Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 734 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, HIGHWAY DIVISION › Division 75 - MOVEMENT OF OVER-DIMENSION MOBILE HOMES AND MODULAR BUILDING UNITS › Section 734-075-0008 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) "Base" means
			 the widest point of the outside dimension of a mobile home or modular unit
			 exclusive of appurtenances such as door handles, required safety equipment or
			 eaves.
(2) "Business day" is any
			 day, Monday through Friday except holidays as defined in section (8) of this
			 rule.
(3) "Chief Engineer" means
			 the Chief Engineer of the Oregon Department of Transportation or a person
			 designated to act for the Chief Engineer.
(4) "CCD" means the Commerce and Compliance
			 Division of the Oregon Department of Transportation.
(5) "Daylight hours" means one-half hour
			 before sunrise until one-half hour after sunset.
(6) "Eave" means an extension of the roof
			 past the base of the unit. It does not include external accessories or devices
			 attached to the unit.
(7) "Eave
			 cap" means the shingle or roofing material extension over the eave
			 fascia.
(8) "GVWR" means the gross
			 vehicle weight rating as defined in ORS
			 801.298.
(9) "Holiday" for the purpose of division 75
			 rules means New Years Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day,
			 Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day and includes any other days the state
			 officially observes these holidays by the closure of State offices.
(10) "Mobile home" or "manufactured home"
			 means a trailer designed as a structure for human habitation or for business,
			 commercial or office purposes, which can be towed upon public highways and
			 which is more than 45 feet in length or more than eight feet six inches in
			 width. For the purposes of division 75 rules, all references to mobile homes
			 include manufactured homes.
(11)
			 "Modular building unit" means a structural building component designed to be
			 used alone or with other modules. These modules create a structure for human
			 habitation or for business, commercial or office purposes and are more than 45
			 feet in length or more than eight feet six inches in width. Modular units are
			 transported or hauled on another vehicle instead of being towed on the unit's
			 own axles or running gear.
(12)
			 "Multi-lane highway" means a highway having two or more lanes of travel in the
			 same direction.
(13) "Overall
			 width" means the width at the base plus any eave.
(14) "Seller" as used in this rule means any
			 person engaged in selling or distributing a manufactured home to persons who in
			 good faith purchase or lease manufactured homes for purposes other than
			 resale.
(15) "Toter" means a motor
			 vehicle designed and used primarily for towing a mobile home.
(16) "Transport" means to tow, haul, drive or
			 otherwise move a vehicle or load on the State highway system.
(17) "Truck-tractor" means a motor vehicle
			 designed and used primarily for drawing (towing) other vehicles and constructed
			 so as not to carry any load other than a part of the weight of the vehicle or
			 load or both, as drawn and having a manufacturers GVWR in excess of
			 15,000.
(18) "Unit" means a mobile
			 home, manufactured home or modular building unit as defined in sections (10)
			 and (11) of this rule.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
				  184.619,
				  810.060  & 823.011
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
				  818.200  & 818.220