130th Ohio General Assembly
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Am. Sub. H. B. No. 368As Passed by the Senate
As Passed by the Senate

125th General Assembly
Regular Session
2003-2004
Am. Sub. H. B. No. 368


REPRESENTATIVES Gibbs, Aslanides, Allen, Collier, McGregor, Faber, Taylor, Domenick, C. Evans, Niehaus, Walcher, Setzer, Distel, Perry, Seaver, Barrett, Calvert, Carmichael, Chandler, Cirelli, Gilb, Grendell, Hughes, T. Patton, Reidelbach, Reinhard

SENATORS Amstutz, Armbruster, Robert Gardner, Schuler



A BILL
To amend sections 1901.184, 1907.032, 1923.01, 3701.83, 3709.085, 3709.09, 3733.01, 3733.02, 3733.021, 3733.023, 3733.03, 3733.031, 3733.04, 3733.05, 3733.06, 3733.07, 3733.081, 4503.06, 4736.01, 5321.01, and 6111.46; to amend, for the purpose of adopting new section numbers as indicated in parentheses, sections 3733.023 (3729.04), 3733.081 (3729.12), and 3733.082 (3729.13); and to enact sections 3729.01, 3729.02, 3729.03, 3729.05, 3729.06, 3729.07, 3729.08, 3729.09, 3729.10, 3729.11, and 3729.99 of the Revised Code to create separate regulatory programs for manufactured home parks and recreational vehicle parks, recreation camps, combined park-camps, and temporary park-camps.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That sections 1901.184, 1907.032, 1923.01, 3701.83, 3709.085, 3709.09, 3733.01, 3733.02, 3733.021, 3733.023, 3733.03, 3733.031, 3733.04, 3733.05, 3733.06, 3733.07, 3733.081, 4503.06, 4736.01, 5321.01, and 6111.46 be amended, sections 3733.023 (3729.04), 3733.081 (3729.12), and 3733.082 (3729.13) be amended for the purpose of adopting new section numbers as indicated in parentheses, and sections 3729.01, 3729.02, 3729.03, 3729.05, 3729.06, 3729.07, 3729.08, 3729.09, 3729.10, 3729.11, and 3729.99 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:
Sec. 1901.184. In addition to jurisdiction otherwise granted by this chapter, a municipal court shall have jurisdiction in actions filed under section 3733.082 3729.13 of the Revised Code.
Sec. 1907.032. In addition to the jurisdiction authorized in other sections of this chapter, a county court has original jurisdiction in actions filed under section 3733.082 3729.13 of the Revised Code.
Sec. 1923.01.  (A) As provided in this chapter, any judge of a county or municipal court or a court of common pleas, within the judge's proper area of jurisdiction, may inquire about persons who make unlawful and forcible entry into lands or tenements and detain them, and about persons who make a lawful and peaceable entry into lands or tenements and hold them unlawfully and by force. If, upon the inquiry, it is found that an unlawful and forcible entry has been made and the lands or tenements are detained, or that, after a lawful entry, lands or tenements are held unlawfully and by force, a judge shall cause the plaintiff in an action under this chapter to have restitution of the lands or tenements.
(B) An action shall be brought under this chapter within two years after the cause of action accrues.
(C) As used in this chapter:
(1) "Tenant" means a person who is entitled under a rental agreement to the use or occupancy of premises, other than premises located in a manufactured home park, to the exclusion of others.
(2) "Landlord" means the owner, lessor, or sublessor of premises, or the agent or person the landlord authorizes to manage premises or to receive rent from a tenant under a rental agreement, except, if required by the facts of the action to which the term is applied, "landlord" means a park operator.
(3) "Park operator," "manufactured home," "mobile home," "manufactured home park," "recreational vehicle," and "resident" have the same meanings as in section 3733.01 of the Revised Code.
(4) "Residential premises" has the same meaning as in section 5321.01 of the Revised Code, except, if required by the facts of the action to which the term is applied, "residential premises" has the same meaning as in section 3733.01 of the Revised Code.
(5) "Rental agreement" means any agreement or lease, written or oral, that establishes or modifies the terms, conditions, rules, or other provisions concerning the use or occupancy of premises by one of the parties to the agreement or lease, except that "rental agreement," as used in division (A)(13) of section 1923.02 of the Revised Code and where the context requires as used in this chapter, means a rental agreement as defined in division (D) of section 5322.01 of the Revised Code.
(6) "Controlled substance" has the same meaning as in section 3719.01 of the Revised Code.
(7) "School premises" has the same meaning as in section 2925.01 of the Revised Code.
(8) "Sexually oriented offense" and "child-victim oriented offense" have the same meanings as in section 2950.01 of the Revised Code.
(9) "Recreational vehicle" has the same meaning as in section 4501.01 of the Revised Code.
Sec. 3701.83.  (A) There is hereby created in the state treasury the general operations fund. Moneys in the fund shall be used for the purposes specified in sections 3701.04, 3701.344, 3702.20, 3710.15, 3711.021, 3717.45, 3721.02, 3722.04, 3729.07, 3733.04, 3733.25, 3733.43, 3748.04, 3748.05, 3748.07, 3748.12, 3748.13, 3749.04, 3749.07, 4747.04, 4751.04, and 4769.09 of the Revised Code.
(B) The alcohol testing program fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The director of health shall use the fund to administer and enforce the alcohol testing and permit program authorized by section 3701.143 of the Revised Code.
The fund shall receive transfers from the liquor control fund created under section 4301.12 of the Revised Code. All investment earnings of the alcohol testing program fund shall be credited to the fund.
Sec. 3709.085.  (A) The board of health of a city or general health district may enter into a contract with any political subdivision or other governmental agency to obtain or provide all or part of any services, including, but not limited to, enforcement services, for the purposes of Chapter 3704. of the Revised Code, the rules adopted and orders made pursuant thereto, or any other ordinances or rules for the prevention, control, and abatement of air pollution.
(B)(1) As used in division (B)(2) of this section:
(a) "Semipublic disposal system" means a disposal system that treats the sanitary sewage discharged from publicly or privately owned buildings or places of assemblage, entertainment, recreation, education, correction, hospitalization, housing, or employment, but does not include a disposal system that treats sewage in amounts of more than twenty-five thousand gallons per day; a disposal system for the treatment of sewage that is exempt from the requirements of section 6111.04 of the Revised Code pursuant to division (F)(6) of that section; or a disposal system for the treatment of industrial waste.
(b) Terms defined in section 6111.01 of the Revised Code have the same meanings as in that section.
(2) The board of health of a city or general health district may enter into a contract with the environmental protection agency to conduct on behalf of the agency inspection or enforcement services, for the purposes of Chapter 6111. of the Revised Code and rules adopted thereunder, for the disposal or treatment of sewage from semipublic disposal systems. The board of health of a city or general health district may charge a fee established pursuant to section 3709.09 of the Revised Code to be paid by the owner or operator of a semipublic disposal system for inspections conducted by the board pursuant to a contract entered into under division (B)(2) of this section, except that the board shall not charge a fee for those inspections conducted at any manufactured home park, recreational vehicle park, recreation camp, or combined park-camp that is licensed under section 3733.03 3729.05 of the Revised Code or at any manufactured home park that is licensed under section 3733.03 of the Revised Code.
Sec. 3709.09.  (A) The board of health of a city or general health district may, by rule, establish a uniform system of fees to pay the costs of any services provided by the board.
The fee for issuance of a certified copy of a vital record or a certification of birth shall not be less than the fee prescribed for the same service under division (A)(1) of section 3705.24 of the Revised Code and shall include the fees required by division (B) of section 3705.24 and section 3109.14 of the Revised Code.
Fees for services provided by the board for purposes specified in sections 3701.344, 3711.05, 3729.07, 3730.03, 3733.04, 3733.25, and 3749.04 of the Revised Code shall be established in accordance with rules adopted under division (B) of this section. The district advisory council, in the case of a general health district, and the legislative authority of the city, in the case of a city health district, may disapprove any fee established by the board of health under this division, and any such fee, as disapproved, shall not be charged by the board of health.
(B) The public health council shall adopt rules under section 111.15 of the Revised Code that establish fee categories and uniform methodologies for use in calculating the costs of services provided for purposes specified in sections 3701.344, 3711.05, 3729.07, 3730.03, 3733.04, 3733.25, and 3749.04 of the Revised Code. In adopting the rules, the public health council shall consider recommendations it receives from advisory boards established either by statute or the director of health for entities subject to the fees.
(C) At least thirty days prior to establishing a fee for a service provided by the board for a purpose specified in section 3701.344, 3711.05, 3729.07, 3730.03, 3733.04, 3733.25, or 3749.04 of the Revised Code, a board of health shall notify any entity that would be affected by the proposed fee of the amount of the proposed fee.
Sec. 3729.01.  As used in this chapter:
(A) "Camp operator" means the operator of a recreational vehicle park, recreation camp, combined park-camp, or temporary park-camp.
(B) "Campsite user" means a person who enters into a campsite use agreement with a camp operator for the use of a campsite at a recreational vehicle park, recreation camp, combined park-camp, or temporary park-camp.
(C) "Combined park-camp" means any tract of land upon which a combination of five or more self-contained recreational vehicles or portable camping units are placed and includes any roadway, building, structure, vehicle, or enclosure used or intended for use as part of the park facilities. A tract of land that is subdivided for lease or other contract of the individual lots is a combined park-camp if a combination of five or more recreational vehicles or portable camping units are placed on it for recreation, vacation, or business purposes.
"Combined park-camp" does not include any tract of land used solely as a temporary park-camp or solely as a manufactured home park.
(D) "Dependent recreational vehicle" means a recreational vehicle other than a self-contained recreational vehicle. "Dependent recreational vehicle" includes a park model.
(E) "Development" means any artificial change to improved or unimproved real estate, including, without limitation, buildings or structures, dredging, filling, grading, paving, excavation or drilling operations, or storage of equipment or materials, and the construction, expansion, or substantial alteration of a recreational vehicle park, recreation camp, or combined park-camp, for which plan review is required under division (A) of section 3729.03 of the Revised Code. "Development" does not include the building, construction, erection, or manufacture of any building to which section 3781.06 of the Revised Code is applicable.
