Code of Maine Rules › 02 - DEPARTMENT OF PROFESSIONAL AND FINANCIAL REGULATION › 385 - MANUFACTURED HOUSING BOARD › Chapter 910 - USED STANDARD - SPACE REQUIREMENTS

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
SUMMARY: The intent of this chapter is to assure that a home
				that is to remain in a park after it is sold will meet certain minimum health
				and safety standards.
Light and Ventilation
Each habitable room shall be provided with exterior windows
				and/or doors having a total glazed area of not less than 8 percent of the gross
				floor area.
Each bathroom and toilet compartment shall be provided with
				artificial light and, in addition, be provided with external windows or doors
				having not less than 1½ square feet of fully operable glazed area,
				except where a mechanical ventilation system is provided capable of producing a
				change of air every 12 minutes. Any mechanical ventilation system shall exhaust
				directly to the outside of the home.
Ceiling Height
Every habitable room shall have a minimum ceiling height of 6
				feet and 6 inches.
Exit Facilities - exterior doors.
Homes shall have a minimum of two exterior doors located remote
				from each other.
1. Required egress
			 doors shall not be located where a lockable interior door must be used in order
			 to exit.
2. Doors may not be less
			 than 12 feet from each other as measured in any straight line direction
			 regardless of the length of the travel between doors.
3. One of the required exit doors must be
			 accessible from the doorway of each bedroom without traveling more than 35
			 feet.
4. All exterior swinging
			 doors shall provide a minimum 28 inches wide by 74 inches high clear opening.
			 All exterior sliding glass doors shall provide a minimum 28 inches wide by 72
			 inches high clear opening. Locks shall not require the use of a key for
			 operation from the inside.
Exit Facilities - egress windows and devices.
Homes shall have the following second means of escape or
				alternate emergency egress facilities. They are:
1. Every room designed expressly for sleeping
			 purposes, unless it has an exterior exit door, shall have at least one outside
			 window operable from the inside without the use of tools and providing a clear
			 opening of not less than 20 inches in width, 24 inches in height and 5.7 square
			 feet in area. The bottom of the opening shall not be more than 44 inches off
			 the floor.
Interior-Doors
Each interior door, when provided with a privacy lock, shall
				have a privacy lock that has an emergency release on the outside to permit
				entry when the lock has been locked by a locking knob, lever, button or other
				locking devices on the inside.
Room Requirements
Every home shall have sufficient space and functional
				arrangements to accommodate the normal activities of living in a manufactured
				home.
1. Every home shall
			 have at least one common area with no less than 150 square feet of gross floor
			 area.
2. All bedrooms shall have at
			 least 50 square feet of floor area.
3. Bedrooms designed for two or more people
			 shall have 70 square feet of floor area plus 50 square feet for each person in
			 excess of two.
4. Every room
			 designed for sleeping purposes shall have accessible clothes hanging space with
			 a minimum inside depth of 22 inches and shall be equipped with rod and shelf.
			 Each such room shall have an operable door with a latch to separate the room
			 from the common area.
5. Each
			 toilet compartment shall have a minimum of 21 inches of clear space in front of
			 each toilet.
6. Hallways shall have
			 a minimum horizontal dimension of 28 inches measured from interior finished
			 surface to the opposite finished surface. Minor protrusions by doorknobs, trim,
			 smoke detectors or light fixtures are permitted.