New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 19 - DEPARTMENT OF STATE › Chapter XXXII - Division of Code Enforcement and Administration › Part 1209 - Regulations And Fees For Factory Manufactured Homes › Section 1209.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
In addition to the definitions specified in Part 600, the
				  following definitions shall apply herein:
(a) Approved means conforming to the
				requirements of the State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code.
(b) Building site means that portion of a
				site which is within property lines, upon which a factory manufactured home or
				component is to be installed.
(c)
				Component means any room, subsystem or subassembly designed for use as a part
				of a factory manufactured home.
(d)
				Commissioner means the Commissioner of the Division of Housing and Community
				Renewal.
(e) Division means the
				Division of Housing and Community Renewal of the State of New York.
(f) Dwelling unit means one or more rooms,
				with provision for living, sanitary and sleeping facilities, arranged for the
				use of one family used as part of a one- or two-family dwelling or a multiple
				dwelling.
(g) Factory manufactured
				home means a structure designed primarily for residential occupancy,
				constructed by a method or system of construction whereby the structure or its
				components are wholly or in substantial part manufactured in manufacturing
				facilities, intended or designed for permanent installation, or assembly and
				permanent installation, on a building site.
(h) In substantial part manufactured means a
				factory manufactured home assembled at an off-site location whereby all
				portions may not be reasonably inspected at the installation site without
				disassembly or destruction thereof.
(i) Insignia of approval means the
				certificate, tab or tag issued by the division on behalf of the State Fire
				Prevention and Building Code Council to indicate compliance with the standards,
				rules and regulations established for factory manufactured homes.
(j) Installation means the assembly of and
				the process of affixing a factory manufactured home or component to land, a
				foundation, footings, or to an existing building.
(k) Local enforcement agency means the agency
				of a local government under whose jurisdiction a factory manufactured home is
				installed, which has authority to make inspections and to enforce the
				regulations governing the construction of buildings.
(l) Local government means any county, city,
				village, town or other jurisdiction with authority to enforce the Uniform Fire
				Prevention and Building Code.
(m)
				Manufacturer means any individual, corporation, firm or association which
				engages in the process of making, fabricating, constructing, forming or
				assembling a product from raw, unfinished or semifinished material into factory
				manufactured homes or components.
(n) Manufacturing facilities means the place
				or places at which machinery, equipment and other materials are assembled and
				operated for the purpose of making, fabricating, forming, or assembling factory
				manufactured homes or their components.
(o) Model, initial means a specific design of
				factory manufactured homes, in accordance with plans submitted to the division.
				A model may include options, which do not change the quality control manual and
				which, in the determination of the division, would not materially affect the
				structural, plumbing, mechanical or electrical systems.
(p) Model, additional means any change from
				the approved plans or installation instructions which, in the determination of
				the division, would materially affect the structural, mechanical, electrical or
				plumbing systems of factory manufactured homes or components bearing an
				insignia of approval; including changes in bearing partitions, exterior
				dimensions or space heat distribution systems.
(q) Modified means any change from approved
				plans.
(r) Quality assurance agency
				means an organization which is:
(1) in the
				business of inspecting buildings and equipment systems and conducting quality
				control programs; and
(2) approved
				by the division.