(F) "Director of health" means the director of health or the director's authorized representative.
(G) "Flood" or "flooding" means either of the following:
(1) A general and temporary condition of partial or complete inundation of normally dry land areas from any of the following:
(a) The overflow of inland or tidal waters;
(b) The unusual and rapid accumulation or runoff of surface waters from any source;
(c) Mudslides that are proximately caused by flooding as defined in division (G)(1)(b) of this section and that are akin to a river of liquid and flowing mud on the surface of normally dry land areas, as when earth is carried by a current of water and deposited along the path of the current.
(2) The collapse or subsidence of land along the shore of a lake or other body of water as a result of erosion or undermining that is caused by waves or currents of water exceeding anticipated cyclical levels or that is suddenly caused by an unusually high water level in a natural body of water, and that is accompanied by a severe storm, by an unanticipated force of nature, such as a flash flood, by an abnormal tidal surge, or by some similarly unusual and unforeseeable event, that results in flooding as defined in division (G)(1)(a) of this section.
(H) "Flood plain" means the area adjoining any river, stream, watercourse, or lake that has been or may be covered by flood water.
(I) "Licensor" means either the board of health of a city or general health district, or the authority having the duties of a board of health in any city as authorized by section 3709.05 of the Revised Code, or the director of health, when required under division (B) of section 3729.06 of the Revised Code. "Licensor" also means an authorized representative of any of those entities or of the director.
(J) "Manufactured home park" has the same meaning as in section 3733.01 of the Revised Code.
(K) "One-hundred-year flood" means a flood having a one per cent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year.
(L) "One-hundred-year flood plain" means that portion of a flood plain inundated by a one-hundred-year flood.
(M) "Operator" means the person who has responsible charge of a recreational vehicle park, recreation camp, combined park-camp, or temporary park-camp and who is licensed under this chapter.
(N) "Park model" means a recreational vehicle that meets the American national standard institute standard A119.5(1988) for park trailers, is built on a single chassis, has a gross trailer area of not more than four hundred square feet when set up, is designed for seasonal or temporary living quarters, and may be connected to utilities necessary for operation of installed features and appliances.
(O) "Person" has the same meaning as in section 1.59 of the Revised Code and also includes this state, any political subdivision of this state, and any other state or local body of this state.
(P) "Portable camping units" means dependent recreational vehicles, tents, portable sleeping equipment, and similar camping equipment used for travel, recreation, vacation, or business purposes.
(Q) "Recreation camp" means any tract of land upon which five or more portable camping units are placed and includes any roadway, building, structure, vehicle, or enclosure used or intended for use as a part of the facilities of the camp. A tract of land that is subdivided for lease or other contract of the individual lots is a recreation camp if five or more portable camping units are placed on it for recreation, vacation, or business purposes.
"Recreation camp" does not include any tract of land used solely for the storage or display for sale of dependent recreational vehicles, solely as a temporary park-camp, or solely as a manufactured home park.
(R) "Recreational vehicle" has the same meaning as in section 4501.01 of the Revised Code.
(S) "Recreational vehicle park" means any tract of land used for parking five or more self-contained recreational vehicles and includes any roadway, building, structure, vehicle, or enclosure used or intended for use as part of the park facilities and any tract of land that is subdivided for lease or other contract of the individual lots for the express or implied purpose of placing self-contained recreational vehicles for recreation, vacation, or business purposes.
"Recreational vehicle park" does not include any tract of land used solely for the storage or display for sale of self-contained recreational vehicles, solely as a temporary park-camp, or solely as a manufactured home park.
(T) "Self-contained recreational vehicle" means a recreational vehicle that can operate independent of connections to sewer and water and has plumbing fixtures or appliances all of which are connected to sewage holding tanks located within the vehicle. "Self-contained recreational vehicle" includes a park model.
(U) "Substantially alter" means a change in the layout or design of a recreational vehicle park, recreation camp, combined park-camp, or temporary park-camp, including, without limitation, the movement of utilities or changes in established streets, lots, or sites or in other facilities.
(V) "Temporary park-camp" means any tract of land used for a period not to exceed a total of twenty-one days per calendar year for the purpose of parking five or more recreational vehicles, dependent recreational vehicles, or portable camping units, or any combination thereof, for one or more periods of time that do not exceed seven consecutive days or parts thereof.
(W) "Tract" means a contiguous area of land that consists of one or more parcels, lots, or sites that have been separately surveyed regardless of whether the individual parcels, lots, or sites have been recorded and regardless of whether the one or more parcels, lots, or sites are under common or different ownership.
Sec. 3729.02.  (A) The public health council, subject to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt rules of uniform application throughout the state governing the review of plans and issuance of licenses for and the location, layout, construction, drainage, sanitation, safety, and operation of recreational vehicle parks, recreation camps, and combined park-camps. The rules shall not apply to the construction, erection, or manufacture of any building to which section 3781.06 of the Revised Code is applicable.
(B) The public health council, subject to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt rules of uniform application throughout the state governing the review of plans and issuance of licenses for and the layout, sanitation, safety, and operation of temporary park-camps. The rules shall not apply to the construction, erection, or manufacture of any building to which section 3781.06 of the Revised Code is applicable.
Sec. 3729.03.  (A) No person shall cause development to occur within any portion of a recreational vehicle park, recreation camp, or combined park-camp until the plans for the development have been submitted to and reviewed and approved by the director of health. This division does not require that plans be submitted to the director for approval for the replacement of recreational vehicles or portable camping units on previously approved sites in a recreational vehicle park, recreation camp, or combined park-camp when no development is to occur in connection with the replacement. Within thirty days after receipt of the plans, all supporting documents and materials required to complete the review, and the applicable plan review fee established under division (D) of this section, the director shall approve or disapprove the plans.
(B) Any person aggrieved by the director's disapproval of a set of plans under division (A) of this section may request a hearing on the matter within thirty days after receipt of the director's notice of the disapproval. The hearing shall be held in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. Thereafter, the disapproval may be appealed in the manner provided in section 119.12 of the Revised Code.
(C) The director shall establish a system by which development occurring within a recreational vehicle park, recreation camp, or combined park-camp is inspected or verified in accordance with rules adopted under division (A) of section 3729.02 of the Revised Code to ensure that the development complies with the plans approved under division (A) of this section.
(D) The public health council shall establish fees for reviewing plans under division (A) of this section and conducting inspections under division (C) of this section.
(E) The director shall charge the appropriate fees established under division (D) of this section for reviewing plans under division (A) of this section and conducting inspections under division (C) of this section. All such plan review and inspection fees received by the director shall be transmitted to the treasurer of state and shall be credited to the general operations fund created in section 3701.83 of the Revised Code. Moneys so credited to the fund shall be used only for the purpose of administering and enforcing this chapter and rules adopted under it.
(F) Plan approvals issued under this section do not constitute an exemption from the land use and building requirements of the political subdivision in which the recreational vehicle park, recreation camp, or combined park-camp is or is to be located.
Sec. 3733.023 3729.04 (A) No person shall cause development to occur within any portion of a recreational vehicle park, recreation camp, combined park-camp, or temporary park-camp that is located within a one-hundred-year flood plain in a municipal corporation unless the person first obtains a permit therefor from the municipal corporation in accordance with the flood plain management ordinance of the municipal corporation.
(B) No person shall cause development to occur within any portion of a recreational vehicle park, recreation camp, combined park-camp, or temporary park-camp that is located within a one-hundred-year flood plain in an unincorporated area unless the person first obtains a permit therefor from the board of county commissioners of the county in which the development is to occur in accordance with the flood plain management resolution of the county adopted under section 307.37 of the Revised Code.
(C) If development for which a permit is required under division (A) or (B) of this section is to occur on a site where a recreational vehicle or portable camping unit is or is to be located, the owner of the recreational vehicle or portable camping unit and the operator of the recreational vehicle park, recreation camp, or combined park-camp shall jointly obtain the permit. Each of the persons to whom a permit is jointly issued is responsible for compliance with the provisions of the approved permit that are applicable to that person.
If development for which a permit is required under division (A) or (B) of this section is to occur within a temporary park-camp on a site where a recreational vehicle or portable camping unit is or is to be located, the owner of the temporary park-camp shall obtain the permit.
(D) Fees established by a municipal corporation or county for the issuance of permits under division (A) or (B) of this section are not subject to regulation by the public health council.
Sec. 3729.05.  (A)(1) On or after the first day of April, but before the first day of May of each year, every person who intends to operate a recreational vehicle park, recreation camp, or combined park-camp shall procure a license to operate the park or camp from the licensor. If the applicable license fee prescribed under section 3729.07 of the Revised Code is not received by the licensor by the close of business on the last day of April, the applicant for the license shall pay a penalty equal to twenty-five per cent of the applicable license fee. The penalty shall accompany the license fee. If the last day of April is not a business day, the penalty attaches upon the close of business on the next business day.
(2) Every person who intends to operate a temporary park-camp shall obtain a license to operate the temporary park-camp from the licensor at any time before the person begins operation of the temporary park-camp during the calendar year.
(3) No recreational vehicle park, recreation camp, combined park-camp, or temporary park-camp shall be maintained or operated in this state without a license. However, no person who neither intends to receive nor receives anything of value arising from the use of, or the sale of goods or services in connection with the use of, a recreational vehicle park, recreation camp, combined park-camp, or temporary park-camp is required to procure a license under this division. If any health hazard exists at such an unlicensed park, camp, or park-camp, the health hazard shall be corrected in a manner consistent with the appropriate rule adopted under division (A) or (B) of section 3729.02 of the Revised Code.
(4) No person who has received a license under division (A)(1) of this section, upon the sale or disposition of the recreational vehicle park, recreation camp, or combined park-camp, may have the license transferred to the new operator. A person shall obtain a separate license to operate each recreational vehicle park, recreation camp, or combined park-camp. No license to operate a temporary park-camp shall be transferred. A person shall obtain a separate license for each temporary park-camp that the person intends to operate, and the license shall be valid for a period of not longer than seven consecutive days. A person who operates a temporary park-camp on a tract of land for more than twenty-one days or parts thereof in a calendar year shall obtain a license to operate a recreational vehicle park, recreation camp, or combined park-camp.
