§ 12.2. Definitions.

I.

Dwelling Unit: A structure or a portion of any structure designed, arranged, and used for living quarters for one (1) or more persons living as a single housekeeping unit with cooking facilities, but not including units in hotels, motels, boarding houses or like uses.

II.

Dwelling, Single-Family: A structure not more than one (1) Dwelling Unit designed for residential use, which meets or exceeds the following standards:

1.

Minimum width in excess of sixteen (16) feet.

2.

Minimum square footage required by the zone in which located.

3.

The roof shall have a minimum of 2:12 roof pitch and shall have a surface of asphalt composition, concrete, fiberglass, or metal tiles, slate, built up gravel materials, or other materials approved by the building official.

4.

The exterior siding materials shall consist of wood, masonry, concrete, stucco, masonite, metal, or vinyl lap or other materials of like appearance.

5.

Be attached to a permanent foundation.

6.

Be constructed according to standards established either by the State Minimum Standard Codes as amended from time to time or the Standard Building Code if locally adopted for site-built homes, or the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act for manufactured homes, or the State of Georgia Industrialized Buildings Act for residential industrialized buildings. Each of these codes shall be applicable to the specific structure to which it applies.

III.

Manufactured Home: A structure defined by and constructed in accordance with the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 5401 et seq. The definition at the date of adoption of this part is as follows:

Manufactured Home means a structure, transportable in one (1) or more sections, which, in the traveling mode, is eight (8) body feet or more in width or forty (40) body feet or more in length, or, when erected on site, is three hundred twenty (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 includes the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning, and electrical systems contained therein; except that such term shall include any structure which meets all the requirements of this paragraph except the size requirements and with respect to which the manufacturer voluntarily files a certification required by the Secretary and complies with the standards established under this title.

IV.

Mobile Home: A structure, transportable in one (1) or more sections, which, in the traveling mode, is eight (8) body feet or more in width or forty (40) body feet or more in length or, when erected on site is three hundred twenty (320) or more square feet and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling and includes the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning, and electrical systems contained therein and manufactured prior to June 15, 1976.

V.

Industrialized Building: Any structure or component thereof which is wholly or in substantial part made, fabricated, formed, or assembled in manufacturing facilities for installation on a building site and has been manufactured in such a manner that all parts or processes cannot be inspected at the installation site without disassembly, damage to, or destruction thereof. Industrialized Buildings are constructed and regulated in accordance with the "Industrialized Building Act". Georgia Law 1982 pp 1637-1643 (Official Code of Georgia Annotated, Title 8, Chapter 2, Article 2, Part 1).

VI.

Structure: Anything constructed or erected with fixed location on or in the ground, or attached to something having a fixed location on the ground. Structures include, but are not limited to the following: site built buildings, industrialized buildings, manufactured homes, mobile homes, billboards, swimming pools, advertising signs, satellite dishes, and fall-out shelters.