Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, March 15, 2024
(1) No person may sell, offer for sale, or as
a business install or cause to be installed a manufactured home tie-down system
unless the system has been approved in writing by the manager and the original
or duplicate original of such approval is prominently displayed at the location
where the system is sold, offered for sale, or offered for
installation.
(2) Applications for
an approval shall be submitted to the manager and shall be executed by the
owner or seller of the system on forms that shall be provided by the manager
upon request. To be complete, the applications shall include:
(A) The name and address of the
applicant;
(B) The name and address
of all places of business which will be authorized by the applicant to sell or
offer for sale, or install or offer to install the system for which the
approval is sought;
(C) The name
and address of the manufacturer of the system for which the approval is
sought;
(D) A brief description of
the legal organization of the manufacturer who will use the program, whether a
Missouri corporation, foreign corporation, partnership, proprietorship, or
other business organization;
(E) If
manufacturer is a corporation, a Certificate of Good Standing from the
secretary of state and a copy of the corporation's articles of incorporation
and bylaws;
(F) If manufacturer
does business under a fictitious name, a copy of the fictitious name
registration filed with the secretary of state;
(G) If manufacturer has submitted the
applicable information as set forth in subsections (2)(A)-(F) of this rule in a
previous request for approval of manufacturing program, a statement that the
information was previously submitted and remains unchanged;
(H) If the information in subsections
(2)(A)-(F) above is not available, or not applicable, a statement as to the
reason the information is not submitted. The manager, in consult with staff
counsel, shall determine if the request for approval can be processed without
the required information;
(I) A
copy of the plans and specifications of the system for which the approval is
sought.
1. Detailed drawings and the
manufacturer's installation manual of each type of anchor system and for each
type of component for which approval is sought must accompany the submittal.
A. Each drawing shall show model
identification, all dimensions, types of welds or fastening, types of material,
methods of securing strap, methods of attachment, orientation after
installation in soil, direction(s) of applied load(s), and location of model
number on the system and each component.
B. Each drawing shall bear the seal of a
registered professional engineer, registered in the state of
Missouri.
2. Each anchor
system model must be tested and certified by an authorized testing agency to be
in conformance with the following anchoring standards and accepted engineering
practice:
A. Pullout tests shall be performed
on three (3) samples of each anchor system model and the failure load for all
three (3) tests must equal or exceed four thousand seven hundred twenty-five
(4,725) pounds. The manager must certify that three (3) pull-out tests were
performed on each anchor system model. The anchor shall be installed with the
specified tie attached in a soil type for which the anchor is designed and
pulled at an angle between forty degrees (40°) and fifty degrees (50°).
The anchor will be approved for all soil test probe values at or above the soil
test probe value in which the anchor is tested. The device shall be set up as
required by the manufacturer's installation manual. The test report shall
include a photograph or drawing of the anchor demonstrating it is fully set up
as required. The load at failure and the type of failure shall be described.
The anchoring system must be capable of meeting or exceeding the Zone 1 wind
load requirements of the Federal Manufactured Home Construction and Safety
Standards
24 CFR section
3280.306;
B. Failure and ultimate load capacity tests
shall be performed on three (3) samples of each component part and must also be
witnessed by the manager;
C.
Laboratory destruction tests shall be performed on each anchor system model and
the failure load must equal or exceed four thousand seven hundred twenty-five
(4,725) pounds. These tests are needed to establish the required strengths of
the components and component connections of an anchor.
3. The result from each test will indicate-
A. Point and mode of failure;
B. Force required for failure;
C. Description of test procedure;
D. Test equipment used.
4. The report of the results of the test in
specified soil or rock groups will also include:
A. Method of installation;
B. Date of installation;
C. Date of test;
D. Soil profile description and soil test
probe values.
5. The
anchor manufacturer shall furnish and ship with each anchoring system,
information on the types of soil in which the anchor has been tested and
certified for installation, instructions on the method of installation, and
procedure for identifying soil types. A copy of the manufacturer's installation
manual must be submitted to the manager. The manager shall maintain a copy of
the most recent revision of the manufacturer's installation manual.
6. The manager, upon receipt of new or
additional information relating to the performance of any anchoring system, or
a similar anchoring system, may request from the manufacturer of that anchoring
system, additional testing or supplemental information;
(J) The location in this state where the
system for which the approval is sought may be inspected by the manager;
and
(K) An affidavit of the
applicant or the applicant's agent if the applicant is a corporation, that the
system for which the approval is sought will be manufactured in accordance with
the plans and specifications submitted with the application and that as such it
complies with the standards.
(3) Within fifteen (15) working days after
the receipt of a complete application for an approval the manager shall inspect
for compliance with the standards the manufactured home tie-down system for
which the approval is sought. An approval or a refusal to grant an approval
shall be issued in writing. A notice of a refusal to grant an approval shall
specify the reason for the refusal. If through no fault of the applicant such
inspection is not conducted within the prescribed time, the approval shall be
issued if no basis for refusal is found on the face of the
application.
(4) No person, without
the manager's authorization, may copy or otherwise duplicate an approval unless
the word "copy" appears in at least thirty-six- (36-) point type down the left
and right margins of such approval.
(5) Any person who purchases a manufactured
home tie-down system shall be furnished by the seller with a copy of the
approval for the system purchased.
(6) The manager shall issue an original
approval for each place of business at which an applicant or his/her authorized
agent sells, offers for sale, or offers to install an approved manufactured
home tie-down system.
*Original authority: 700.076, RSMo 1976, amended 1978,
1982.