(B)(1) Before a license is initially issued under division (A)(1) of this section and annually thereafter, or more often if necessary, the licensor shall cause each recreational vehicle park, recreation camp, or combined park-camp to be inspected to determine compliance with this chapter and rules adopted under it. A record shall be made of each inspection on a form prescribed by the director of health.
(2) When a license is initially issued under division (A)(2) of this section, and more often if necessary, the licensor shall cause each temporary park-camp to be inspected to determine compliance with this chapter and rules adopted under it during the period that the temporary park-camp is in operation. A record shall be made of each inspection on a form prescribed by the director.
(C) Each person applying for an initial license to operate a recreational vehicle park, recreation camp, combined park-camp, or temporary park-camp shall provide acceptable proof to the director, or to the licensor in the case of a temporary park-camp, that adequate fire protection will be provided and that applicable fire codes will be adhered to in the construction and operation of the park, camp, or park-camp.
(D) Any person that operates a county or state fair or any independent agricultural society organized pursuant to section 1711.02 of the Revised Code that operates a fair shall not be required to obtain a license under this chapter if recreational vehicles, portable camping units, or any combination of them are parked at the site of the fair only during the time of preparation for, operation of, and dismantling of the fair and if the recreational vehicles, portable camping units, or any combination of them belong to participants in the fair.
Sec. 3729.06.  (A) The director of health may survey annually each health district that is licensing recreational vehicle parks, recreation camps, combined park-camps, or temporary park-camps as provided in section 3729.05 of the Revised Code to determine whether the district is in substantial compliance with this chapter and rules adopted under it. Upon determination that there is substantial compliance, the director shall place the health district on an approved list. The director shall make a resurvey when in the director's opinion a resurvey is necessary and shall remove from the approved list any health district not substantially complying with this chapter and rules adopted under it.
(B) If, after a survey or resurvey is made as provided in this section, the director determines that a health district is not eligible to be placed on the approved list or to continue on the list, the director shall certify that fact to the board of health of the health district. The director shall administer and enforce this chapter and rules adopted under it in the health district until the director determines that the health district is eligible for placement on the approved list. Until the district is placed on or returned to the approved list, the director shall collect all fees payable to a board of health under section 3729.07 of the Revised Code and all such fees previously paid that have not been expended or encumbered for deposit in the state treasury to the credit of the campground licensing fund, which is hereby created for use by the director in the director's capacity as licensor. The director shall repay any balance remaining in the account to the district when the director places the district on the approved list.
Sec. 3729.07.  The licensor of a recreational vehicle park, recreation camp, or combined park-camp may charge a fee for an annual license to operate such a park, camp, or park-camp. In the case of a temporary park-camp, the licensor may charge a fee for a license to operate the temporary park-camp for the period specified in division (A) of section 3729.05 of the Revised Code. The fees for both types of licenses shall be determined in accordance with section 3709.09 of the Revised Code and shall include the cost of licensing and all inspections.
Except for the fee for a temporary park-camp license, the fee also shall include any additional amount determined by rule of the public health council, which shall be collected and transmitted by the board of health to the treasurer of state to be credited to the general operations fund created in section 3701.83 of the Revised Code and used only for the purpose of administering and enforcing this chapter and rules adopted under it. The portion of any fee retained by the board of health shall be paid into a special fund and used only for the purpose of administering and enforcing this chapter and rules adopted under it.
Sec. 3729.08.  The licensor of the health district in which a recreational vehicle park, recreation camp, combined park-camp, or temporary park-camp is or is to be located, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, may refuse to grant, may suspend, or may revoke any license granted to any person for failure to comply with this chapter or with any rule adopted by the public health council under section 3729.02 of the Revised Code.
Sec. 3729.09. Upon a license being issued under sections 3729.05 to 3729.08 of the Revised Code, any operator has the right to rent or use each lot or camping space for the parking or placement of a recreational vehicle or portable camping facility to be used for human habitation without interruption for any period coextensive with any license or consecutive licenses issued under sections 3729.05 to 3729.08 of the Revised Code.
Sec. 3729.10.  Fees authorized or charged under sections 3729.03 and 3729.07 of the Revised Code are in lieu of all license and inspection fees on or with respect to the operation or ownership of recreational vehicle parks, combined park-camps, recreation camps, or temporary park-camps within this state, except that the licensor may charge additional reasonable fees for the collection and bacteriological examination of any necessary water samples taken from any such park, camp, or park-camp.
Sec. 3729.11.  (A) No person shall violate this chapter or rules adopted under it.
(B) The prosecuting attorney of a county, a city director of law, or the attorney general, upon complaint of the licensor or the director of health, shall prosecute to termination or bring an action for injunction against any person violating this chapter or rules adopted under it.
Sec. 3733.081 3729.12Every campsite use agreement entered into between a camp operator and a campsite user shall be in writing, shall contain the name, address, and phone number of the campsite user, and shall designate the campsite that is the subject of the agreement. The campsite use agreement also shall contain a description of the procedure for removing property from the campsite if the campsite user fails to remove all property from the campsite as required by section 3733.082 3729.13 of the Revised Code.
Sec. 3733.082 3729.13(A) A campsite user who enters into a campsite use agreement with a camp operator for the use of a campsite at a recreational vehicle park, recreation camp, combined park-camp, or temporary park-camp, at the expiration of the campsite use period under the agreement, shall remove from the campsite all of the campsite user's property and all property any other person placed on the campsite with the permission of the campsite user. If the campsite user fails to remove all of that property from the campsite within the five-consecutive-day period after the expiration of that campsite use period, all of the following apply:
(1) The camp operator shall perform an inventory of the property that the campsite user did not remove from the campsite.
(2) The camp operator may send a letter to the campsite user informing the campsite user that the campsite user has abandoned the property on the campsite in violation of the campsite use agreement and that the camp operator will commence an action for the seizure of the property if the campsite user does not remove the property from the campsite within ten days after the date on which the letter is mailed.
(3) If the campsite user does not remove the property from the campsite within ten days after the date on which the letter described in division (A)(2) of this section is mailed, the camp operator may file an action for the seizure of the property that remains on the campsite in the municipal court or county court that has territorial jurisdiction over the park or camp. The complaint shall contain all of the following:
(a) The name, address, and phone number of the campsite user that is in the campsite use agreement;
(b) A description of the property that the campsite user has not removed from the campsite;
(c) A demand that all of the property listed in the complaint be removed from the campsite within seven days after service of the complaint upon the campsite user;
(d) A description of the procedure that will be followed if the campsite user does not remove the listed property within the seven-day period;
(e) A statement that the campsite user shall pay to the clerk of the court the amount of the filing fees charged for the filing of the complaint, that the campsite user shall pay those fees prior to the campsite user's removal of the listed property from the campsite, and that if the campsite user fails to pay the amount of the filing fees the property may be sold to pay the filing fees.
(4) When the camp operator files an action under division (A)(3) of this section, the clerk of the court shall issue a summons and a copy of the complaint pursuant to the Rules of Civil Procedure to the campsite user at the address provided in the campsite use agreement.
(5) If the campsite user does not file an answer to the complaint filed under division (A)(3) of this section and remove all of the property listed in the complaint within seven days after service of the complaint upon the campsite user, the court shall do either of the following:
(a) Issue an order authorizing the sheriff, another peace officer, or a bailiff to remove the property from the campsite and place it in storage;
(b) Authorize the camp operator to seize the property and cause the issuance to the camp operator of a new certificate of title for the property if the property is a titled vehicle.
(6) Upon the removal and storage of the property, the sheriff, peace officer, bailiff, or camp operator shall conduct or cause to be conducted a search of the appropriate public records that relate to the property and shall make or cause to be made reasonably diligent inquiries for the purpose of identifying persons who have any right, title, or interest in any of the property. Then, the sheriff, peace officer, bailiff, or camp operator may commence proceedings for the sale of the property. The sheriff, peace officer, bailiff, or camp operator shall send by certified mail, return receipt requested, a written notice of the date, time, and place of the sale to each person who, because of the conduct of the search, the making of inquiries, or otherwise, the sheriff, peace officer, bailiff, or camp operator believes has any right, title, or interest in the property. The sheriff, peace officer, bailiff, or camp operator shall send the notice to the last known address of each of those persons.
(7) If the sheriff, peace officer, bailiff, or camp operator sells the property, the sheriff, peace officer, bailiff, or camp operator shall dispose of the proceeds of the sale in the following order:
(a) The sheriff, peace officer, bailiff, or camp operator shall first pay the costs for any moving or any storage of the property, the costs of the sale, and any unpaid court costs assessed against the campsite user in the underlying action.
(b) Following the payment required by division (A)(7)(a) of this section, the sheriff, peace officer, bailiff, or camp operator shall pay all other outstanding security interests, liens, or encumbrances on the property by priority of filing or other priority.
(c) After complying with divisions (A)(7)(a) and (b) of this section, the sheriff, peace officer, bailiff, or camp operator shall transfer any remaining money to the owner of the property.
(8) If the sheriff, peace officer, bailiff, or camp operator does not conduct a sale of the property, the sheriff, peace officer, bailiff, or camp operator shall dispose of the property in the following manner:
(a) If the property is a motor vehicle or recreational vehicle, in accordance with the procedure in section 4513.61 or 4513.63 of the Revised Code;
(b) If the property is personal property, in accordance with the procedure in section 2933.41 of the Revised Code.
(B) Upon collection from the campsite user, the municipal court or county court shall reimburse the filing fees to the camp operator.
Sec. 3729.99.  Whoever violates division (A) of section 3729.11 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
Sec. 3733.01.  As used in this chapter:
(A) "Manufactured home park" means any tract of land upon which three or more manufactured or mobile homes used for habitation are parked, either free of charge or for revenue purposes, and includes any roadway, building, structure, vehicle, or enclosure used or intended for use as a part of the facilities of the park. "Manufactured home park" does not include any of the following:
(1) A tract of land used solely for the storage or display for sale of manufactured or mobile homes or solely as a temporary park-camp as defined in section 3729.01 of the Revised Code;
(2) A tract of land that is subdivided and the individual lots are for sale or sold for the purpose of installation of manufactured or mobile homes used for habitation and the roadways are dedicated to the local government authority;
(3) A tract of land within an area that is subject to local zoning authority and subdivision requirements and is subdivided, and the individual lots are for sale or sold for the purpose of installation of manufactured or mobile homes for habitation.
