15.05.090 Manufactured homes, factory-built buildings and mobile homes.
Definitions. For the purpose of the City Code, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning:
“Factory-built building” means a residential or nonresidential building (including a dwelling unit or habitable room) which is wholly or in substantial part manufactured at an off-site location to be assembled on site, except that it does not include a manufactured home, recreational vehicle or mobile home as defined in this section.
“Manufactured home” means a structure built in accordance with the National Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 and Title VI of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as implemented by the Arizona Office of Manufactured Housing pursuant to A.R.S. Title 41, Chapter 16.
“Mobile home” means a structure built prior to June 15, 1976, on a permanent chassis, capable of being transported in one or more sections and designed to be used with or without a permanent foundation as a dwelling when connected to on-site utilities, except it does not include recreational vehicles or factory-built buildings.
“Recreational vehicle” means a vehicle-type unit which is:
1. A portable camping trailer mounted on wheels and constructed with collapsible partial side walls which fold for towing by another vehicle and unfold for camping;
2. A portable truck camper constructed to provide temporary living quarters for recreational, travel or camping use, and consisting of roof, floor and sides designed to be loaded onto and unloaded from the bed of a pickup truck;
3. A travel trailer mounted on wheels, designed to provide temporary living quarters for recreational, camping or travel use, and which has an area less than 320 square feet when measured to the exterior of the unit. This definition includes fifth wheel trailers;
4. A motor home designed to provide temporary living quarters for recreational, camping or travel use and built on or permanently attached to a self-propelled motor vehicle chassis or on a chassis cab or van that is an integral part of the completed vehicle;
5. A park trailer built on a single chassis, mounted on wheels and designed to be connected to utilities necessary for operation of installed fixtures and appliances, and has a gross trailer area of not less than 320 square feet and not more than 400 square feet when it is set up, except it does not include fifth wheel trailers. Area measurements shall be taken on the exterior of the unit. [Code 2006 § 7-1-9. Ord. 98-05, 3-24-1998; Ord. 2007-16, 10-23-2007; Ord. 2019-05 § 1, 9-24-2019; Res. 2019-18 Exh. A, 9-24-2019].