Court Opinion

ID: 9625391
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 07:39:28.347966+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:06:07.491182
License: Public Domain

Pope, Presiding Judge,
concurring specially.
I agree with all that is said in Divisions 1 and 2, but write separately as to Division 3. At issue in this case is whether North Shore is subject to regulation as a manufactured (mobile) home park or whether it should be classified as a “campground.” Resolution of this issue depends on whether “park trailers” should be classified as manufactured homes under the applicable Greene County regulations. As a practical matter, park trailers seem to fall somewhere between manufactured homes and recreational vehicles in terms of their components. The Greene County regulations do not contain a definition *246of “park trailers” or “recreational vehicles,” but do define a manufactured home as
Decided May 10, 1999
Reconsideration denied May 26, 1999.
Decker & Hallman, David C. Moss, for appellant.
Weinstock & Scavo, Steven M. Winter, Louis R. Cohan, for appellee.
a structure transportable in one (1) or more sections, designed to be used for long term occupancy as a single-family dwelling. Such a dwelling shall be construed in accordance with the Federal Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards, which came in to effect June 15,1976, and shall bear an insignia issued by the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). . . .
North Shore presented evidence in this case that the “park trailers” located at its facility were not designed or manufactured for long-term occupancy, were not constructed in accordance with Federal Manufactured & Home Construction Standards and did not bear the HUD insignia. North Shore presented additional evidence that the park trailers located at its facility were built to specifications promulgated by the Recreational Park Trailer Industry and that it requires the trailers in its facility to carry a sticker signifying compliance with those standards. Moreover, the park trailers at North Shore’s facility are registered as recreational vehicles with the Department of Motor Vehicles. Contrary to Greene County’s argument, the fact that the evidence also showed that a park trailer may have many of the same amenities as a manufactured home does not make it one.
I am authorized to state that Judge Smith joins in this special concurrence.