(B) "Recreational vehicle park" means any tract of land used for parking five or more self-contained recreational vehicles and includes any roadway, building, structure, vehicle, or enclosure used or intended for use as part of the park facilities and any tract of land that is subdivided for lease or other contract of the individual lots for the express or implied purpose of placing self-contained recreational vehicles for recreation, vacation, or business purposes.
"Recreational vehicle park" does not include any tract of land used solely for the storage or display for sale of self-contained recreational vehicles or solely as a temporary park-camp.
(C) "Portable camping units" means dependent recreational vehicles, tents, portable sleeping equipment, and similar camping equipment used for travel, recreation, vacation, or business purposes.
(D) "Manufactured home" has the meaning set forth in division (C)(4) of section 3781.06 of the Revised Code, and "mobile home" and "recreational vehicle" have has the meanings meaning set forth in section 4501.01 of the Revised Code.
(E) "Self-contained recreational vehicle" means a recreational vehicle that can operate independent of connections to sewer and water and has plumbing fixtures or appliances all of which are connected to sewage holding tanks located within the vehicle.
(F) "Dependent recreational vehicle" means a recreational vehicle other than a self-contained recreational vehicle.
(G) "Recreation camp" means any tract of land upon which five or more portable camping units are placed and includes any roadway, building, structure, vehicle, or enclosure used or intended for use as a part of the facilities of the camp. A tract of land that is subdivided for lease or other contract of the individual lots is a recreation camp if five or more portable camping units are placed on it for recreation, vacation, or business purposes.
"Recreation camp" does not include any tract of land used solely for the storage or display for sale of dependent recreational vehicles or solely as a temporary park-camp.
(H) "Combined park-camp" means any tract of land upon which a combination of five or more self-contained recreational vehicles or portable camping units are placed and includes any roadway, building, structure, vehicle, or enclosure used or intended for use as part of the park facilities. A tract of land that is subdivided for lease or other contract of the individual lots is a combined park-camp if a combination of five or more recreational vehicles or portable camping units are placed on it for recreation, vacation, or business purposes.
"Combined park-camp" does not include any tract of land used solely as a temporary park-camp.
(I)(C) "Licensor" means either the board of health of a city or general health district, or the authority having the duties of a board of health in any city as authorized by section 3709.05 of the Revised Code, or the director of health, when required under division (B) of section 3733.031 of the Revised Code. "Licensor" also means an authorized representative of any of those entities or of the director.
(J)(D) "Tenant" means a person who is entitled under a rental agreement with a manufactured home park operator to occupy a manufactured home park lot and who does not own the home occupying the lot.
(K)(E) "Owner" means a person who is entitled under a rental agreement with a manufactured home park operator to occupy a manufactured home park lot and who owns the home occupying the lot.
(L)(F) "Resident" means a person entitled under a rental agreement to the use and occupancy of residential premises to the exclusion of others. It "Resident" includes both tenants and owners.
(M)(G) "Operator" means the person who has responsible charge of a manufactured home park, recreational vehicle park, recreation camp, combined park-camp, or temporary park-camp and who is licensed under sections 3733.01 to 3733.08 of the Revised Code.
(N)(H) "Park operator" means a manufactured home park operator.
(O)(I) "Residential premises" means a lot located within a manufactured home park and the grounds, areas, and facilities contained within the manufactured home park for the use of residents generally or the use of which is promised to a resident.
(P)(J) "Rental agreement" means any agreement or lease, written or oral, that establishes or modifies the terms, conditions, rules, or any other provisions concerning the use and occupancy of residential premises by one of the parties.
(Q)(K) "Security deposit" means any deposit of money or property to secure performance by the resident under a rental agreement.
(R) "Temporary park-camp" means any tract of land used for a period not to exceed a total of twenty-one days per calendar year for the purpose of parking five or more recreational vehicles, dependent recreational vehicles, or portable camping units, or any combination thereof, for one or more periods of time that do not exceed seven consecutive days or parts thereof.
(S)(L) "Development" means any artificial change to improved or unimproved real estate, including, without limitation, buildings or structures, dredging, filling, grading, paving, excavation or drilling operations, or storage of equipment or materials, and the construction, expansion, or substantial alteration of a manufactured home park, recreational vehicle park, recreation camp, or combined park-camp, for which plan review is required under division (A) of section 3733.021 of the Revised Code. "Development" does not include the building, construction, erection, or manufacture of any building to which section 3781.06 of the Revised Code is applicable.
(T)(M) "Flood" or "flooding" means either of the following:
(1) A general and temporary condition of partial or complete inundation of normally dry land areas from any of the following:
(a) The overflow of inland or tidal waters;
(b) The unusual and rapid accumulation or runoff of surface waters from any source;
(c) Mudslides that are proximately caused by flooding as defined in division (T)(M)(1)(b) of this section and that are akin to a river of liquid and flowing mud on the surface of normally dry land areas, as when earth is carried by a current of water and deposited along the path of the current.
(2) The collapse or subsidence of land along the shore of a lake or other body of water as a result of erosion or undermining that is caused by waves or currents of water exceeding anticipated cyclical levels or that is suddenly caused by an unusually high water level in a natural body of water, and that is accompanied by a severe storm, by an unanticipated force of nature, such as a flash flood, by an abnormal tidal surge, or by some similarly unusual and unforeseeable event, that results in flooding as defined in division (T)(M)(1)(a) of this section.
(U)(N) "Flood plain" means the area adjoining any river, stream, watercourse, or lake that has been or may be covered by flood water.
(V)(O) "One-hundred-year flood" means a flood having a one per cent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year.
(W)(P) "One-hundred-year flood plain" means that portion of a flood plain inundated by a one-hundred-year flood.
(X)(Q) "Person" has the same meaning as in section 1.59 of the Revised Code and also includes this state, any political subdivision of this state, and any other state or local body of this state.
(Y)(R) "Substantial damage" means damage of any origin sustained by a manufactured or mobile home that is situated in a manufactured home park located in a flood plain when the cost of restoring the home to its condition before the damage occurred will equal or exceed fifty per cent of the market value of the home before the damage occurred.
(Z)(S) "Substantially alter" means a change in the layout or design of a manufactured home park, recreational vehicle park, recreation camp, combined park-camp, or temporary park-camp, including, without limitation, the movement of utilities or changes in established streets, lots, or sites or in other facilities. In the case of manufactured home parks located within a one-hundred-year flood plain, "substantially alter" also includes changes in elevation resulting from the addition of fill, grading, or excavation that may affect flood plain management.
(AA)(T) "Tract" means a contiguous area of land that consists of one or more parcels, lots, or sites that have been separately surveyed regardless of whether the individual parcels, lots, or sites have been recorded and regardless of whether the one or more parcels, lots, or sites are under common or different ownership.
(BB)(U) "Director of health" means the director of health or the director's authorized representative.
(CC) "Camp operator" means the operator of a recreational vehicle park, recreation camp, combined park-camp, or temporary park-camp.
(DD) "Campsite user" means a person who enters into a campsite use agreement with a camp operator for the use of a campsite at a recreational vehicle park, recreation camp, combined park-camp, or temporary park-camp.
Sec. 3733.02.  (A)(1) The public health council, subject to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt, and has the exclusive power to adopt, rules of uniform application throughout the state governing the review of plans, issuance of flood plain management permits, and issuance of licenses for manufactured home parks; the location, layout, density, construction, drainage, sanitation, safety, and operation of those parks; blocking and tiedowns of mobile and manufactured homes in those parks; and notices of flood events concerning, and flood protection at, those parks. The rules pertaining to flood plain management shall be consistent with and not less stringent than the flood plain management criteria of the national flood insurance program adopted under the "National Flood Insurance Act of 1968," 82 Stat. 572, 42 U.S.C.A. 4001, as amended. The rules shall not apply to the construction, erection, or manufacture of any building to which section 3781.06 of the Revised Code is applicable.
(2) The rules pertaining to manufactured home parks constructed after June 30, 1971, shall specify that each home must be placed on its lot to provide not less than fifteen feet between the side of one home and the side of another home, ten feet between the end of one home and the side of another home, and five feet between the ends of two homes placed end to end.
(B) The public health council, subject to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt rules of uniform application throughout the state governing the review of plans and issuance of licenses for and the location, layout, construction, drainage, sanitation, safety, and operation of recreational vehicle parks, recreation camps, and combined park-camps. The rules shall not apply to the construction, erection, or manufacture of any building to which section 3781.06 of the Revised Code is applicable.
(C) The public health council, subject to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt rules of uniform application throughout the state governing the review of plans and issuance of licenses for and the layout, sanitation, safety, and operation of temporary park-camps. The rules shall not apply to the construction, erection, or manufacture of any building to which section 3781.06 of the Revised Code is applicable.
(D) The public health council, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt rules of uniform application throughout the state establishing requirements and procedures in accordance with which the director of health may authorize licensors for the purposes of sections 3733.022 and 3733.025 of the Revised Code. The rules shall include at least provisions under which a licensor may enter into contracts for the purpose of fulfilling the licensor's responsibilities under either or both of those sections.
Sec. 3733.021.  (A) No person shall cause development to occur within any portion of a manufactured home park, recreational vehicle park, recreation camp, or combined park-camp until the plans for the development have been submitted to and reviewed and approved by the director of health. This division does not require that plans be submitted to the director for approval for the replacement of manufactured or mobile homes on previously approved lots in a manufactured home park or for the replacement of recreational vehicles or portable camping units on previously approved sites in a recreational vehicle park, recreation camp, or combined park-camp when no development is to occur in connection with the replacement. Within thirty days after receipt of the plans, all supporting documents and materials required to complete the review, and the applicable plan review fee established under division (D) of this section, the director shall approve or disapprove the plans.
