Ohio Code 4781.26 – Rules of uniform application for manufactured home parks; contracts for inspections
(A) The division of industrial compliance, 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; 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.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 4781.26
- Another: when used to designate the owner of property which is the subject of an offense, includes not only natural persons but also every other owner of property. See Ohio Code 1.02
- Flood plain: means the area adjoining any river, stream, watercourse, or lake that has been or may be covered by flood water. See Ohio Code 4781.01
- Installation: means any of the following:
(1) The temporary or permanent construction of stabilization, support, and anchoring systems for manufactured housing;
(2) The placement and erection of a manufactured housing unit or components of a unit on a structural support system;
(3) The supporting, blocking, leveling, securing, anchoring, underpinning, or adjusting of any section or component of a manufactured housing unit;
(4) The joining or connecting of all sections or components of a manufactured housing unit. See Ohio Code 4781.01
- 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. See Ohio Code 4781.01
- Manufactured housing: means manufactured homes and mobile homes. See Ohio Code 4781.01
- Person: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. See Ohio Code 1.59
- state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
(B) 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.
(C) The division of industrial compliance shall determine compliance with the installation, blocking, tiedown, foundation, and base support system standards for manufactured housing located in manufactured home parks adopted by the division pursuant to section 4781.04 of the Revised Code. All inspections of the installation, blocking, tiedown, foundation, and base support systems of manufactured housing in a manufactured home park that the division of industrial compliance conducts shall be conducted by a person the division of industrial compliance certifies pursuant to section 4781.07 of the Revised Code.
(D) The division of industrial compliance may enter into contracts for the purpose of fulfilling the division of industrial compliance’s annual inspection responsibilities for manufactured home parks under this chapter. Boards of health of city or general health districts shall have the right of first refusal for those contracts.