46:8C-10 Definitions.

1. a. For the purposes of P.L.1991, c.483 (C.46:8C-10 et seq.):

"Campground facility" means real property designed and used for the purpose of renting or leasing individual portions thereof to occupants who are to have access for the purposes of camping and the recreation associated therein, which may not be used as a permanent dwelling place or domicile for occupants, other than by the owner, and upon which recreational vehicles, as defined in this section, in excess of 400 square feet, and mobile homes and manufactured homes, as those terms are defined in section 3 of the "Manufactured Home Taxation Act," P.L.1983, c.400 (C.54:4-1.4), in excess of 400 square feet, may not enter;

"Camping trailer" means a recreational vehicle that is mounted on wheels and constructed with collapsible partial side walls that fold for towing and unfold for use;

"Fifth wheel trailer" means a recreational vehicle designed to be towed by a motorized vehicle containing a towing mechanism mounted above or forward of the tow vehicle's rear axle;

"Motor home" means a recreational vehicle built on or permanently attached to a self-propelled motor vehicle chassis, chassis cab or van that is an integral part of the completed vehicle;

"Owner" means the person or persons having legal authority to permit the occupancy of a campground facility;

"Park trailer" means a recreational vehicle that is built on a single chassis mounted on wheels and certified by the manufacturer as complying with the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standard A119.5;

"Private residential leasehold community" means a community on a parcel of land, or two or more contiguous parcels of land, containing no fewer than ten home sites where such sites are under common ownership and control, other than a cooperative or a campground facility, for the purpose of leasing such sites to the owners of certain homes, including, but not limited to, mobile homes and manufactured homes as those terms are defined in section 3 of the "Manufactured Home Taxation Act," P.L.1983, c.400 (C.54:4-1.4), and specifically including homes constructed entirely or partly on site, the location and use of which may or may not be permanent, and where the owner or owners of the land provide services to the homeowners which are provided by the municipality in which the community is located for the property owners outside the community, which services may include but shall not be limited to:

(1) The construction and maintenance of streets;

(2) Lighting of streets and other common areas;

(3) Garbage removal;

(4) Snow removal;

(5) Provisions for the drainage of surface water from home sites and common areas;

"Recreational vehicle" means a vehicular-type unit primarily designed as temporary living quarters for recreational camping or travel use. The vehicle shall have either its own motive power or be mounted on or towed by another vehicle. Recreational vehicles include, but are not limited to, camping trailers, fifth wheel trailers, motor homes, park trailers, travel trailers, and truck campers;

"Travel trailer" means a recreational vehicle designed to be towed by a motorized vehicle containing a towing mechanism which is mounted behind the tow vehicle's bumper;

"Truck camper" means a recreational vehicle consisting of a roof, floor, and sides, designed to be loaded onto and unloaded from the bed of a pickup truck.

b. As used in sections 2 and 3 of P.L.1991, c.483 (C.46:8C-11 and C.46:8C-12), "notify" means to place in the United States mail a notice addressed to the officers of the homeowners' association. Each such notice shall be deemed to have been given upon the deposit thereof in the United States mail.

c. As used in section 2 of P.L.1991, c.483 (C.46:8C-11), "offer" means any solicitation by the landowner to the general public.

L.1991,c.483,s.1; amended 1995, c.365, s.1; 2005, c.68.