§ 3729.01 Definitions
§ 3729.02 Director of health to adopt rules for plan review, license issuance, and regulation generally
§ 3729.03 Development plans to be approved by director of health – inspection – fees
§ 3729.04 Municipal or county permit for development
§ 3729.05 Annual license required – inspection – proof of fire safety and code compliance
§ 3729.06 Annual survey of health district for compliance
§ 3729.07 Licensor may charge annual fee
§ 3729.08 License may be refused, suspended, or revoked for noncompliance
§ 3729.09 Rights coextensive with term of license
§ 3729.10 Fees under chapter in lieu of other fees – exception
§ 3729.11 Enforcement of violations
§ 3729.12 Campsite use agreement
§ 3729.13 Expiration of campsite use agreement
§ 3729.14 Operation of recreational vehicle park or combined park-camp as chronic nuisance prohibited
§ 3729.15 Qualified immunity for camp operators
§ 3729.99 Penalty

Terms Used In Ohio Code > Chapter 3729 - Recreational Vehicle Parks, Recreation Camps, Combined and Temporary Park-Camps

  • 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
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • anything of value: includes :

    (A) Money, bank bills or notes, United States treasury notes, and other bills, bonds, or notes issued by lawful authority and intended to pass and circulate as money;

    (B) Goods and chattels;

    (C) Promissory notes, bills of exchange, orders, drafts, warrants, checks, or bonds given for the payment of money;

    (D) Receipts given for the payment of money or other property;

    (E) Rights in action;

    (F) Things which savor of the realty and are, at the time they are taken, a part of the freehold, whether they are of the substance or produce thereof or affixed thereto, although there may be no interval between the severing and taking away;

    (G) Any interest in realty, including fee simple and partial interests, present and future, contingent or vested interests, beneficial interests, leasehold interests, and any other interest in realty;

    (H) Any promise of future employment;

    (I) Every other thing of value. See Ohio Code 1.03

  • Bailiff: a court officer who enforces the rules of behavior in courtrooms.
  • Camp operator: means the operator of a recreational vehicle park, recreation camp, combined park-camp, or temporary park-camp. See Ohio Code 3729.01
  • 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. See Ohio Code 3729.01
  • 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
  • Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • 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
  • Director of health: means the director of health or the director's authorized representative. See Ohio Code 3729.01
  • 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 3729.01
  • 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. See Ohio Code 3729.01

  • in writing: includes any representation of words, letters, symbols, or figures; this provision does not affect any law relating to signatures. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • 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. See Ohio Code 3729.01
  • One-hundred-year flood: means a flood having a one per cent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year. See Ohio Code 3729.01
  • 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. See Ohio Code 3729.01
  • Park model: means a recreational vehicle that meets the American national standard institute standard A119. See Ohio Code 3729.01
  • Person: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • 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
  • Property: means real and personal property. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Recourse: An arrangement in which a bank retains, in form or in substance, any credit risk directly or indirectly associated with an asset it has sold (in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles) that exceeds a pro rata share of the bank's claim on the asset. If a bank has no claim on an asset it has sold, then the retention of any credit risk is recourse. Source: FDIC
  • 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
  • Rule: includes regulation. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • Self-contained recreational vehicle: includes a park model. See Ohio Code 3729.01
  • state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • 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. See Ohio Code 3729.01
  • 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. See Ohio Code 3729.01