Kansas Statutes 75-1227. Securing certain mobile homes to ground by devices approved by secretary; exceptions
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 75-1227
- mobile home: means a structure, transportable in one or more sections, which has a body width of eight (8) feet or more and a body length of thirty-six (36) feet or more 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. See Kansas Statutes 75-1212
- Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation or other legal entity. See Kansas Statutes 75-1212
- Secretary: means the secretary of administration. See Kansas Statutes 75-1226
- Tie down: means any device designed for the purpose of anchoring a mobile home to ground anchors;
(b) "Ground anchor" means any device designed to secure a mobile home to the ground;
(c) "Pier" means one of the structural supports required by this act for a mobile home which is not secured to the ground on a permanent foundation;
(d) "Roof protector" means a device designed to prevent over-the-top tie downs from damaging or penetrating the roof material; and
(e) "Mobile home" shall have the meaning ascribed to it by Kan. See Kansas Statutes 75-1226
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), any mobile home which is occupied or inhabited by any person as a dwelling, office or commercial space shall be secured to the ground by tie downs and ground anchors, of a type which has been approved by the secretary pursuant to Kan. Stat. Ann. § 75-1229, unless such mobile home is secured to the ground on a permanent foundation. Any such mobile home which is not secured to a permanent foundation shall be placed upon piers in the manner prescribed by this act.
(b) Any mobile home secured with tie down devices and ground anchors which were installed prior to the effective date of this act shall be deemed to be in compliance with this act if such tie down devices were placed in a manner similar to that prescribed herein and unless the secretary shall find such tie down devices are inadequate to anchor or secure a mobile home to the ground.