§ 1-6-2. Definitions.

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

Mobile home, house trailer, trailer, or motor home, referred in this chapter to only as mobile home, shall mean and shall be construed to mean any vehicle or structure so designed and constructed to permit occupancy thereof as sleeping quarters or as a residence, temporary or permanent, for one (1) or more persons; or the conduct of any business or profession, occupation or trade, or similar use thereof as a selling or advertising device; and so designed that it is or may be mounted on wheels for the purpose of conveyance on the public streets, roads or highways, propelled or drawn by its own or other power, and shall include all such mobile homes, regardless of the fact that they are underpinned or placed on a permanent foundation. This definition shall include, but not be limited to, a mobile home as defined in the county health regulations, and in G.S. Article 9A of Chapter 143. This definition shall not include mobile homes which are listed in the office of the tax supervisor of the county as real property for ad valorem tax purposes.

Owner of a mobile home for the purposes of this chapter shall mean any person who is the legal or equitable owner of a mobile home and shall include:

(1)

Any person whose name is entered upon a title to a structure deemed a mobile home under the provisions of this chapter;

(2)

Any person whose name is entered upon a certificate of registration of a vehicle deemed a mobile home under the provisions of this chapter;

(3)

Any person who has purchased a mobile home as defined in this section under a contract of sale, conditional sales contract, lease-purchase agreement, or any other arrangement whereby at law such purchaser is the equitable owner of such mobile home, even though such purchaser's name is not entered on a title to or certificate of registration of such a mobile home;

(4)

Any person who has listed or by law is entitled or required to list a mobile home as defined in this section in the office of the tax supervisor of the county for ad valorem property tax purposes;

If two (2) or more persons are deemed owners as defined in this section of a particular mobile home, each such person shall be required to comply with the provisions of this chapter and shall be subject to the penalties and charges for failure to comply, except that if one (1) such person complies or has complied with this chapter in a particular period of registration, other such persons may be excused from such compliance upon written application to and upon written notice of waiver from the tax supervisor of the county.

(Ord. No. 26, § 1.6, 1-1-76)

State law reference

Definitions, G.S. §§ 143-143.9, 143-145.

Cross reference

Definitions and rules of construction generally, § 1-1-2.