Rockland, Mass., Code of Bylaws ch 288 § 288-3

The following words or phrases as used in this bylaw shall have the following meanings: BOARD Shall mean the rent board established by § 288-4 hereof. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT Shall mean 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. DWELLING UNIT Shall mean 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 Shall mean 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. MOBILE HOME Shall mean 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, or any unit of manufactured housing subject to the provisions of MGL. c. 140, § 32A et seq. MOBILE HOME PARK Shall mean 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, or is required to be, licensed under MGL. c. 140, § 32B . MOBILE HOME PARK ACCOMMODATIONS Shall mean 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. HOUSING SERVICES Shall mean 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 control 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. OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE EXPENSES Shall mean 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 Shall mean the individual who holds a license granted pursuant to MGL 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, trust. For purposes of this article, the rights and duties 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. RENT Shall mean 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 Shall mean 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 Shall mean 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.