Current through all regulations passed and filed through March 18, 2024
(A)
Forms. The
director shall approve forms to be used by the department and licensor for plan
approvals, construction verification inspections and compliance
inspections.
(B)
State program license fees. The director shall ensure
that a fee of one hundred ten dollars is collected for every annual license
issued. The fees shall be used for administration and enforcement of this
chapter.
(C)
Plan review. The director shall, within thirty days of
receiving a complete plan review package for review, either approve or
disapprove the plans or, in the case of incomplete plans, request additional
information. If the director requests additional information, the director
shall approve or disapprove the plans within thirty days after receiving the
additional requested information. If the director does not receive a response
to the request for additional information within forty-five days of the
request, the plan review package shall be disapproved.
(1)
Plan approval.
Except as otherwise provided in this rule, a plan approval issued by the
director for a campground under this rule shall be valid for two years after
the date on which the director issues the approval. The director may grant one
extension for a specified period of time if the director finds that the
applicant for plan review has made a good faith effort to complete the
construction, expansion or substantial alteration of the campground. A request
for an extension shall be filed with the director in writing before the
expiration of the two-year period.
(2)
Plan expiration.
If the construction, expansion or substantial alteration has not been completed
within the two-year period or within the limit of any extension granted under
paragraph (C)(1) of this rule, the plans shall be resubmitted in accordance
with paragraph (C) of this rule.
(3)
Retention period.
Approved plans, including applicable forms, documents and relevant
correspondence shall be kept by the reviewing agency for a minimum of two years
after the project is approved as complete.
(4)
Plan disapproval.
The director may disapprove plans if the applicant for plan approval fails to
comply with, or the proposed construction or substantial alteration would not
comply with, any requirement of sections
3729.01 to
3729.13 of the Revised Code or
this chapter.
(5)
Hearing request. Any person aggrieved by the director's
disapproval of plans under this rule may, within thirty days following receipt
of the director's notice of disapproval, request a hearing on the matter. The
hearing shall be held in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code and
may be appealed in the manner provided in that chapter.
(D)
Plan
verification construction inspections.
(1)
The owner or
operator of a proposed campground for which plans have been approved in
accordance with paragraph (C) of this rule shall notify the director when
construction or substantial alteration of the campground has been completed but
before the area has been placed into operation.
(2)
The director
shall conduct the inspection within five business days of the notification
required by paragraph (D)(1) of this rule. The director shall inspect new
construction or substantial alteration in a campground to ensure that it is
consistent with this chapter and the plans submitted and approved under this
chapter. A newly constructed campground shall be inspected prior to the
issuance of the initial license to operate. Construction or substantial
alteration in an existing and licensed campground shall be inspected before
these portions of the campground are placed into operation.
(3)
The director may
conduct inspections at any reasonable time and may conduct more than one
inspection at any stage during the construction or substantial alteration of a
campground to verify that it is consistent with the approved plans. The
director may require the owner or operator of a campground to provide written
assurance from an Ohio registered professional engineer that any of the
electrical, water supply, and sewerage systems were completed in accordance
with the approved plans.
(E)
Surveys of health
districts; list of approved districts. The director may survey each health
district that licenses campgrounds annually, or at least every three years, to
determine whether or not the health district is in substantial compliance with
this chapter and the rules adopted thereunder. If the director determines that
a health district is in substantial compliance, the health district shall be
placed on an approved health district licensing list. The director shall, as
determined necessary, conduct additional surveys of health districts and shall
remove from the approved health district licensing list any health district not
in substantial compliance with this chapter and the rules adopted
thereunder.
(1)
Noncompliance. If the director determines that a health
district is not eligible to be placed on the approved health district licensing
list, the director shall certify the same to the board of health of the health
district and shall perform the duties of the health district in that area until
the health district is eligible for placement on the approved list. All fees
payable to the health district during the time that the director performs the
duties of the health district and all other such fees that have not been
expended or otherwise encumbered shall be deposited by the director in the
state treasury to the credit of the general operations fund created by section
3701.83 of the Revised Code, to
be used by the director in his or her capacity as a licensor. The director
shall keep a record of the fees so deposited and, when the health district is
placed on the approved list, shall transfer any remaining balance of the fees
to the health district campground fund created under section
3729.07 of the Revised
Code.
(2)
Survey reports shall be sent to the board of health
within sixty days of the survey being completed.
Replaces: 3701-26-02, 3701-26-03