Ohio Administrative Code

(A) General(1) To safeguard the health and safety of the public and the state of Ohio, to maintain integrity and high standards of skills and practice in the sale of manufactured homes, the following rules of professional conduct, promulgated in accordance with Chapter 4781. of t…

(A) The executive director of the commission or the commission shall deny the application of any person for a license as a manufactured housing dealer or manufactured housing broker and refuse to issue the license if the executive director of the commission or the commission find…

At the time the commission or the executive director of the commission grants the application of any person for a license as a manufactured housing dealer, manufactured housing broker, or manufactured housing salesperson, the commission shall issue to the person a license that in…

In the event of the loss, mutilation, or destruction of a manufactured housing dealer's license, manufactured housing broker's license, or manufactured housing salesperson's license, any licensee may make application to the commission, in the form prescribed by the commission, fo…

(A) All manufactured housing dealers' licenses and all manufactured housing brokers' licenses, issued or renewed shall expire biennially on the thirty-first day of March, unless previously suspended or revoked. Before the first day of April in the year that the license expires, e…

Each manufactured housing dealer and manufactured housing broker shall keep the license or a certified copy thereof and a current list of the dealer's or the broker's licensed salespersons, showing the names, addresses, and serial numbers of their licenses, posted in a conspicuou…

(A) Each licensed manufactured housing dealer and manufactured housing broker shall notify the manufactured homes commission of any change in status as a manufactured housing dealer or manufactured housing broker during the period for which the dealer or broker is licensed, if th…

(A) Every retail sale of a manufactured home or mobile home shall be preceded by a written contract that shall contain all of the agreements of the parties and shall be signed by the buyer and the seller. The seller, upon execution of the contract and before the delivery of the m…

No manufactured housing dealer shall be issued a manufactured housing dealer's license or permitted to operate under such a license unless the manufactured housing dealer has a net worth, verifiable upon request by the commission, in the sum of at least seventy-five thousand doll…

Every applicant for a manufactured housing broker license and every licensed manufactured housing broker shall purchase and maintain a bond in the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars of a surety company authorized to transact business in this state, to which claims may be made…

(A) Each person licensed as a manufactured housing broker shall maintain a special or trust bank account that shall be designated by the depository in which the account is located, and all deposit tickets and checks drawn on said account shall bear the words "escrow," "special," …

(A) Any salesperson's license shall be suspended upon:(1) The termination, suspension, or revocation of the license of the manufactured housing dealer or manufactured housing broker for whom the salesperson is acting; or(2) The salesperson leaving the service of a licensed manufa…

(A) The commission may, upon its own motion, investigate any license holder for alleged violations of law or of the rules of this commission. If such investigation discloses any such violations, such license holder shall be informed that reasonable grounds for suspension or revoc…

(A) Any person who believes that a manufactured housing dealer or a manufactured housing broker or a manufactured housing salesperson has violated any provision of Chapter 4781. of the Revised Code or the commission rules, may file a verified or unverified written complaint with …

(A) The division of real estate and professional licensing shall determine the need for adjudication hearings in accordance with sections 119.06 to 119.13 of the Revised Code. Pursuant to section 4781.21 of the Revised Code, the division investigates the conduct of any licensee a…

A manufactured housing broker shall have an easily recognizable established place of business and meet all of the following requirements:(A) An established place of business that shall include an office that is permanent in nature, with office equipment and supplies that are suff…

(A) A manufactured housing dealer shall have an established place of business that shall include an office that is permanent in nature, with office equipment and supplies that are sufficient to assist in conducting the business of selling manufactured housing year round. The offi…

(A) A manufactured housing dealer and a manufactured housing broker shall maintain the following records of all manufactured housing purchased, leased and sold:(1) Name and address of the previous owner;(2) Serial number where applicable (vehicle identification number);(3) Title …

Any person whose principal place of business is located outside of Ohio, and who is not otherwise required to be licensed pursuant to Chapter 4781. of the Revised Code, shall not sell at retail, display, offer for sale, or deal in manufactured housing that is to be delivered into…

As used in rules 4781-12-01 to 4781-12-32 of the Administrative Code:(A) "Develop" or "development" means any artificial change to improved or unimproved real estate, including, without limitation, buildings or structures, dredging, filling, grading, paving, excavation or drillin…

(A) All manufactured home parks shall comply with the provisions of Chapter 4781-12 of the Administrative Code.(B) Except as provided in division (B) of rule 4781-12-4 of the Administrative Code, no person shall maintain or operate a manufactured home park in this state without a…

The license shall state the name and address of the person responsible for the maintenance and operation of the manufactured home park, the name and location of the manufactured home park, the maximum number of manufactured homes for which the manufactured home park is licensed o…

(A) 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 division. A person shall obtain a separate license t…

(A) The division or its contractually designated representative shall inspect manufactured home parks and require compliance with sections 4781.26 to 4781.35 of the Revised Code and rules adopted thereunder.(B) The division or its contractually designated representative shall hav…

