Nebraska Administrative Code
Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM
Title 178 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
Chapter 5 - RULES, REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS GOVERNING MOBILE HOME PARKS
Section 178-5-001 - Definitions and Scope

Current through September 17, 2024

001.01 Definitions

In these rules, regulations and standards, unless the context to be intelligible or prevent absurdity otherwise requires, the following definitions shall apply:

001.01A Mobile Home shall mean a movable or portable dwelling constructed to be towed on its own chassis, connected to utilities, and designed with or without a permanent foundation for year round living. It may consist of one or more units that can be telescoped when towed and expanded later for additional capacity, or of two or more units, separately lovable but designed to be joined into one integral unit.

001.01B Mobile Home Lot shall mean a designated portion of a mobile home park designed for the accommodation of one mobile home and its accessory buildings or structures for the exclusive use of the occupants.

001.01C Mobile Home Park shall mean a parcel or contiguous parcels of land which have been so designated and improved that it contains two or more mobile home lots available to the general public for the placement thereon of mobile homes for occupancy. The term mobile home park shall not be construed to include mobile homes, buildings, tents or other structures temporarily maintained by any individual, corporation, company, or other entity on its own premises and used exclusively to house its own labor force.

001.01D Department shall mean the Department of Health of the State of Nebraska.

001.01E Person shall mean any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, association, joint stock company or association, political subdivision, governmental agency or other legal entity, and shall include any trustee, receiver, assignee or other legal representative thereof.

001.01F Mobile Home Stand shall mean that area of a mobile home lot which has been reserved for the placement of a mobile home.

001.01G Public Sever System shall mean a sever system owned, operated or otherwise utilized by the state, a municipality or any other governmental agency or political subdivision, federal governmental agencies being excepted.

001.01H Public Water Supply System shall mean a water supply system designed to provide the public piped water fit for human consumption, if 'such system has at least fifteen service connections or regularly serves at least twenty-five individuals daily, at least sixty days out of the year. This definition shall include (a) any collection, treatment, storage, or distribution facilities under control of the operator of such system and used primarily in connection with such system, and (b) any collection or pretreatment storage facilities not under such control which are used primarily in connection with such system.

001.02 Scope and Application

These rules, regulations and standards shall apply to the utility systems and sanitary conditions for mobile home parks. Mobile home parks in existence and operation on July 10, 1976 shall have until December 31, 1980 within which to comply with the Departmental standards concerning utility systems and sanitary conditions as a condition of licensure, except that in no case shall any such existing and operating mobile home park be required to comply with any electrical system standards. These rules and regulations shall also pertain to administrative forms to be submitted, licensure fees, and other administrative procedures.

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