Ala. Admin. Code r. 535-X-13-.02 - Definitions
When used in this Regulation, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section:
(1) Ground Anchor - any device at the
manufactured home or manufactured building site designed for the purpose of
securing a manufactured home or manufactured building to the ground.
(2) Stabilizer Plate - a device used to
prevent horizontal movement of a ground anchor.
(3) Tiedown - means any device designed to
anchor a manufactured home or manufactured building to ground
anchors.
(4) Pier - that portion of
the support system between the top of the footing and the bottom of the pier
cap.
(5) Vertical Anchor Tie - an
anchor tie designed primarily to resist overturning by applying a force to the
home or building in a direction no more than 15 degrees from the
vertical.
(6) Diagonal Anchor Tie -
an anchor tie designed primarily to resist sliding horizontally.
(7) Roof Protector - a device designed to
prevent over-the-roof tiedowns from damaging or penetrating the roof
material.
(8) Pier Footing or
Foundation - the structural support pad that a pier is placed upon.
(9) Pier cap - a concrete or wood plate
placed on top of the highest open cell block of the pier.
(10) Install or Installation - siting,
placing or anchoring a manufactured home or manufactured building, either one
or more units, to land, upon footings, piers or foundations, or connecting the
home or building to public or private utilities. Public or private utilities
shall not be classified as installers under this section.
(11) Installer - any person who sites,
anchors, places, connects, sets up or installs a manufactured home or
manufactured building upon land, footings, piers or foundations.
(12) Manufactured Building - a closed
structure, building assembly or systems of subassemblies which may include
structural, electrical, plumbing, heating, ventilating, utility service lines,
footings, foundations, porches or other service systems manufactured in
manufacturing facilities, for installation or erection, with or without other
specified components, as a finished building or as a part of a finished
building, which shall include, but not be limited to, residential dwelling
units, commercial, institutional, storage and industrial structures. Mobile
homes or manufactured homes are excluded. Manufactured building may also mean
at the option of the manufacturer, any building of open construction made or
assembled in manufacturing facilities away from the building site, for
installation, or assembly and installation on the building site.
(13) Manufactured Home - as defined by the
United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.
(14) ANSI - The American National Standards
Institute or its successor.
(15)
NFPA - The National Fire Protection Association or its successor.
(16) Commission - The Alabama Manufactured
Housing Commission (AMHC).
(17)
Hurricane Zone - an area of Alabama that has encountered sustained winds of 100
mph or more. Mobile and Baldwin counties are designated as such
zones.
(18) Site - an area of land
that a manufactured home or manufactured building is installed upon. It is
defined as the area under the home to include a 5 ft. perimeter around the
home.
(19) Approved - all devices
that have been tested according to the ANSI standards and requirements, and are
capable of withstanding and resisting all such loads without failure as
required by the ANSI standard for the testing of ground anchors and tiedown
devices. Approved shall also mean all systems and devices meeting the
Department of Housing and Urban Development's standards and/or the American
Society of Testing of Materials standards for ground anchors and tiedown
devices.
(20) Anchoring System - A
combination of ties, anchoring equipment, and ground anchors that will, when
properly designed and installed, resist the overturning or sideways movement of
the home caused by wind.
Author: Jim Sloan
Notes
Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, ยงยง 24-4A-3, 24-5-31, 24-5-32, 24-6-4.
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