S.C. Code Regs. § 79-1 - Definitions
(A) "Act" means the
"Uniform Standards Code for Manufactured Housing Act."
(B) "Anchoring Equipment (Ties)" means
straps, cables, turnbuckles, chains, or other devices of any kind including
tensioning devices, which are used to secure a manufactured home to the ground
or foundation.
(C) "Anchoring
System" means a method of construction which when properly designed and
installed will resist overturning and lateral movement of the manufactured
home.
(D) "Approved" means
acceptable to the authority having jurisdiction.
(E) "Authority Having Jurisdiction" means the
organization, office, or individual responsible for "Approving" equipment, an
installation, or a procedure.
(F)
"Board" means the South Carolina Manufactured Housing Board.
(G) "Diagonal Tie" means a tie intended to
primarily resist horizontal or shear forces and which may secondarily resist
vertical, uplift, and overturning forces.
(H) "Department" means the Department of
Labor, Licensing and Regulation and the staff responsible for providing
administrative support to the Manufactured Housing Board.
(I) "Dwelling Unit" means one or more
habitable rooms which are designed to be occupied by one family with facilities
for living, sleeping, cooking, eating, and sanitation.
(J) "Frame, Main" means that part of the
structural system which is normally used to transmit accumulative design loads
to the support system.
(K)
"Foundation, Manufactured Home" means a site-built or site-assembled system of
stabilizing devices which is:
(1) Capable of
transferring design dead loads and live loads required by Federal Regulations
and other design loads unique to local home sites due to wind, seismic, and
water conditions, that are imposed by or upon the structure into the underlying
soil bedrock without failure;
(2)
In frost susceptible areas, placed at an adequate depth, or otherwise
adequately protected, to prevent frost damage: and
(3) Constructed of materials acceptable to
the authority having jurisdiction (See Appendix B for examples).
(L) "Gas Supply Connector,
Manufactured Home" means a listed connector designed for connecting the
manufactured home to the gas supply source.
(M) "Ground Anchor" means a device at the
manufactured home stand designed to transfer manufactured home anchoring loads
to the ground.
(N) "Habitable Room"
means a room or enclosed floor space arranged for living, eating, food
preparation, or sleeping purposes not including bathrooms, toilet compartments,
laundries, pantries, foyers, hallways, and other accessory spaces.
(O) "Hurricane-Resistive Manufactured Home"
means a manufactured home which meets the wind design load requirements for
Zone II in Subpart D, Section 3280-305(c)(2) of the Federal Standard or the
applicable hurricane-resistive design requirements of the Standard for
Manufactured Homes, NFPA 501B/ANSI A22 5.1 edition in effect at the time of
manufacture.
(P) "Inspector" means
a person employed by the Department as being qualified to adequately inspect
the construction, electrical installations and mechanical installations of
manufactured homes, as well as the installation, tie-downs, blocking and sewer
connections of new manufactured homes.
(Q) "Install/Installed" means the
installation operations performed at the occupancy site which render a
manufactured home fit for habitation. Such operations include, but are not
limited to, positioning, blocking, leveling, supporting, tying down, connecting
utility systems, and assembling multiple or expandable units.
(R) "Labeled" means equipment or materials to
which has been attached a label, symbol, or other identifying mark of an
organization acceptable to the "Authority having jurisdiction" and concerned
with product evaluation, that maintains periodic inspection of production of
labeled equipment or materials, and by whose labeling the manufacturer
indicates compliance with appropriate standards or performance in a specified
manner.
(S) "Listed" means
equipment or materials included in a list published by an organization
acceptable to the "Authority having jurisdiction" and concerned with product
evaluation, that maintains periodic inspection of production of labeled
equipment or materials, and whose listing states either that the equipment or
materials meets appropriate standards or has been tested and found suitable for
use in a specified manner.
(T)
"Manufactured Home" means a structure, transportable in one or more sections,
which, in the traveling mode, is eight body feet or more in width or 40 body
feet or more in length, or when erected on site, is 320 or more square feet and
which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling
with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required
utilities, and all systems, appliances, accessories, and furnishings sold with
the home, including, among other things, the plumbing, heating, air
conditioning and electrical systems.
(U) "Modify" means to alter, change, adjust
or convert in compliance with the Standards for Manufactured Homes published by
the US Department of Housing and Urban Development.
(V) "Permit" means a certificate issued by
the Board allowing a retail dealer to temporarily conduct business away from
the normal place of business.
(W)
"Pier" means that portion of the support system between the footing and the
manufactured home, exclusive of caps and shims.
(X) "Red Tag" means a printed notification
issued by the Department that a manufactured home may not be offered for sale
because of violations of the Act or these Regulations.
(Y) "Repair" means the renewal, replacement
or reconstruction of any structural, mechanical, or electrical component of an
existing manufactured home for the purpose of its maintenance.
(Z) "Site, Manufactured Home" means a
designated parcel of land designed for the accommodation of one manufactured
home, its accessory buildings or structures, and accessory equipment for
exclusive use of the occupants.
(AA) "Stabilizing Devices" means all
components of the anchoring and support systems such as piers, footings, ties,
anchoring equipment, ground anchors, or any other materials and methods of
construction which supports and secures the manufactured home to the
ground.
(BB) "Stand, Manufactured
Home" means that area of a manufactured home site which has been reserved for
the placement of a manufactured home.
(CC) "Structure" means that which is built or
constructed, an edifice or building of any kind, or any piece of work
artificially built up or composed of parts joined together in some definite
manner.
(DD) "Support System" means
a combination of footings, piers, caps, and shims that will, when properly
installed, support the manufactured home.
(EE) "Vertical Tie" means a tie intended to
resist the uplifting and overturning forces.
Notes
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