The license fees established by the division for manufactured home parks shall be based on a base fee and the number of lots in the park, and charged in accordance with the following categories:(A) A base fee of one hundred fifty dollars annually per park; and(B) A fee of four do…

(A) No person shall develop a manufactured home park, cause development to occur within any portion of a manufactured home park, or reopen a manufactured home park on the site of a former manufactured home park until the plans therefore have been submitted to and reviewed and app…

(A) Any person who proposes to develop a manufactured home park shall do the following prior to submitting plans to the division for approval:(1) Request that the division conduct an evaluation of the proposed location, which shall include, but not be limited to, its topography, …

(A) The owner or operator of a proposed manufactured home park for which plans have been approved in accordance with rule 4781-12-05 of the Administrative Code shall notify the division in writing when development of the manufactured home park has been completed but before the de…

(A) The operator shall ensure that the manufactured home park site is remote from public health hazards, is well drained, and is not subject to recurring flooding. Each manufactured home park lot shall be properly graded to prevent the accumulation of storm or other waters.(B) If…

When a flood event affects a manufactured home park, the following shall occur:(A) The operator shall notify the division and the board of health having jurisdiction where the flood event occurred by email, telephone, or in person of the occurrence of the flood event within forty…

(A) No person shall cause development to occur or cause the replacement of a manufactured home that is located within any portion of a manufactured home park that is located within a one-hundred-year flood plain unless the person first obtains a permit from the division. If the d…

(A) By the close of the business day following the completion of development, replacement, alteration, repair, or change for which a permit is required by paragraph (A) or (B) of rule 4781-12-07.1 of the Administrative Code, the person to whom the permit was issued shall notify t…

(A) In addition to meeting the other requirements of this chapter, new development of a manufactured home park and development of a new lot in an existing manufactured home park located in a one-hundred-year flood plain shall be filled and graded so that the base support system i…

(A) Each manufactured home lot in a manufactured home park constructed, changed, or added to after December 16, 1951, but prior to January 1, 1961, shall have a land area of not less than twelve hundred fifty square feet.(B) Each manufactured home lot in a manufactured home park …

(A) No freestanding auxiliary building shall be placed within five feet of any occupied manufactured home or portion thereof other than the manufactured home occupied by the owner of the freestanding auxiliary building. However, if the manufactured home park was established prior…

(A) Every manufactured home placed in a manufactured home park on or after June 1, 1979, shall be secured with tiedowns at the time of placement of the manufactured home upon the lot in accordance with the recommendations of the individual manufactured home manufacturer or in acc…

(A) The operator of a manufactured home park licensed under rule 4781-12-04 of the Administrative Code shall submit to the division a list identifying each lot within the manufactured home park, the make and model of the manufactured home placed on the lot, the freestanding auxil…

(A) Each manufactured home lot in each manufactured home park constructed on or after December 16, 1951, but prior to January 1, 1961, shall abut on a street that has a clear unobstructed width of not less than twenty feet.(B) Each manufactured home lot in each manufactured home …

All manufactured home park streets shall be lighted at night by not less than three-tenths foot candle of artificial light. Authorized By: 4781.26 Amplifies: 4781.26 Five Year Review Date: 1/20/2025 Prior Effective Dates: 7/1/1971, 6/1/1979, 12/1/2012

(A) The operator of a manufactured home park shall ensure that the water system, including any existing fire hydrants, is maintained in a safe and sanitary manner so as not to create a hazard to the health of the manufactured home park occupants.(B) The water supply for a manufac…

(A) Any person proposing development of a new manufactured home park or to any portion of an existing manufactured home park shall ensure that a storm water management system is provided to carry anticipated storm water discharges from the manufactured home park site. The storm w…

(A) Water supply lines or water service pipes shall not be laid in the same trench with a sanitary sewer line. Water and sewer lines shall have a minimum horizontal ten-foot separation. Where necessary to cross, the water supply line or water service pipe shall be laid not less t…

(A) Each manufactured home park that accommodates manufactured or mobile homes that are not provided with a toilet, lavatory, and bath plumbing fixtures shall provide a park service building or buildings for the exclusive use of the occupants and employees of the manufactured hom…

A park service building or buildings required by rule 4781-12-14 of the Administrative Code, shall have one toilet, one lavatory, and one bath fixture for each sex for each fifteen manufactured or mobile homes or fraction thereof not provided with complete plumbing fixtures. Wate…

(A) All sewage and waste water from toilets, showers, bathtubs, slop sinks, lavatories, kitchen sinks, laundries, floor drains, and similar plumbing fixtures from manufactured homes and manufactured home parks shall be discharged into a sanitary sewerage system. There shall be no…

Each outlet from a manufactured home sanitary sewer drainage system shall be directly connected to the lateral sanitary sewer with a sewer connector or other approved device. It shall be the responsibility of the operator to ensure that the installation of the sewer connection is…

(A) No solid wastes shall be permitted to accumulate in manufactured home parks except in containers as hereinafter described.(B) Rust-resistant, watertight, non-absorbent, and easily washable containers covered with close-fitting lids shall be provided in convenient locations at…