the rating of
				the appliance does not exceed the rating of the receptacle to which it is
				connected.
(4) "Federal Act" means the National
				Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, codified as
				42 U.S.C. §
											5401 et seq., as amended.
(5) "Federal Regulations" means the
				Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards, 24 CFR Part 3280, the
				Manufactured Home Procedural and Enforcement Regulations, 24 CFR Part 3282, and
				the Manufactured Home Consumer Manual Requirements, 24 CFR Part 3283.
(6) "HUD label" means the approved form of
				certification by the manufacturer that, under the federal regulations, is
				permanently affixed to each transportable section of each manufactured home
				manufactured for sale to a purchaser in the United States.
(7) Manufactured Home.
(a) "Manufactured home" (formerly called a
				mobile home in the Act and in the Federal Act) means a structure, transportable
				in one or more sections, that is:
(i) In the
				traveling mode, 8 body feet or more in width or 40 body feet or more in
				length;
(ii) When erected on site,
				320 or more square feet;
(iii)
				Built on a permanent chassis;
(iv)
				Designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when
				connected to the required utilities; and
(v) Includes the plumbing, heating,
				air-conditioning, and electrical systems contained in it.
(b) "Manufactured home" includes any
				structure that meets all the requirements of §B(7)(a) of this regulation
				except the size requirements, with respect to which the manufacturer
				voluntarily:
(i) Files a certification
				required by the Secretary of HUD; and
(ii) Complies with the standards established
				under the Federal Act.
(8) "Model" means a specific design, as
				designated by the producers of an industrialized building unit and submitted
				for approval to the Department.
(9)
				"Open frame construction" means any building, building component, assembly, or
				system manufactured in such manner that all portions can be readily inspected
				at the building site without disassembly, damage, or destruction and to which
				no more than one fixed interior or exterior surface has been applied.
(10) "Regulations" means the Industrialized
				Buildings and Manufactured Homes Regulations (COMAR 09.12.52.01-.18).
(11) "Stabilizing devices" means all
				components of the anchoring and support systems, such as:
(a) Piers;
(b) Footing;
(c) Ties;
(d) Anchoring equipment;
(e) Ground anchors; and
(f) Any other equipment that supports the
				manufactured home and secures it to the ground.
(12) The terms "approved testing facility",
				"Department", "first user", "industrialized building", "installed", "local
				enforcement agency", "manufactured home", "Manufactured Home Construction and
				Safety Standards Act", "Secretary", and "site" have the meanings stated in
				Public Safety Article, §
										12-301, Annotated Code
				of Maryland.