(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.

Terms Used In Ohio Code 3729.03

  • 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. See Ohio Code 3729.01
  • 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. See Ohio Code 3729.01
  • Person: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • Portable camping units: means dependent recreational vehicles, tents, portable sleeping equipment, and similar camping equipment used for travel, recreation, vacation, or business purposes. See Ohio Code 3729.01
  • 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. See Ohio Code 3729.01
  • 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. See Ohio Code 3729.01
  • state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59

(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 director 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.

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