CVR 11-020-001 § 2

The definitions set forth in this Section 2 shall apply to the rules of the Housing Division, Part I,
Mobile Home Parks.

2.1 “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of the Department of Housing and
Community Development of the Agency of Commerce and Community Development for
the State of Vermont.

2.2 “Consumer price index” means the United States Consumer Price Index for all
Urban Consumers, Housing Component, published by the United States Bureau of Labor
Statistics in the periodical “Monthly Labor Review and Handbook of Labor Statistics,” as
established annually by the Department of Housing and Community Development.

2.3 “Cost of capital improvements” means the costs of replacement or repair of any
major infrastructure systems of the mobile home park that exceed $2,500.

2.4 “Department” means the Department of Housing and Community Development
of the Agency of Commerce and Community Development for the State of Vermont.

2.5 “Eligible Site” means a mobile home lot that is in conformance with the
provisions of 10 V.S.A. § 6238(b) (2) and is available for siting of a mobile home.

2.6 “Good faith” means honesty in fact and the observance of reasonable standards
and fair dealing, such that each party shall respond promptly and fairly to offers from the
other party.

2.7 “Leaseholder” means a resident lawfully occupying a mobile home owned by the
park owner or the owner of a mobile home sited on a mobile home lot in a mobile home
park regardless of whether the leaseholder has actual possession of a written lease.

2.8 “Lot rent” means any charge imposed on a leaseholder for rental and occupancy
of a mobile home lot, unless specifically excluded by statute or rule.

2.9 “Mobile home” means a structure or type of manufactured home that is built on a
permanent chassis and is designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent
foundation when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating,
cooling, and electrical systems therein, and is: (a) transportable in one or more sections;
and (b) at least eight feet wide or 40 feet long or when erected has at least 320 square feet
or if the structure was constructed prior to June 15, 1976, at least eight feet wide or 32
feet long; or (c) any structure that meets all the requirements of this definition except for
size and for which the manufacturer voluntarily files a certification required by the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development and complies with the construction and
safety standards established under Title 42 of the U.S. Code. A recreational vehicle or
camping trailer is not a mobile home.

2.10 “Mobile home park” means any parcel or contiguous lots of land under common
ownership or control on which are sited, or which is designed, laid out or adapted to
accommodate, more than two mobile homes. A parcel or contiguous lots owned by
agricultural employers providing up to four mobile homes for use by full-time workers or
employees, and a parcel or contiguous lots used solely on a seasonal basis for vacation or
recreational mobile homes shall not be considered a mobile home park.

2.11 “Mobile home park owner” or “park owner” means one or more owners,
operators, officers, managing agents, or other persons with practical authority to establish
rules, policies, or other requirements of a mobile home park.

2.12 “Resident” means any individual, individuals, or family who occupy a mobile
home in a mobile home park on a permanent or temporary basis.

2.13 “Security deposit” means any advance, deposit, or prepaid rent charged for the
purpose of securing a resident’s obligation to pay rent and maintain a rented mobile home
or mobile home lot, which is refundable to the resident at the termination of the resident’s
tenancy, as set forth at 10 V.S.A. § 6244.

2.14 “Site improvement fee” means the charge, which in accordance with 10 V.S.A. §
6238 may not exceed $8,000, for the cost of establishing a mobile home lot within a
mobile home park, including site clearing, grading, construction of a mobile home pad;
construction of utility improvements such as those for water supply, sewage disposal,
electricity, telephone, cable television, and gas; payment of municipal fees such as school
impact fees and sewer connection charges; and payment of other costs associated with
improvement of a site.

2.15 “Termination or expiration of tenancy” shall mean any of the following: (a)
the leaseholder removes a mobile home from the mobile home park and terminates the
lease for the lot on which the mobile home was located; (b) delivery to the park owner of
an executed bill of sale, or copy thereof, transferring ownership of a mobile home that

remains in the park either to a person who has entered into a lease with the park owner or
to the park owner; (c) removal of the resident from the mobile home park pursuant to a
court-issued writ of possession; (d) the date contained in a notice of termination by a
resident in compliance with 10 V.S.A. § 6261(d); or (e) that date agreed upon by the
resident and the park owner.