(B) Any person aggrieved by the director's disapproval of a set of plans under division (A) of this section may request a hearing on the matter within thirty days after receipt of the director's notice of the disapproval. The hearing shall be held in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. Thereafter, the disapproval may be appealed in the manner provided in section 119.12 of the Revised Code.
(C) The director shall establish a system by which development occurring within a manufactured home park, recreational vehicle park, recreation camp, or combined park-camp is inspected or verified in accordance with rules adopted under division (A) or (B), as appropriate, of section 3733.02 of the Revised Code to ensure that the development complies with the plans approved under division (A) of this section.
(D) The public health council shall establish fees for reviewing plans under division (A) of this section and conducting inspections under division (C) of this section.
(E) The director shall charge the appropriate fees established under division (D) of this section for reviewing plans under division (A) of this section and conducting inspections under division (C) of this section. All such plan review and inspection fees received by the director shall be transmitted to the treasurer of state and shall be credited to the general operations fund created in section 3701.83 of the Revised Code. Moneys so credited to the fund shall be used only for the purpose of administering and enforcing sections 3733.01 to 3733.08 of the Revised Code and rules adopted under those sections.
(F) Plan approvals issued under this section do not constitute an exemption from the land use and building requirements of the political subdivision in which the manufactured home park, recreational vehicle park, recreation camp, or combined park-camp is or is to be located.
Sec. 3733.03.  (A)(1) On or after the first day of December, but before the first day of January of the next year, every person who intends to operate a manufactured home park shall procure a license to operate the park for the next year from the licensor. If the applicable license fee prescribed under section 3733.04 of the Revised Code is not received by the licensor by the close of business on the last day of December, the applicant for the license shall pay a penalty equal to twenty-five per cent of the applicable license fee. The penalty shall accompany the license fee. If the last day of December is not a business day, the penalty attaches upon the close of business on the next business day.
(2) On or after the first day of April, but before the first day of May of each year, every person who intends to operate a recreational vehicle park, recreation camp, or combined park-camp shall procure a license to operate the park or camp from the licensor. If the applicable license fee prescribed under section 3733.04 of the Revised Code is not received by the licensor by the close of business on the last day of April, the applicant for the license shall pay a penalty equal to twenty-five per cent of the applicable license fee. The penalty shall accompany the license fee. If the last day of April is not a business day, the penalty attaches upon the close of business on the next business day.
(3) Every person who intends to operate a temporary park-camp shall obtain a license to operate the temporary park-camp from the licensor at any time before the person begins operation of the temporary park-camp during the calendar year.
(4) No manufactured home park, recreational vehicle park, recreation camp, or combined park-camp shall be maintained or operated in this state after January 1, 1952, without a license. However, no person who neither intends to receive nor receives anything of value arising from the use of, or the sale of goods or services in connection with the use of, a recreational vehicle park, recreation camp, combined park-camp, or temporary park-camp is required to procure a license under this division. If any health hazard exists at such an unlicensed park, camp, or park-camp, the health hazard shall be corrected in a manner consistent with the appropriate rule adopted under division (B) or (C) of section 3733.02 of the Revised Code.
(5)(3) No person who has received a license, upon the sale or disposition of the manufactured home park, recreational vehicle park, recreation camp, or combined park-camp, may have the license transferred to the new operator. A person shall obtain a separate license to operate each manufactured home park, recreational vehicle park, recreation camp, or combined park-camp. No license to operate a temporary park-camp shall be transferred. A person shall obtain a separate license for each temporary park-camp he intends to operate, and the license shall be valid for a period of no longer than seven consecutive days. A person who operates a park-camp on a tract of land for more than twenty-one days or parts thereof in a calendar year shall obtain a license to operate a recreational vehicle park, recreation camp, or a combined park-camp.
(B)(1) Before a license is initially issued and annually thereafter, or more often if necessary, the licensor shall cause each manufactured home park, recreational vehicle park, recreation camp, or combined park-camp to be inspected relative to compliance with sections 3733.01 to 3733.08 of the Revised Code and the rules adopted under those sections. A record shall be made of each inspection on a form prescribed by the director of health.
(2) When a license is initially issued, and more often if necessary, the licensor shall cause each temporary park-camp to be inspected relative to compliance with sections 3733.01 to 3733.08 of the Revised Code and the rules adopted under those sections, during the period that the temporary park-camp is in operation. A record shall be made of each inspection on a form prescribed by the director.
(C) Each person applying for an initial license to operate a manufactured home park, recreational vehicle park, recreation camp, combined park-camp, or temporary park-camp shall provide acceptable proof to the director of health, or to the licensor in the case of a temporary park-camp, that adequate fire protection shall will be provided and that applicable fire codes shall will be adhered to in the construction and operation of the park, camp, or park-camp.
(D) Any person that operates a county or state fair or any independent agricultural society organized pursuant to section 1711.02 of the Revised Code that operates a fair shall not be required to obtain a license under sections 3733.01 to 3733.08 of the Revised Code if recreational vehicles, portable camping units, or any combination thereof are parked at the site of the fair only during the time of preparation for, operation of, and dismantling of the fair and if the recreational vehicles, portable camping units, or any combination thereof belong to participants in the fair.
Sec. 3733.031.  (A) The director of health may survey annually each health district licensing manufactured home parks, recreational vehicle parks, recreation camps, combined park-camps, or temporary park-camps as provided by section 3733.03 of the Revised Code to determine whether the district is in substantial compliance with sections 3733.01 to 3733.08 of the Revised Code and the rules adopted thereunder. Upon determination that there is substantial compliance, the director shall place such the health district upon an approved list. The director shall make a resurvey when in his the director's opinion a resurvey is necessary, and shall remove from the approved list any health district not substantially complying with sections 3733.01 to 3733.08 of the Revised Code and the rules adopted thereunder.
(B) If after a survey or resurvey is made as provided by this section the director determines that a health district is not eligible to be placed on the approved list or to continue on such the list, he the director shall certify such that fact to the board of health of the health district. The director shall administer and enforce sections 3733.01 to 3733.08 of the Revised Code and the rules adopted thereunder in such the health district until he the director determines that the health district is eligible for placement on the approved list. Until the district is placed on or returned to the approved list, the director shall collect all fees payable to a board of health under section 3733.04 of the Revised Code and all such fees previously paid which that have not been expended or encumbered for deposit in the state treasury to the credit of the health district licensing fund, which is hereby created for use by the director in his the director's capacity as licensor. The director shall repay any balance remaining in the account to the district when he the director places the district on the approved list.
Sec. 3733.04.  The licensor of a manufactured home park, recreational vehicle park, recreation camp, or combined park-camp may charge a fee for an annual license to operate such a park, camp, or park-camp. In the case of a temporary park-camp, the licensor may charge a fee for a license to operate the temporary park-camp for the period specified in division (A) of section 3733.03 of the Revised Code. The fees fee for both types of licenses a license shall be determined in accordance with section 3709.09 of the Revised Code and shall include the cost of licensing and all inspections.
Except for the fee for a temporary park-camp license, the The fee also shall include any additional amount determined by rule of the public health council, which shall be collected and transmitted by the board of health to the treasurer of state to be credited to the general operations fund created in section 3701.83 of the Revised Code and used only for the purpose of administering and enforcing sections 3733.01 to 3733.08 of the Revised Code and the rules adopted under those sections. The portion of any fee retained by the board of health shall be paid into a special fund and used only for the purpose of administering and enforcing sections 3733.01 to 3733.08 of the Revised Code and the rules adopted thereunder.
Sec. 3733.05.  The licensor of the health district in which a manufactured home park, recreational vehicle park, recreation camp, combined park-camp, or temporary park-camp is or is to be located, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, may refuse to grant, may suspend, or may revoke any license granted to any person for failure to comply with sections 3733.01 to 3733.08 of the Revised Code or with any rule adopted by the public health council under section 3733.02 of the Revised Code.
Sec. 3733.06.  (A) Upon a license being issued under sections 3733.03 to 3733.05 of the Revised Code, any operator shall have the right to rent or use each lot or camping space for the parking or placement of a manufactured home, or mobile home, recreational vehicle, or portable camping facility to be used for human habitation without interruption for any period coextensive with any license or consecutive licenses issued under sections 3733.03 to 3733.05 of the Revised Code.
(B) No operator of a manufactured home park shall sell individual lots in a park for eight years following the issuance of the initial license for the park unless, at the time of sale, the park fulfills all platting and subdivision requirements established by the political subdivision in which the park is located, or the political subdivision has entered into an agreement with the operator regarding platting and subdivision requirements and the operator has fulfilled the terms of that agreement.
Sec. 3733.07.  Fees authorized or charged under sections 3733.021, 3733.022, and 3733.04 of the Revised Code are in lieu of all license and inspection fees on or with respect to the operation or ownership of manufactured home parks, recreational vehicle parks, combined park-camps, recreation camps, or temporary park-camps within this state, except that the licensor may charge additional reasonable fees for the collection and bacteriological examination of any necessary water samples taken from any such park, camp, or park-camp.
Sec. 4503.06.  (A) The owner of each manufactured or mobile home that has acquired situs in this state shall pay either a real property tax pursuant to Title LVII of the Revised Code or a manufactured home tax pursuant to division (C) of this section.
(B) The owner of a manufactured or mobile home shall pay real property taxes if either of the following applies:
(1) The manufactured or mobile home acquired situs in the state or ownership in the home was transferred on or after January 1, 2000, and all of the following apply:
(a) The home is affixed to a permanent foundation as defined in division (C)(5) of section 3781.06 of the Revised Code;.
(b) The home is located on land that is owned by the owner of the home;.
(c) The certificate of title has been inactivated by the clerk of the court of common pleas that issued it, pursuant to division (H) of section 4505.11 of the Revised Code.
(2) The manufactured or mobile home acquired situs in the state or ownership in the home was transferred before January 1, 2000, and all of the following apply:
(a) The home is affixed to a permanent foundation as defined in division (C)(5) of section 3781.06 of the Revised Code;.
(b) The home is located on land that is owned by the owner of the home;.
(c) The owner of the home has elected to have the home taxed as real property and, pursuant to section 4505.11 of the Revised Code, has surrendered the certificate of title to the auditor of the county containing the taxing district in which the home has its situs, together with proof that all taxes have been paid;.
