N.Y. Real Property Actions & Proceedings Law § 790: Definitions

§ 790. Definitions. As used in this article the following terms shall

have the following meanings:

1. The term "manufactured home resident" means one who rents space in

a manufactured home park from a manufactured home park owner or operator

for the purpose of locating his or her manufactured home or one who

rents a manufactured home in a manufactured home park from a

manufactured home park owner or operator.

2. The term "manufactured home owner" means one who holds title to a

manufactured home.

3. The term "manufactured home park" means a contiguous parcel of

privately owned land which is used for the accommodation of three or

more manufactured homes occupied for year-round living.

4. The term "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 forty body feet or more in length, or, when erected on

site, is three hundred twenty 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 includes the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning, and electrical

systems contained therein; except that such term shall include a "mobile

home" as defined in subdivision five of this section, and shall include

a structure which meets all the requirements of this subdivision except

the size requirements and with respect to which the manufacturer

voluntarily files a certification required by the secretary of housing

and urban development.

5. The term "mobile home" means a moveable or portable unit,

manufactured prior to January first, nineteen hundred seventy-six,

designed and constructed to be towed on its own chassis, comprised of

frame and wheels, connected to utilities, and designed and constructed

without a permanent foundation for year-round living. A unit may contain

parts that may be folded, collapsed or telescoped when being towed and

expanded later to provide additional cubic capacity as well as two or

more separately towable components designed to be joined into one

integral unit capable of being again separated into the components for

repeated towing. "Mobile home" shall mean units designed to be used

exclusively for residential purposes, excluding travel trailers.