§ 18-3. Definitions.
The definitions herein apply only to this chapter regulating park operations. They are related to the environmental, sanitation, and safety of its residents, with particular attention to water supply hookups and sewer line hookups, and are not to be used interchangeably with definitions in other ordinances in the unified development code, or in statutes of the state or the federal government.
For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms, phrases, words and their derivations shall have the following meanings:
Camping trailer shall mean a portable unit mounted on wheels and constructed of collapsible partial side walls which fold for towing by another vehicle and unfold to provide living quarters.
Comfort station means a public restroom and/or wash facilities.
Dependent mobile living unit shall mean a mobile living unit: (1) without its own sewer and/or water connections to accommodate a flush water closet, or (2) without a tub and/or shower, or (3) without a lavatory and/or sink within the unit, making the mobile living unit "dependent" upon outside facilities for these comforts.
Director shall mean the director of development services or an authorized representative.
Health department is the public health department of the City of San Antonio.
HUD-Code manufactured home means a structure constructed on or after June 15, 1976, according to the rules of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, transportable in one or more sections, which, in the traveling mode, is eight (8) body feet or more in width or forty (40) body feet or more in length, or, when erected on site, is three hundred twenty (320) or more square feet, and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning, and electrical systems.
Licensee shall mean any person or other legal entity licensed to operate and maintain a mobile living unit park under the requirements and provisions of this chapter.
Mobile home means a structure that was constructed before June 15, 1976, transportable in one or more sections, which, in the traveling mode, is eight (8) body feet or more in width or forty (40) body feet or more in length, or, when erected on site, is three hundred twenty (320) or more square feet, and which is built on a permanent chassis designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning, and electrical systems.
Mobile living unit shall mean a HUD-code manufactured home, mobile home, camping trailer, dependent mobile living unit, motor home, recreational vehicle, self-contained mobile living unit, travel trailer, truck camper, and collectively means and refers to all.
Mobile living park means a contiguous development of land that has been separated into two (2) or more mobile living home sites which may or may not be contiguous, which are platted or designed for the accommodation or placement of mobile living units, and which are rented or offered for rent by the site owner.
Mobile living park operator is the park owner, manager, agent, or employee who is in charge of the day to day operations or maintenance of the park facilities and utilities.
Mobile living home site is a plot of ground within a mobile living park which is apparently designed for and designated as the location for only one (1) mobile living unit and not apparently designed to be used for accommodating any other purpose other than the customary accessory structures.
Motor home shall mean a mobile living unit that is a vehicular unit apparently designed to provide living quarters for recreational, camping or travel use, built on or permanently attached to a self-propelled motor vehicle chassis or on a chassis cab or van which is an integral part of the vehicle.
Recreational vehicle shall mean a type of mobile living unit that is a vehicle:
(1)
Built on a single chassis;
(2)
Four hundred (400) square feet or less when measured at the largest horizontal projections;
(3)
Self-propelled or permanently towable by a car or light duty truck; and
(4)
Designed primarily for recreational, camping, travel, or seasonal use.
Self-contained mobile living unit shall mean a mobile living unit having a water-flush toilet, lavatory, tub or shower, and kitchen sink, all of which are connected to water storage and sewage holding tanks located within the unit and which facilities are also capable of being connected to outside utilities. A mobile living unit shall not be considered self-contained unless all plumbing fixtures and electrical outlets are both capable of being operated independent of outside utilities and capable of being connected to outside utilities.
Travel trailer shall mean a type of mobile living unit that is a vehicular portable structure built on a permanent chassis, designed by the manufacturer to be towed by another vehicle and used as a dwelling, and which:
(1)
In the traveling mode does not require a special highway permit;
(2)
Is less than eight (8) feet in width; and
(3)
Is less than forty (40) feet in length exclusive of pulling or towing equipment.
Truck camper shall mean a mobile living unit constructed to provide living quarters for recreation travel, or camping use, consisting of a roof, floor, and sides designed to fit onto the bed of a truck. Such units are, for the purpose of this chapter, considered a dependent type of mobile living unit because they do not have a water supply line hookup or a sewer hookup.
(Ord. No. 2017-12-14-1009 , § 1, 12-14-17)