(d) The county auditor has placed the home on the real property tax list and delivered the certificate of title to the clerk of the court of common pleas that issued it and the clerk has inactivated the certificate.
(C)(1) Any mobile or manufactured home that is not taxed as real property as provided in division (B) of this section is subject to an annual manufactured home tax, payable by the owner, for locating the home in this state. The tax as levied in this section is for the purpose of supplementing the general revenue funds of the local subdivisions in which the home has its situs pursuant to this section.
(2) The year for which the manufactured home tax is levied commences on the first day of January and ends on the following thirty-first day of December. The state shall have the first lien on any manufactured or mobile home on the list for the amount of taxes, penalties, and interest charged against the owner of the home under this section. The lien of the state for the tax for a year shall attach on the first day of January to a home that has acquired situs on that date. The lien for a home that has not acquired situs on the first day of January, but that acquires situs during the year, shall attach on the next first day of January. The lien shall continue until the tax, including any penalty or interest, is paid.
(3)(a) The situs of a manufactured or mobile home located in this state on the first day of January is the local taxing district in which the home is located on that date.
(b) The situs of a manufactured or mobile home not located in this state on the first day of January, but located in this state subsequent to that date, is the local taxing district in which the home is located thirty days after it is acquired or first enters this state.
(4) The tax is collected by and paid to the county treasurer of the county containing the taxing district in which the home has its situs.
(D) The manufactured home tax shall be computed and assessed by the county auditor of the county containing the taxing district in which the home has its situs as follows:
(1) On a home that acquired situs in this state prior to January 1, 2000;:
(a) By multiplying the assessable value of the home by the tax rate of the taxing district in which the home has its situs, and deducting from the product thus obtained any reduction authorized under section 4503.065 of the Revised Code. The tax levied under this formula shall not be less than thirty-six dollars, unless the home qualifies for a reduction in assessable value under section 4503.065 of the Revised Code, in which case there shall be no minimum tax and the tax shall be the amount calculated under this division.
(b) The assessable value of the home shall be forty per cent of the amount arrived at by the following computation:
(i) If the cost to the owner, or market value at time of purchase, whichever is greater, of the home includes the furnishings and equipment, such cost or market value shall be multiplied according to the following schedule:
For the first calendar year
in which the
home is owned by the
current owner x 80%
2nd calendar year x 75%
3rd " x 70%
4th " x 65%
5th " x 60%
6th " x 55%
7th " x 50%
8th " x 45%
9th " x 40%
10th and each year thereafter x 35%

The first calendar year means any period between the first day of January and the thirty-first day of December of the first year.
(ii) If the cost to the owner, or market value at the time of purchase, whichever is greater, of the home does not include the furnishings and equipment, such cost or market value shall be multiplied according to the following schedule:
For the first calendar year
in which the
home is owned by the
current owner x 95%
2nd calendar year x 90%
3rd " x 85%
4th " x 80%
5th " x 75%
6th " x 70%
7th " x 65%
8th " x 60%
9th " x 55%
10th and each year thereafter x 50%

The first calendar year means any period between the first day of January and the thirty-first day of December of the first year.
(2) On a home in which ownership was transferred or that first acquired situs in this state on or after January 1, 2000:
(a) By multiplying the assessable value of the home by the effective tax rate, as defined in section 323.08 of the Revised Code, for residential real property of the taxing district in which the home has its situs, and deducting from the product thus obtained the reductions required or authorized under section 319.302, division (B) of section 323.152, or section 4503.065 of the Revised Code.
(b) The assessable value of the home shall be thirty-five per cent of its true value as determined under division (L) of this section.
(3) On or before the fifteenth day of January each year, the county auditor shall record the assessable value and the amount of tax on the manufactured or mobile home on the tax list and deliver a duplicate of the list to the county treasurer. In the case of an emergency as defined in section 323.17 of the Revised Code, the tax commissioner, by journal entry, may extend the times for delivery of the duplicate for an additional fifteen days upon receiving a written application from the county auditor regarding an extension for the delivery of the duplicate, or from the county treasurer regarding an extension of the time for the billing and collection of taxes. The application shall contain a statement describing the emergency that will cause the unavoidable delay and must be received by the tax commissioner on or before the last day of the month preceding the day delivery of the duplicate is otherwise required. When an extension is granted for delivery of the duplicate, the time period for payment of taxes shall be extended for a like period of time. When a delay in the closing of a tax collection period becomes unavoidable, the tax commissioner, upon application by the county auditor and county treasurer, may order the time for payment of taxes to be extended if the tax commissioner determines that penalties have accrued or would otherwise accrue for reasons beyond the control of the taxpayers of the county. The order shall prescribe the final extended date for payment of taxes for that collection period.
(4) After January 1, 1999, the owner of a manufactured or mobile home taxed pursuant to division (D)(1) of this section may elect to have the home taxed pursuant to division (D)(2) of this section by filing a written request with the county auditor of the taxing district in which the home is located on or before the first day of December of any year. Upon the filing of the request, the county auditor shall determine whether all taxes levied under division (D)(1) of this section have been paid, and if those taxes have been paid, the county auditor shall tax the manufactured or mobile home pursuant to division (D)(2) of this section commencing in the next tax year.
(5) A manufactured or mobile home that acquired situs in this state prior to January 1, 2000, shall be taxed pursuant to division (D)(2) of this section if no manufactured home tax had been paid for the home and the home was not exempted from taxation pursuant to division (E) of this section for the year for which the taxes were not paid.
(6)(a) Immediately upon receipt of any manufactured home tax duplicate from the county auditor, but not less than twenty days prior to the last date on which the first one-half taxes may be paid without penalty as prescribed in division (F) of this section, the county treasurer shall cause to be prepared and mailed or delivered to each person charged on that duplicate with taxes, or to an agent designated by such person, the tax bill prescribed by the tax commissioner under division (D)(7) of this section. When taxes are paid by installments, the county treasurer shall mail or deliver to each person charged on such duplicate or the agent designated by that person a second tax bill showing the amount due at the time of the second tax collection. The second half tax bill shall be mailed or delivered at least twenty days prior to the close of the second half tax collection period. A change in the mailing address of any tax bill shall be made in writing to the county treasurer. Failure to receive a bill required by this section does not excuse failure or delay to pay any taxes shown on the bill or, except as provided in division (B)(1) of section 5715.39 of the Revised Code, avoid any penalty, interest, or charge for such delay.
(b) After delivery of the copy of the delinquent manufactured home tax list under division (H) of this section, the county treasurer may prepare and mail to each person in whose name a home is listed an additional tax bill showing the total amount of delinquent taxes charged against the home as shown on the list. The tax bill shall include a notice that the interest charge prescribed by division (G) of this section has begun to accrue.
(7) Each tax bill prepared and mailed or delivered under division (D)(6) of this section shall be in the form and contain the information required by the tax commissioner. The commissioner may prescribe different forms for each county and may authorize the county auditor to make up tax bills and tax receipts to be used by the county treasurer. The tax bill shall not contain or be mailed or delivered with any information or material that is not required by this section or that is not authorized by section 321.45 of the Revised Code or by the tax commissioner. In addition to the information required by the commissioner, each tax bill shall contain the following information:
(a) The taxes levied and the taxes charged and payable against the manufactured or mobile home;
(b) The following notice: "Notice: If the taxes are not paid within sixty days after the county auditor delivers the delinquent manufactured home tax list to the county treasurer, you and your home may be subject to collection proceedings for tax delinquency." Failure to provide such notice has no effect upon the validity of any tax judgment to which a home may be subjected.
(c) In the case of manufactured or mobile homes taxed under division (D)(2) of this section, the following additional information:
(i) The effective tax rate. The words "effective tax rate" shall appear in boldface type.
(ii) The following notice: "Notice: If the taxes charged against this home have been reduced by the 2-1/2 per cent tax reduction for residences occupied by the owner but the home is not a residence occupied by the owner, the owner must notify the county auditor's office not later than March 31 of the year for which the taxes are due. Failure to do so may result in the owner being convicted of a fourth degree misdemeanor, which is punishable by imprisonment up to 30 days, a fine up to $250, or both, and in the owner having to repay the amount by which the taxes were erroneously or illegally reduced, plus any interest that may apply.
If the taxes charged against this home have not been reduced by the 2-1/2 per cent tax reduction and the home is a residence occupied by the owner, the home may qualify for the tax reduction. To obtain an application for the tax reduction or further information, the owner may contact the county auditor's office at .......... (insert the address and telephone number of the county auditor's office)."
(E)(1) A manufactured or mobile home is not subject to this section when any of the following applies:
(a) It is taxable as personal property pursuant to section 5709.01 of the Revised Code. Any manufactured or mobile home that is used as a residence shall be subject to this section and shall not be taxable as personal property pursuant to section 5709.01 of the Revised Code.
(b) It bears a license plate issued by any state other than this state unless the home is in this state in excess of an accumulative period of thirty days in any calendar year.
(c) The annual tax has been paid on the home in this state for the current year.
(d) The tax commissioner has determined, pursuant to section 5715.27 of the Revised Code, that the property is exempt from taxation, or would be exempt from taxation under Chapter 5709. of the Revised Code if it were classified as real property.
(2) A travel trailer or park trailer, as these terms are defined in section 4501.01 of the Revised Code, is not subject to this section if it is unused or unoccupied and stored at the owner's normal place of residence or at a recognized storage facility.
(3) A travel trailer or park trailer, as these terms are defined in section 4501.01 of the Revised Code, is subject to this section and shall be taxed as a manufactured or mobile home if it has a situs longer than thirty days in one location and is connected to existing utilities, unless either of the following applies:
(a) The situs is in a state facility or a camping or park area as defined in division (B)(C), (G)(Q), (H)(S), or (R)(V) of section 3733.01 3729.01 of the Revised Code;.
(b) The situs is in a camping or park area that is a tract of land that has been limited to recreational use by deed or zoning restrictions and subdivided for sale of five or more individual lots for the express or implied purpose of occupancy by either self-contained recreational vehicles as defined in division (E)(T) of section 3733.01 3729.01 of the Revised Code or by dependent recreational vehicles as defined in division (F)(D) of section 3733.01 3729.01 of the Revised Code.
