Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-150M - Manufactured homes › Section 296-150M-0020 - What definitions apply to this chapter? "Alteration"

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
is the replacement, addition, modification, or removal of any
				equipment or installation that affects the construction, planning
				considerations, fire safety, or the plumbing, mechanical, and electrical
				systems of a manufactured home. The installation of whole-house water treatment
				equipment that requires cutting into the existing plumbing is considered an
				alteration and requires a permit, an inspection and an alteration
				insignia.
"Alteration insignia"
is an insignia issued by the
				department of labor and industries to verify that an alteration to a
				manufactured home meets the requirements of federal law 24 C.F.R. 3280 and this
				chapter.
"Anchoring system"
is the means used to secure a
				mobile home to ground anchors or to other approved fastening devices. It may
				include straps, cables, turnbuckles, bolts, fasteners, and other
				components.
"ANSI"
is the American National Standards
				Institute, Inc., 1899 L Street, N.W., 11th Floor, Washington D.C. 20036.
"Authority having jurisdiction"
means that either
				the department of labor and industries or the local jurisdiction is responsible
				for establishing specific manufactured home standards. The authority for
				specific manufactured home standards is divided as follows:
* The department of labor and industries establishes standards
				for manufactured home installation and alterations and performs alteration
				inspections;
* The local jurisdiction establishes standards for manufactured
				homes governing the building site and performs installation inspections.
"Building site"
is a tract, parcel, or subdivision
				of land on which a manufactured home is installed.
"DAPIA"
is a Design Approval Primary Inspection
				Agency as approved by the United States Department of Housing and Urban
				Development.
"Department"
is the department of labor and
				industries. The department may be referred to as "we" or "us" in this chapter.
				Note: You may contact us at: Department of Labor and Industries, Factory
				Assembled Structures, P.O. Box 44430, Olympia, WA 98504- 4430.
"Design plan"
is a design submitted to the
				department for approval of a manufactured home structural alteration. This also
				includes other types of work and installations (plumbing, electrical, etc.)
				that are incidental to the structural alteration.
"Equipment"
means the appliances used in the
				alteration or installation of a manufactured home.
Examples that require an alteration inspection include:
* Furnace;
* Water heater;
* Air conditioner;
* Heat pump; and
* New and extended electrical circuits.
Examples that do not require an alteration inspection
				include:
* Washer;
* Dryer; and
* Dishwasher and range that are connected to their source of
				power by a plug-in cord.
"Equivalent air conditioning/heat pump components"
is equipment that performs the same function and is compatible with the
				equipment of another manufacturer, sometimes referred to as mix and
				match.
"Footing"
is the portion of a support system that
				transmits loads from the manufactured home to the ground.
"Foundation skirting"
or
"skirting"
is the material that surrounds and encloses the space under the manufactured
				home.
"Homeowner"
is an individual who owns a
				manufactured home. Dealers, distributors, and developers are not regarded as
				homeowners.
"HUD"
is the United States Department of Housing
				and Urban Development with headquarters located in Washington, D.C.
"Indigent"
means a person receiving an annual
				income, after taxes, of one hundred twenty-five percent or less of the most
				recently published federal poverty level.
"Installation"
is the activity needed to prepare a
				building site and to set a manufactured home within that site. Site means a
				tract, parcel, or subdivision of land including a mobile home park.
"Installed manufactured or mobile home"
is a
				manufactured or mobile home that has been placed on either private property or
				in a park and has been installed for occupancy. Installation includes the
				approval of the blocking of the home, and the connection of the home to all of
				the utilities, including water, sewer and electrical.
"IPIA"
is a manufactured home production
				Inspection Primary Inspection Agency approved by the United States Department
				of Housing and Urban Development. The department of labor and industries is the
				IPIA for Washington state.
"Local enforcement agency"
is an agency of city or
				county government with power to enforce local regulations governing the
				building site and installation of a manufactured home.
"Manufactured home"
is a single-family dwelling
				built according to the Department of Housing and Urban Development Manufactured
				Home Construction and Safety Standards Act, which is a national, preemptive
				building code. A manufactured home also:
* Includes plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and electrical
				systems;
* Is built on a permanent chassis; and
* Can be transported in one or more sections with each section
				at least eight feet wide and forty feet long when transported; or when
				installed on the site is three hundred twenty square feet or greater (see
				RCW
				46.04.302) .
Note:
Total square feet is based on exterior dimensions
						  measured after installation using the longest horizontal projections.
						  Dimensions may not include bay windows but may include projections containing
						  interior space such as cabinets and expandable rooms.
Exception:
A structure that meets the requirements of a
						  manufactured home as set out in
						  24
						  C.F.R. 3282.7(u), except the
						  size requirements is considered a manufactured home, if the manufacturer files
						  with the secretary of HUD a certificate noted in C.F.R. 3282.13.
"Mobile home"
is a factory-built dwelling built
				prior to June 15, 1976, to standards other than the HUD Code, and acceptable
				under applicable state codes in effect at the time of construction or
				introduction of the home into the state. Mobile homes have not been built since
				the introduction of the HUD Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards
				Act. For the purposes of this chapter references to manufactured homes include
				mobile homes.
"Park site"
is the installation location of a
				manufactured home within a residential area for manufactured homes.
"Repair"
is to restore an item to sound condition,
				to fix.
"Replacement"
is the act or process of replacing,
				to substitute.
"State administrative agency (SAA)"
the department
				of labor and industries shall perform all the consumer complaint and related
				functions that are required for purposes of complying with the regulations
				established by the federal department of housing and urban development for
				manufactured housing including the preparation and submission of the state
				administrative plan.
"Structural alteration-custom design"
is a design
				that can only be used once.
"Structural alteration-master design"
is a design
				plan that can be used more than once. The master plan expires when there is a
				code change applicable to the design.
"System"
is part of a manufactured home designed
				to serve a particular function such as structural, plumbing, mechanical, or
				electrical functions.
Statutory Authority:
				  Chapter
				  43.22 RCW. 08-12-041,
				  § 296-150M-0020, filed 5/30/08, effective 6/30/08. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  43.22.340,
				  43.22.400,
				  43.22.432,
				  43.22.433,
				  43.22.434,
				  43.22.480, and
				  43.22.485, 2002 c 268, and
				  chapter
				  43.22 RCW. 03-12-044,
				  § 296-150M-0020, filed 5/30/03, effective 5/30/03. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  43.22.340,
				  43.22.350,
				  43.22.432,
				  43.22.434,
				  43.22.440, and 2001 c 335.
				  02-03-048, § 296-150M-0020, filed 1/9/02, effective 1/9/02. Statutory
				  Authority:
				  RCW
				  43.22.340,
				  43.22.350,
				  43.22.355,
				  43.22.360,
				  43.22.400,
				  43.22.432,
				  43.22.433,
				  43.22.434,
				  43.22.450,
				  43.22.480, and
				  43.22.485. 00-17-148, §
				  296-150M-0020, filed 8/22/00, effective 9/30/00. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  43.22.340 and
				  43.22.480. 99-13-010, §
				  296-150M-0020, filed 6/4/99, effective 7/5/99. Statutory Authority:
				  Chapter
				  43.22 RCW. 98-14-078,
				  § 296-150M-0020, filed 6/30/98, effective 7/31/98. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  43.22.340, [43.22.]355, [43.22.]360,
				  [43.22.]432, [43.22.]440 and [43.22.]480. 96-21-146, § 296-150M-0020,
				  filed 10/23/96, effective 11/25/96.