Peabody, Mass., Code of Ordinances ch. 18, art. II (2026) § 18-16

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Board means the Rent Board established by Section 18-31 .
Capital improvement means any substantial rehabilitation, addition or improvement which appreciably adds to the value of the property or prolongs its life, or both, but not including ordinary repairs and maintenance.
Cooperative mobile home park means a mobile home park owned by a cooperative corporation that is incorporated under the laws of the State and whose stockholders are limited solely to persons who hold a long-term lease, giving the stockholder the right to occupancy of a portion of the property owned by the cooperative corporation. The Board exempts from its jurisdiction all cooperative mobile home parks; provided, however, that at the time of purchase of the mobile home park by the cooperative corporation, not less than 51 percent of the households in the park contained, as a member of such household, at least one stockholder in the mobile home cooperative corporation.
Dwelling unit means the room or group of rooms within a mobile home used or intended for use by one family or household for living, sleeping, cooking or eating.
Homeowner means an owner of a mobile home which occupies a lot or space in a mobile home park and who is a homeowner or resident, lessee, or other person entitled under the terms of a rental agreement to the use and occupancy of said mobile home park accommodation.
Housing services means services or facilities provided by a park owner or management or required by law or by terms of a rental housing agreement to be provided by a park owner or management to a homeowner or resident in connection with the use and occupancy of any mobile home park accommodation, including, without limitation, snow plowing, sanding of roadways, landscaping, landscaping maintenance, furniture, furnishings and equipment; repairs, decorating and maintenance; provision of light, heat, hot water, cold water, telephone, kitchen, bath, and laundry facilities and privileges; use of yard and other common areas; janitor services, refuse removal, parking facilities, and any other benefit, privileges, or facility connected with the use or occupancy of any mobile home park accommodations; or any other said service that the Rent Board may allow under its rate case hearings. Housing services to a mobile home park accommodation shall include a proportionate part of services provided to common facilities of the mobile home park in which the home park accommodation is contained.
Mobile home means any vehicle without motive power designed, constructed, reconstructed or added to by means of accessories in a manner to permit the use and occupancy thereof as a single dwelling unit, whether resting on wheels, foundation structures or other support, but constructed so as to permit its occasional movement over a street or highway.
Mobile home park means any lot or tract of land upon which three or more mobile homes occupied for single dwelling unit purposes are located, including any buildings, structures, fixtures and equipment used in connection with mobile homes, and which lot or tract is licensed under M.G.L.A. c. 140, § 32B. However, a cooperative mobile home park, as defined in this section, is not a mobile home park within the meaning of this article.
Mobile home park accommodations means the lot or space in a mobile home park upon which is located a mobile home not owned by the holder of the license of the park and used and occupied as a non-family dwelling unit. However, a lot or space or mobile home within a cooperative mobile home park, as defined in this section, is not a mobile home park accommodation within the meaning of this article.
Operating and maintenance expenses means the reasonable and necessary repairs to a park owner or management of providing housing services to a tenant, including, but not limited to, maintenance, repair, management fee, real estate broker's commission to someone other than the park owner or management, insurance, utilities not included within the rent, but not including mortgage interest and amortization nor an allowance for obsolescence or depreciation.
Park owner or management means the individual who holds a license granted pursuant to M.G.L.A. c. 140, § 32B, to conduct, control, manage or operate directly or indirectly a mobile home park in any manner, including, but not limited to, a partnership, corporation, or trust. For purposes of this chapter, the rights and duties of the park owner or management hereunder shall be the obligation of any one who manages, controls, or customarily accepts rent on behalf of the park owner or management. However, the cooperative corporation which owns a cooperative mobile home park, as defined in this section, is not a park owner or management within the meaning of this article.
Rent means the consideration, including any bonus, benefit, gratuity, or charge contingent or otherwise, demanded or received for, or in connection with, the use or occupancy of a mobile home park accommodation or for housing services or for the transfer of a lease of a mobile home park accommodation.
Rental housing agreement means an agreement, verbal, written, or implied, between a park owner or management and a homeowner or resident for use and occupancy of a mobile home park accommodation and for housing services.
Resident means a homeowner or resident, lessee, sublessee, or other person, entitled under the terms of a rental housing agreement to the use and occupancy of any mobile home park accommodation. However, a resident of a cooperative mobile home park, as defined in this section, is not a resident within the meaning of this article.