(F) Except as provided in division (D)(3) of this section, the manufactured home tax is due and payable as follows:
(1) When a manufactured or mobile home has a situs in this state, as provided in this section, on the first day of January, one-half of the amount of the tax is due and payable on or before the first day of March and the balance is due and payable on or before the thirty-first day of July. At the option of the owner of the home, the tax for the entire year may be paid in full on the first day of March.
(2) When a manufactured or mobile home first acquires a situs in this state after the first day of January, no tax is due and payable for that year.
(G)(1)(a) Except as otherwise provided in division (G)(1)(b) of this section, if one-half of the current taxes charged under this section against a manufactured or mobile home, together with the full amount of any delinquent taxes, are not paid on or before the first day of March in that year, or on or before the last day for such payment as extended pursuant to section 4503.063 of the Revised Code, a penalty of ten per cent shall be charged against the unpaid balance of such half of the current taxes. If the total amount of all such taxes is not paid on or before the thirty-first day of July, next thereafter, or on or before the last day for payment as extended pursuant to section 4503.063 of the Revised Code, a like penalty shall be charged on the balance of the total amount of the unpaid current taxes.
(b) After a valid delinquent tax contract that includes unpaid current taxes from a first-half collection period described in division (F) of this section has been entered into under section 323.31 of the Revised Code, no ten per cent penalty shall be charged against such taxes after the second-half collection period while the delinquent tax contract remains in effect. On the day a delinquent tax contract becomes void, the ten per cent penalty shall be charged against such taxes and shall equal the amount of penalty that would have been charged against unpaid current taxes outstanding on the date on which the second-half penalty would have been charged thereon under division (G)(1)(a) of this section if the contract had not been in effect.
(2)(a) On the first day of the month following the last day the second installment of taxes may be paid without penalty beginning in 2000, interest shall be charged against and computed on all delinquent taxes other than the current taxes that became delinquent taxes at the close of the last day such second installment could be paid without penalty. The charge shall be for interest that accrued during the period that began on the preceding first day of December and ended on the last day of the month that included the last date such second installment could be paid without penalty. The interest shall be computed at the rate per annum prescribed by section 5703.47 of the Revised Code and shall be entered as a separate item on the delinquent manufactured home tax list compiled under division (H) of this section.
(b) On the first day of December beginning in 2000, the interest shall be charged against and computed on all delinquent taxes. The charge shall be for interest that accrued during the period that began on the first day of the month following the last date prescribed for the payment of the second installment of taxes in the current year and ended on the immediately preceding last day of November. The interest shall be computed at the rate per annum prescribed by section 5703.47 of the Revised Code and shall be entered as a separate item on the delinquent manufactured home tax list.
(c) After a valid undertaking has been entered into for the payment of any delinquent taxes, no interest shall be charged against such delinquent taxes while the undertaking remains in effect in compliance with section 323.31 of the Revised Code. If a valid undertaking becomes void, interest shall be charged against the delinquent taxes for the periods that interest was not permitted to be charged while the undertaking was in effect. The interest shall be charged on the day the undertaking becomes void and shall equal the amount of interest that would have been charged against the unpaid delinquent taxes outstanding on the dates on which interest would have been charged thereon under divisions (G)(1) and (2) of this section had the undertaking not been in effect.
(3) If the full amount of the taxes due at either of the times prescribed by division (F) of this section is paid within ten days after such time, the county treasurer shall waive the collection of and the county auditor shall remit one-half of the penalty provided for in this division for failure to make that payment by the prescribed time.
(4) The treasurer shall compile and deliver to the county auditor a list of all tax payments the treasurer has received as provided in division (G)(3) of this section. The list shall include any information required by the auditor for the remission of the penalties waived by the treasurer. The taxes so collected shall be included in the settlement next succeeding the settlement then in process.
(H)(1) Beginning in 2000, the county auditor shall compile annually a "delinquent manufactured home tax list" consisting of homes the county treasurer's records indicate have taxes that were not paid within the time prescribed by divisions (D)(3) and (F) of this section, have taxes that remain unpaid from prior years, or have unpaid tax penalties or interest that have been assessed.
(2) Within thirty days after the settlement under division (H)(2) of section 321.24 of the Revised Code beginning in 2000, the county auditor shall deliver a copy of the delinquent manufactured home tax list to the county treasurer. The auditor shall update and publish the delinquent manufactured home tax list annually in the same manner as delinquent real property tax lists are published. The county auditor shall apportion the cost of publishing the list among taxing districts in proportion to the amount of delinquent manufactured home taxes so published that each taxing district is entitled to receive upon collection of those taxes.
(3) When taxes, penalties, or interest are charged against a person on the delinquent manufactured home tax list and are not paid within sixty days after the list is delivered to the county treasurer, the county treasurer shall, in addition to any other remedy provided by law for the collection of taxes, penalties, and interest, enforce collection of such taxes, penalties, and interest by civil action in the name of the treasurer against the owner for the recovery of the unpaid taxes following the procedures for the recovery of delinquent real property taxes in sections 323.25 to 323.28 of the Revised Code. The action may be brought in municipal or county court, provided the amount charged does not exceed the monetary limitations for original jurisdiction for civil actions in those courts.
It is sufficient, having made proper parties to the suit, for the county treasurer to allege in the treasurer's bill of particulars or petition that the taxes stand chargeable on the books of the county treasurer against such person, that they are due and unpaid, and that such person is indebted in the amount of taxes appearing to be due the county. The treasurer need not set forth any other matter relating thereto. If it is found on the trial of the action that the person is indebted to the state, judgment shall be rendered in favor of the county treasurer prosecuting the action. The judgment debtor is not entitled to the benefit of any law for stay of execution or exemption of property from levy or sale on execution in the enforcement of the judgment.
Upon the filing of an entry of confirmation of sale or an order of forfeiture in a proceeding brought under this division, title to the manufactured or mobile home shall be in the purchaser. The clerk of courts shall issue a certificate of title to the purchaser upon presentation of proof of filing of the entry of confirmation or order and, in the case of a forfeiture, presentation of the county auditor's certificate of sale.
(I) The total amount of taxes collected shall be distributed in the following manner: four per cent shall be allowed as compensation to the county auditor for the county auditor's service in assessing the taxes; two per cent shall be allowed as compensation to the county treasurer for the services the county treasurer renders as a result of the tax levied by this section. Such amounts shall be paid into the county treasury, to the credit of the county general revenue fund, on the warrant of the county auditor. Fees to be paid to the credit of the real estate assessment fund shall be collected pursuant to division (B) of section 319.54 of the Revised Code and paid into the county treasury, on the warrant of the county auditor. The balance of the taxes collected shall be distributed among the taxing subdivisions of the county in which the taxes are collected and paid in the same ratio as those taxes were collected for the benefit of the taxing subdivision. The taxes levied and revenues collected under this section shall be in lieu of any general property tax and any tax levied with respect to the privilege of using or occupying a manufactured or mobile home in Ohio this state except as provided in sections 4503.04 and 5741.02 of the Revised Code.
(J) An agreement to purchase or a bill of sale for a manufactured home shall show whether or not the furnishings and equipment are included in the purchase price.
(K) If the county treasurer and the county prosecuting attorney agree that an item charged on the delinquent manufactured home tax list is uncollectible, they shall certify that determination and the reasons to the county board of revision. If the board determines the amount is uncollectible, it shall certify its determination to the county auditor, who shall strike the item from the list.
(L)(1) The county auditor shall appraise at its true value any manufactured or mobile home in which ownership is transferred or which first acquires situs in this state on or after January 1, 2000, and any manufactured or mobile home the owner of which has elected, under division (D)(4) of this section, to have the home taxed under division (D)(2) of this section. The true value shall include the value of the home, any additions, and any fixtures, but not any furnishings in the home. In determining the true value of a manufactured or mobile home, the auditor shall consider all facts and circumstances relating to the value of the home, including its age, its capacity to function as a residence, any obsolete characteristics, and other factors that may tend to prove its true value.
(2)(a) If a manufactured or mobile home has been the subject of an arm's length sale between a willing seller and a willing buyer within a reasonable length of time prior to the determination of true value, the county auditor shall consider the sale price of the home to be the true value for taxation purposes.
(b) The sale price in an arm's length transaction between a willing seller and a willing buyer shall not be considered the true value of the home if either of the following occurred after the sale:
(i) The home has lost value due to a casualty;.
(ii) An addition or fixture has been added to the home.
(3) The county auditor shall have each home viewed and appraised at least once in each six-year period in the same year in which real property in the county is appraised pursuant to Chapter 5713. of the Revised Code, and shall update the appraised values in the third calendar year following the appraisal. The person viewing or appraising a home may enter the home to determine by actual view any additions or fixtures that have been added since the last appraisal. In conducting the appraisals and establishing the true value, the auditor shall follow the procedures set forth for appraising real property in sections 5713.01 and 5713.03 of the Revised Code.
(4) The county auditor shall place the true value of each home on the manufactured home tax list upon completion of an appraisal.
(5)(a) If the county auditor changes the true value of a home, the auditor shall notify the owner of the home in writing, delivered by mail or in person. The notice shall be given at least thirty days prior to the issuance of any tax bill that reflects the change. Failure to receive the notice does not invalidate any proceeding under this section.
(b) Any owner of a home or any other person or party listed in division (A)(1) of section 5715.19 of the Revised Code may file a complaint against the true value of the home as appraised under this section. The complaint shall be filed with the county auditor on or before the thirty-first day of March of the current tax year or the date of closing of the collection for the first half of manufactured home taxes for the current tax year, whichever is later. The auditor shall present to the county board of revision all complaints filed with the auditor under this section. The board shall hear and investigate the complaint and may take action on it as provided under sections 5715.11 to 5715.19 of the Revised Code.
(c) If the county board of revision determines, pursuant to a complaint against the valuation of a manufactured or mobile home filed under this section, that the amount of taxes, assessments, or other charges paid was in excess of the amount due based on the valuation as finally determined, then the overpayment shall be refunded in the manner prescribed in section 5715.22 of the Revised Code.
