3701-27-12 Water systems.

(A) The operator of a manufactured home park shall ensure that the water system 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 manufactured home park shall be:

(1) For portions of the park developed after the effective date of this rule:

(a) From a public water supply if the manufactured home park has more than fifteen lots or the water supply serves more than twenty-five people. The water system shall be approved by the Ohio environmental protection agency; or

(b) From a private water system which meets the requirements of Chapter 3701-28 of the Administrative Code if the manufactured home park has fifteen or fewer lots and serves twenty-five or fewer people.

(2) For portions of a manufactured home park developed on or before the effective date of this rule:

(1) From a public water system approved by the Ohio environmental protection agency; or

(2) From a private water system which meets the requirements of Chapter 3701-28 of the Administrative Code.

(C) Water service pipes connected to a manufactured home shall be protected against freezing and shall meet one of the following requirements:

(1) Water service pipes located on a manufactured home park lot developed prior to June 1, 1979 shall be not less than one-half inch in diameter;

(2) Water service pipes located on a manufactured home park lot developed on or after June 1, 1979 shall be not less than three-quarters inch in diameter.

Any new or replacement water service pipes shall have a shut-off valve installed at or near the water main.

(D) Any new or replacement water system installed in a manufactured home park located in a one hundred year flood plain after the effective date of this rule shall be designed to minimize or eliminate infiltration of flood waters into the system.

R.C. 119.032 review dates: 01/30/2006 and 11/01/2010

Promulgated Under: 119.03

Statutory Authority: 3733.02

Rule Amplifies: 3733.02

Prior Effective Dates: 7/1/1971, 6/1/79, 11/13/92