A Park Model Recreational Vehicle (PMRV) is a unique towable RV designed to provide temporary living quarters for recreational, seasonal, camping, or travel use. PMRVs (previously referred to as recreational park trailers) are built on a single trailer chassis, mounted on wheels and have a gross trailer area not exceeding 400 square feet in the set-up mode, or width greater than 8.5 feet in transport mode.
They are certified by their manufacturers to comply with ANSI A119.5. PMRVs are most often sited in RV parks or campgrounds for seasonal use. PMRVs, by definition, are not meant to be affixed to real property. PMRVs are neither designed nor intended by their manufacturers to be used as permanent residences.
Although the distinctive appearance of a park model RV sometimes leads people to think it looks like a small-manufactured home, PMRVs are excluded from the definition of a manufactured home under regulations of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) specifically because they are a type of recreational vehicle (24 C.F.R. § 3282.8(g)).
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