(d) Payment of all or part of a tax under this section for any year for which a complaint is pending before the county board of revision does not abate the complaint or in any way affect the hearing and determination thereof.
(M) If the county auditor determines that any tax or other charge or any part thereof has been erroneously charged as a result of a clerical error as defined in section 319.35 of the Revised Code, the county auditor shall call the attention of the county board of revision to the erroneous charges. If the board finds that the taxes or other charges have been erroneously charged or collected, it shall certify the finding to the auditor. Upon receipt of the certification, the auditor shall remove the erroneous charges on the manufactured home tax list or delinquent manufactured home tax list in the same manner as is prescribed in section 319.35 of the Revised Code for erroneous charges against real property, and refund any erroneous charges that have been collected, with interest, in the same manner as is prescribed in section 319.36 of the Revised Code for erroneous charges against real property.
(N) As used in this section and section 4503.061 of the Revised Code:
(1) "Manufactured home taxes" includes taxes, penalties, and interest charged under division (C) or (G) of this section and any penalties charged under division (G) or (H)(5) of section 4503.061 of the Revised Code.
(2) "Current taxes" means all manufactured home taxes charged against a manufactured or mobile home that have not appeared on the manufactured home tax list for any prior year. Current taxes become delinquent taxes if they remain unpaid after the last day prescribed for payment of the second installment of current taxes without penalty, whether or not they have been certified delinquent.
(3) "Delinquent taxes" means:
(a) Any manufactured home taxes that were charged against a manufactured or mobile home for a prior year, including any penalties or interest charged for a prior year, and that remain unpaid;
(b) Any current manufactured home taxes charged against a manufactured or mobile home that remain unpaid after the last day prescribed for payment of the second installment of current taxes without penalty, whether or not they have been certified delinquent, including any penalties or interest.
Sec. 4736.01.  As used in this chapter:
(A) "Environmental health science" means the aspect of public health science that includes, but is not limited to, the following bodies of knowledge: air quality, food quality and protection, hazardous and toxic substances, consumer product safety, housing, institutional health and safety, community noise control, radiation protection, recreational facilities, solid and liquid waste management, vector control, drinking water quality, milk sanitation, and rabies control.
(B) "Sanitarian" means a person who performs for compensation educational, investigational, technical, or administrative duties requiring specialized knowledge and skills in the field of environmental health science.
(C) "Registered sanitarian" means a person who is registered as a sanitarian in accordance with Chapter 4736. of the Revised Code this chapter.
(D) "Sanitarian-in-training" means a person who is registered as a sanitarian-in-training in accordance with Chapter 4736. of the Revised Code this chapter.
(E) "Practice of environmental health" means consultation, instruction, investigation, inspection, or evaluation by an employee of a city health district, a general health district, the Ohio environmental protection agency, the department of health, or the department of agriculture requiring specialized knowledge, training, and experience in the field of environmental health science, with the primary purpose of improving or conducting administration or enforcement under any of the following:
(1) Chapter 911., 913., 917., 3717., 3721., 3729., or 3733. of the Revised Code;
(2) Chapter 3734. of the Revised Code as it pertains to solid waste;
(3) Section 955.26, 3701.344, 3707.01, or 3707.03, sections 3707.38 to 3707.99, or section 3715.21 of the Revised Code;
(4) Rules adopted under section 3701.34 of the Revised Code pertaining to home sewage, rabies control, or swimming pools.
"Practice of environmental health" does not include sampling, testing, controlling of vectors, reporting of observations, or other duties that do not require application of specialized knowledge and skills in environmental health science performed under the supervision of a registered sanitarian.
The state board of sanitarian registration may further define environmental health science in relation to specific functions in the practice of environmental health through rules adopted by the board under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.
Sec. 5321.01.  As used in this chapter:
(A) "Tenant" means a person entitled under a rental agreement to the use and occupancy of residential premises to the exclusion of others.
(B) "Landlord" means the owner, lessor, or sublessor of residential premises, the agent of the owner, lessor, or sublessor, or any person authorized by the owner, lessor, or sublessor to manage the premises or to receive rent from a tenant under a rental agreement.
(C) "Residential premises" means a dwelling unit for residential use and occupancy and the structure of which it is a part, the facilities and appurtenances in it, and the grounds, areas, and facilities for the use of tenants generally or the use of which is promised the tenant. "Residential premises" includes a dwelling unit that is owned or operated by a college or university. "Residential premises" does not include any of the following:
(1) Prisons, jails, workhouses, and other places of incarceration or correction, including, but not limited to, halfway houses or residential arrangements that are used or occupied as a requirement of a community control sanction, a post-release control sanction, or parole;
(2) Hospitals and similar institutions with the primary purpose of providing medical services, and homes licensed pursuant to Chapter 3721. of the Revised Code;
(3) Tourist homes, hotels, motels, recreational vehicle parks, recreation camps, combined park-camps, temporary park-camps, and other similar facilities where circumstances indicate a transient occupancy;
(4) Elementary and secondary boarding schools, where the cost of room and board is included as part of the cost of tuition;
(5) Orphanages and similar institutions;
(6) Farm residences furnished in connection with the rental of land of a minimum of two acres for production of agricultural products by one or more of the occupants;
(7) Dwelling units subject to sections 3733.41 to 3733.49 of the Revised Code;
(8) Occupancy by an owner of a condominium unit;
(9) Occupancy in a facility licensed as an SRO facility pursuant to Chapter 3731. of the Revised Code, if the facility is owned or operated by an organization that is exempt from taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C.A. 501, as amended, or by an entity or group of entities in which such an organization has a controlling interest, and if either of the following applies:
(a) The occupancy is for a period of less than sixty days;.
(b) The occupancy is for participation in a program operated by the facility, or by a public entity or private charitable organization pursuant to a contract with the facility, to provide either of the following:
(i) Services licensed, certified, registered, or approved by a governmental agency or private accrediting organization for the rehabilitation of mentally ill persons, developmentally disabled persons, adults or juveniles convicted of criminal offenses, or persons suffering from substance abuse;
(ii) Shelter for juvenile runaways, victims of domestic violence, or homeless persons.
(10) Emergency shelters operated by organizations exempt from federal income taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C.A. 501, as amended, for persons whose circumstances indicate a transient occupancy, including homeless people, victims of domestic violence, and juvenile runaways.
(D) "Rental agreement" means any agreement or lease, written or oral, which establishes or modifies the terms, conditions, rules, or any other provisions concerning the use and occupancy of residential premises by one of the parties.
(E) "Security deposit" means any deposit of money or property to secure performance by the tenant under a rental agreement.
(F) "Dwelling unit" means a structure or the part of a structure that is used as a home, residence, or sleeping place by one person who maintains a household or by two or more persons who maintain a common household.
(G) "Controlled substance" has the same meaning as in section 3719.01 of the Revised Code.
(H) "Student tenant" means a person who occupies a dwelling unit owned or operated by the college or university at which the person is a student, and who has a rental agreement that is contingent upon the person's status as a student.
(I) "Recreational vehicle park," "recreation camp," "combined park-camp," and "temporary park-camp" have the same meanings as in section 3733.01 3729.01 of the Revised Code.
(J) "Community control sanction" has the same meaning as in section 2929.01 of the Revised Code.
(K) "Post-release control sanction" has the same meaning as in section 2967.01 of the Revised Code.
(L) "School premises" has the same meaning as in section 2925.01 of the Revised Code.
(M) "Sexually oriented offense" and "child-victim oriented offense" have the same meanings as in section 2950.01 of the Revised Code.
Sec. 6111.46.  (A) The environmental protection agency shall exercise general supervision of the treatment and disposal of sewage and industrial wastes and the operation and maintenance of works or means installed for the collection, treatment, and disposal of sewage and industrial wastes. Such general supervision shall apply to all features of construction, operation, and maintenance of the works or means that do or may affect the proper treatment and disposal of sewage and industrial wastes. The
(B)(1) The agency shall investigate the works or means employed in the collection, treatment, and disposal of sewage and industrial wastes whenever considered necessary or whenever requested to do so by local health officials, and may adopt issue and enforce orders and shall adopt rules governing the operation and maintenance of the works or means of treatment and disposal of such sewage and industrial wastes, and. In adopting rules under this section, the agency shall establish standards governing the construction, operation, and maintenance of the works or means of collection, treatment, and disposal of sewage that is generated at recreational vehicle parks, recreation camps, combined park-camps, and temporary park-camps that are separate from such standards relative to manufactured home parks.
(2) As used in division (B)(1) of this section:
(a) "Manufactured home parks" has the same meaning as in section 3733.01 of the Revised Code.
(b) "Recreational vehicle parks," "recreation camps," "combined park-camps," and "temporary park-camps" have the same meanings as in section 3729.01 of the Revised Code.
(C) The agency may require the submission of records and data of construction, operation, and maintenance, including plans and descriptions of existing works or means of treatment and disposal of such sewage and industrial wastes. When the agency requires the submission of such records or information, the public officials or person, firm, or corporation having the works in charge shall comply promptly with that order.
Section 2. That existing sections 1901.184, 1907.032, 1923.01, 3701.83, 3709.085, 3709.09, 3733.01, 3733.02, 3733.021, 3733.023, 3733.03, 3733.031, 3733.04, 3733.05, 3733.06, 3733.07, 3733.081, 3733.082, 4503.06, 4736.01, 5321.01, and 6111.46 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed.
Section 3. Licenses that were issued for recreational vehicle parks, recreation camps, combined park-camps, and temporary park-camps under Chapter 3733. of the Revised Code, as it existed prior to its amendment by this act, remain in effect until their expiration, at which time they shall be renewed in accordance with Chapter 3729. of the Revised Code, as enacted by this act.
Section 4.  Section 3709.085 of the Revised Code is presented in this act as a composite of the section as amended by Am. Sub. H.B. 197 and S.B. 198, both of the 123rd General Assembly. The General Assembly, applying the principle stated in division (B) of section 1.52 of the Revised Code that amendments are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of simultaneous operation, finds that the composite is the resulting version of the section in effect prior to the effective date of the section as presented in this act.
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