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4 <br />handles, hooks, light fixtures, electrical outlets or <br />switch cover plates, vents , or openings grates, railings, <br />shelving, cabinets, and mirrors. <br />(18) Manufactured home or mobile home shall mean a portable <br />manufactured housing unit designed for transportation on <br />its own chassis and placement on a temporary or <br />semi - permanent foundation having a measurement of over <br />thrity -two (32) feet in length and over eight (8) feet in <br />width. As used in this Ordinance, "mobile home" also means <br />a double -wide mobile home which is two (2) or more portable <br />manufactured housing units designed for transportation on <br />their own chassis, which connect on site for placement on a <br />temporary or semi - permanent foundation having a measurement <br />of over thirty -two (32) feet in length and over eight <br />(8) feet in width. <br />(19) "Multiple Dwelling" means a any dwelling with two (2) or <br />more units. <br />(20) "Occupancy" or "occupy" means the fact or act of being a <br />human being living or sleeping in a dwelling or unit within <br />a dwelling, whether the human being is physically present <br />or temporarily absent. <br />(21) "Occupant" means any person living, sleeping cooking or <br />eating in, or having actual possession of a dwelling. <br />(22) "Owner,'-shall mean any person who alone, jointly, or <br />severally with others: <br />(a) Shall have title to any dwelling, dwelling unit or <br />rooming unit, with or without accompany actual <br />possession thereof; or <br />(b) Shall have charge, care or control of any dwelling, <br />dwelling unit or rooming unit, as owner or agent of the <br />actual owner, or as executor, executrix, administrator, <br />administratix, trustee or guardian of the estate of the <br />actual owner. Any such person thus representing the <br />actual owner shall be bound to comply with the <br />provisions of this ordinance, and the rules and <br />regulations adopted pursuant thereto, to the same <br />extend as if he were the owner. <br />(23) "Person" means a person, firm, partnership, association or <br />corporation. <br />(24) "Public Authority" means the Orange County Housing <br />Authority or any officer who is in charge of any department. <br />or branch of the government of Orange County or the State <br />of North Carolina relating to health, fire, building <br />regulations or other activities concerning dwellings in the <br />county. <br />