Pennsylvania Code › Title 12 - COMMERCE, TRADE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Part V - Community Affairs and Development › Subpart C - Community Development and Housing › Chapter 149 - MANUFACTURED HOUSING IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM › Section 149.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
					 have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
					 otherwise:
Act
-The Manufactured Housing Improvement
					 Act (35 P. S. §§
											1658.1-1658.6).
Attachment
-Wind storm protection
					 accomplished by one of the following:
(i) Securing the manufactured home to the
				  foundation.
(ii) An alternative
				  system, which is approved for use by the manufacturer through its DAPIA
				  approved design, to secure the manufactured home to the foundation.
(iii) Other requirements of the manufacturer
				  necessary to provide an integrated, fully compliant manufactured
				  home.
Building code official
-As defined in
					 section 3 of the act (35 P. S. §
											1658.3).
Certificate of Compliance
-A form developed
					 by the Department which bears the signature of the installer of a new
					 manufactured home and certifies that the new manufactured home was installed in
					 accordance with the manufacturer's approved design and complies with all
					 nonconstruction requirements of the Uniform Construction Code, relating to the
					 installation of a new manufactured home, which are not addressed by the
					 Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards.
DAPIA
-Design Approval Primary Inspection
					 Agency as defined in the Manufactured Home Procedural and Enforcement
					 Regulations ( 24 CFR
					 3282.361 (relating to Design Approval Primary
					 Inspection Agency (DAPIA))).
Department
-The Department of Community and
					 Economic Development of the Commonwealth.
HUD
-The United States Department of
					 Housing and Urban Development.
Installation
-As defined in section 3 of
					 the act.
Installer
-As defined in section 3 of the
					 act.
Manufactured Home Construction and Safety
					 Standards
-As defined in section 3 of the act.
Manufactured housing
or
manufactured home
-As defined in section 3 of the act.
Manufacturer
-A person engaged in
					 manufacturing or assembling manufactured homes, including a person engaged in
					 importing manufactured homes for resale.
Manufacturer's approved design
-
(i) As defined in section 3 of the
				  act.
(ii) The term includes
				  drawings, instructions, illustrations, documentation or procedures submitted by
				  a manufacturer and approved by the manufacturer's DAPIA.
Purchaser
-The first person purchasing a
					 new manufactured home for purposes other than resale.
Relocated manufactured home
-As defined in
					 section 3 of the act.
Retailer
-A person engaged in the sale,
					 leasing or distribution of a new manufactured home directly to a
					 purchaser.
UCC-Uniform Construction Code
-The Uniform
					 Construction Code adopted under section
					 7210.301 of the Pennsylvania
					 Construction Code Act (35 P. S. §
											7210.301).
The provisions of this §
												149.1 amended under section 5 of
						the Manufactured Housing Improvement Act (35 P. S. §
													1658.5).