Ohio Code 4781.39 – Obligations of resident
(A) A resident who is a party to a rental agreement shall:
Terms Used In Ohio Code 4781.39
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- 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
- Person: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. See Ohio Code 1.59
- 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. See Ohio Code 4781.01
- Resident: includes both tenants and owners. See Ohio Code 4781.01
- 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. See Ohio Code 4781.01
- state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
(1) Keep that part of the premises that the resident occupies and uses safe and sanitary;
(2) Dispose of all rubbish, garbage, and other waste in a clean, safe, and sanitary manner;
(3) Comply with the requirements imposed on residents by all applicable state and local housing, health, and safety codes, rules of the division of industrial compliance, and rules of the manufactured home park;
(4) Personally refrain, and forbid any other person who is on the premises with the resident’s permission, from intentionally or negligently destroying, defacing, damaging, or removing any fixture, appliance, or other part of the residential premises;
(5) Conduct self and require other persons on the premises with the resident’s consent to conduct themselves in a manner that will not disturb the resident’s neighbors’ peaceful enjoyment of the manufactured home park.
(B) The resident shall not unreasonably withhold consent for the park operator to enter the home to inspect utility connections, or enter onto the premises in order to inspect the premises, make ordinary, necessary, or agreed repairs, decorations, alterations, or improvements, deliver parcels which are too large for the resident’s mail facilities, or supply necessary or agreed services.
(C) If the resident violates any provision of this section, the park operator may recover any actual damages which result from the violation and reasonable attorneys’ fees. This remedy is in addition to any right of the park operator to terminate the rental agreement, to maintain an action for the possession of the premises, or injunctive relief to compel access under division (B) of this section.