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...(A) Site safety considerations. (1) Distances. Fire separation distances shall be in accordance with the requirements of chapter six of NFPA 501A, 2003 edition, or the ordinances of the authority having jurisdiction, whichever is most stringent. In manufactured home parks, the division separation standards as set forth in rules 4781-12-08 and 4781-12-08.1 of the Administrative Code shall gove...

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...(A) Features added during installation. Optional equipment or features shall not take the home out of conformance with the requirements of the MHCSS and these standards. (B) Expanding rooms. The support and anchoring systems for expanding rooms shall be installed in accordance with designs provided by the home manufacturer or prepared by a registered professional engineer or registered architect in accordance with...

...(A) Field assembly. Home manufacturers shall provide specific installation instructions for the proper field assembly of manufacturer-supplied and shipped loose ducts, plumbing, and fuel supply system parts that are necessary to join all sections of the home and shall be designed to be located underneath the home. The installation instructions shall be designed in accordance with applicable requirements of the MHCSS...

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...(A) Stable foundations for used manufactured homes - general. (1) Division -approved designs and details shall be acceptable alternatives for installations of used manufactured homes only for licensed manufactured housing parks or as otherwise specified in Chapter 4781-6 of the Administrative Code. Where an item is not mentioned specifically in one of these alternative designs, that installation ...

...(A) Inspection requirements. (1) Three inspections, known as a "footing inspection," an "electrical inspection," and a "final inspection" shall be performed on every manufactured home installed in the state of Ohio where new footings are being constructed in ground. Where existing footings comply with Chapter 4781. of the Revised Code and the rules promulgated thereunder, only the electrical ...

...Except as provided in rule 4781-8-05.1 of the Administrative Code, no person shall install a manufactured home or perform foundation and base support system construction in Ohio unless licensed by the division or under the supervision of a licensed installer. A licensed manufactured home installer will be responsible for any installation tasks, including foundation and base support system construction work,...

...(A) General education requirements for installer's license applications. (1) An applicant shall successfully complete twelve hours of initial licensing education as set forth in paragraph (A)(2) of this rule. The required education shall be completed within one year of the date of application. Credit shall only be given for courses that have been approved by the division. (2) The curriculum of a...

...(A) An applicant to become a licensed manufactured home installer or certified manufactured home inspector shall contact and arrange with an approved state licensing examination provider for taking the examination. The applicant shall receive a passing score on the state exam within one year of the date of the application. (B) The state licensing or certification examination shall include, but no...

...(A) The division may contract with recognized national testing service providers to administer the examinations for the Ohio manufactured homes installer license and the Ohio manufactured homes inspector certification. The examinations shall demonstrate that the applicant has knowledge of Chapter 4781. of the Revised Code and the rules promulgated thereunder. The division may, at any time, review ...

...(A) Generally. (1) Continuing education courses for manufactured homes installers and certified inspectors shall ensure that licensees possess the knowledge, skills, and competence necessary to function as manufactured homes installers or certified inspectors in a manner that protects and serves the public interest. The knowledge or skills taught in any continuing education course shall enable th...

...(A) Definitions. For purposes of this rule: (1) "Defect" means any problem in the performance, construction, components, or material of the home that renders the home or any part of it not fit for the ordinary use for which it was intended including but not limited to a defect in the construction, safety, or installation of the home, or which does not meet standards set forth in the Manufactu...

...(A) The commission shall govern the issuance, revocation, and suspension of licenses to manufactured housing dealers, manufactured housing brokers, and salespersons. (B) For purposes of division 4781:11 of the Administrative Code, the following definitions shall apply: (1) "Manufactured home" has the same meaning as in division (C)(4) of section 3781.06 of the Revised Code. (2) "Manufactured housing" means manufac...

...(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 manufactured housing dealer or manufactured housing broker. (B) If the salesperson's license was suspended due to pro...

...(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 office shall have, at minimum, a landline telephone number (not a cellular phone) in service at all times, that is listed in the local telephone...

...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 drilling operations, or storage of equipment or materials, and the construction, expansion, or substantial alteration of a ...

...(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, soil conditions, previous uses, and available utilities; (2) Obtain flood level information for the proposed loca...

...(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 is elevated to a level that equals the sum of the following: (1) The one-hundred-year flood elevation; (2) Up to a ...

...(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 or section thereof, constructed after December 31, 1960, but prior to July 1, 1971, shall have a land area of not less...

...(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 accordance with appendix A to this rule. (B) Each manufactured home placed in a manufactured home park on or after Septemb...