[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 24, Volume 5]
[Revised as of April 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 24CFR3280.302]

[Page 120-121]
 
                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
 CHAPTER XX--OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HOUSING--FEDERAL HOUSING 
        COMMISSIONER, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
PART 3280--MANUFACTURED HOME CONSTRUCTION AND SAFETY STANDARDS--Table of Contents
 
           Subpart D--Body and Frame Construction Requirements
 
Sec. 3280.302  Definitions.

    The following definitions are applicable to subpart D only:
    Anchoring equipment: means straps, cables, turnbuckles, and chains, 
including tensioning devices, which are used with ties to secure a 
manufactured home to ground anchors.
    Anchoring system: means a combination of ties, anchoring equipment, 
and ground anchors that will, when properly designed and installed, 
resist overturning and lateral movement of the manufactured home from 
wind forces.
    Diagonal tie: means a tie intended to primarily resist horizontal 
forces, but which may also be used to resist vertical forces.
    Footing: means that portion of the support system that transmits 
loads directly to the soil.
    Ground anchor: means any device at the manufactured home stand 
designed to transfer manufactured home anchoring loads to the ground.
    Loads: (1) Dead load: means the weight of all permanent construction 
including walls, floors, roof, partition, and fixed service equipment.
    (2) Live load: means the weight superimposed by the use and 
occupancy of the manufactured home, including wind load and snow load, 
but not including dead load.
    (3) Wind load: means the lateral or vertical pressure or uplift on 
the manufactured home due to wind blowing in any direction.
    Main frame: means the structural component on which is mounted the 
body of the manufactured home.
    Pier: means that portion of the support system between the footing 
and manufactured home exclusive of caps and shims.
    Sheathing: means material which is applied on the exterior side of a 
building frame under the exterior weather resistant covering.
    Stabilizing devices: means all components of the anchoring and 
support system such as piers, footings, ties, anchoring equipment, 
ground anchors, and any other equipment which supports the manufactured 
home and secures it to the ground.
    Support system: means a combination of footings, piers, caps, and 
shims that will, when properly installed, support the manufactured home.
    Tie: means straps, cable, or securing devices used to connect the 
manufactured home to ground anchors.

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    Vertical tie: means a tie intended to resist the uplifting or 
overturning forces.

[58 FR 55005, Oct. 25, 1993; 59 FR 15113, Mar. 31, 1994]