§ 10-231. Definitions.  


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  • The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

    (1)

    Alteration means the replacement, installation, addition, modification or removal of any structural component or any equipment which may affect the construction, fire safety, occupancy, plumbing, heat-producing or electrical system. It includes any modification made in a modular home which may affect the compliance of the home with the standards, but it does not include the repair or replacement of a component or appliance requiring plug-in to an electrical receptacle where the replaced item is of the same configuration and rating as the one being replaced. It also does not include the addition of an appliance requiring "plug-in" to an electrical receptacle, which appliance was not provided with the modular home by the manufacturer, if the rating of the appliance does not exceed the rating of the circuit to which it is connected.

    (2)

    Factory lot means any property on which modular homes are manufactured. No property that is not adjoining property on which modular homes are actually constructed shall be considered a factory lot or part of a factory lot.

    (3)

    Manufacturer means a person licensed as a manufacturer by the state pursuant to Article 5221f, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes.

    (4)

    Modular home means a structure or building module that is manufactured at a location other than the location where it is installed and used as a residence by a consumer, transportable in one or more sections on a temporary chassis or other conveyance device, and designed to be used as a permanent dwelling when installed and placed upon a permanent foundation system. The term includes the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning, and electrical systems contained in the structure. The term does not include a manufactured home as defined in Article 5221f, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, nor does it include building modules incorporating concrete or masonry as the primary structural component.

    (5)

    Owner means the person holding title to the property and any person having control over the property.

    (6)

    Retailer means a person licensed as a retailer by the state pursuant to Article 5221f, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes.

    (7)

    Sales lot means any tract of land used by a retailer for showing modular homes to potential customers.

(Code 1968, § 10-300; Ord. No. 80-875, § 1, 4-23-80; Ord. No. 94-1268, § 4, 11-22-94)