Code of Maryland Regulations
Title 09 - MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Subtitle 12 - DIVISION OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY
Chapter 09.12.52 - Industrialized Buildings and Manufactured Homes
Section 09.12.52.02 - Definitions
Universal Citation: MD Code Reg 09.12.52.02
Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 19, September 20, 2024
A. In this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.
B. Terms Defined.
(1) "Act" means the Industrialized Buildings
and Manufactured Homes Act, Public Safety Article, Title 12, Subtitle 3,
Annotated Code of Maryland.
(2)
"Add-on" means any structure (except a structure designed or produced as an
integral part of a manufactured home) that, when attached to the basic
manufactured home unit, increases the area, either living or storage, of the
manufactured home.
(3) Alteration.
(a) "Alteration" means the installation,
replacement, addition, modification, or removal of any equipment after sale by
a manufacturer to a dealer or distributor, but before sale by a dealer to a
purchaser, that may affect the construction, fire safety, occupancy, plumbing,
heat producing, or electrical system.
(b) "Alteration" includes any modification
made in the manufactured home that may affect the compliance of the home with
the standards.
(c) "Alteration"
does not include the:
(i) Repair or
replacement of a component or appliance requiring plug-in to an electrical
receptacle when the replaced item is of the same configuration and ratings as
the one being replaced; or
(ii)
Addition of an appliance, not provided with the manufactured home by the
manufacturer, requiring plug-in to an electrical receptacle, if the rating of
the appliance does not exceed the rating of the receptacle to which it is
connected.
(4) "Federal Act" means the National
Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, codified as
42 U.S.C. § 5401 et seq., as amended.
(5) "Federal Regulations" means the
Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards, 24 CFR Part 3280, the
Manufactured Home Procedural and Enforcement Regulations, 24 CFR Part 3282, and
the Manufactured Home Consumer Manual Requirements, 24 CFR Part 3283.
(6) "HUD label" means the approved form of
certification by the manufacturer that, under the federal regulations, is
permanently affixed to each transportable section of each manufactured home
manufactured for sale to a purchaser in the United States.
(7) Manufactured Home.
(a) "Manufactured home" (formerly called a
mobile home in the Act and in the Federal Act) means a structure, transportable
in one or more sections, that is:
(i) In the
traveling mode, 8 body feet or more in width or 40 body feet or more in
length;
(ii) When erected on site,
320 or more square feet;
(iii)
Built on a permanent chassis;
(iv)
Designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when
connected to the required utilities; and
(v) Includes the plumbing, heating,
air-conditioning, and electrical systems contained in it.
(b) "Manufactured home" includes any
structure that meets all the requirements of §B(7)(a) of this regulation
except the size requirements, with respect to which the manufacturer
voluntarily:
(i) Files a certification
required by the Secretary of HUD; and
(ii) Complies with the standards established
under the Federal Act.
(8) "Model" means a specific design, as
designated by the producers of an industrialized building unit and submitted
for approval to the Department.
(9)
"Open frame construction" means any building, building component, assembly, or
system manufactured in such manner that all portions can be readily inspected
at the building site without disassembly, damage, or destruction and to which
no more than one fixed interior or exterior surface has been applied.
(10) "Regulations" means the Industrialized
Buildings and Manufactured Homes Regulations (COMAR 09.12.52.01-.18).
(11) "Stabilizing devices" means all
components of the anchoring and support systems, such as:
(a) Piers;
(b) Footing;
(c) Ties;
(d) Anchoring equipment;
(e) Ground anchors; and
(f) Any other equipment that supports the
manufactured home and secures it to the ground.
(12) The terms "approved testing facility",
"Department", "first user", "industrialized building", "installed", "local
enforcement agency", "manufactured home", "Manufactured Home Construction and
Safety Standards Act", "Secretary", and "site" have the meanings stated in
Public Safety Article, §12-301, Annotated Code
of Maryland.
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