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...HTS AS A RESIDENT AND YOUR MANUFACTURED HOME PARK OPERATOR'S RIGHTS ARE PROTECTED BY SECTIONS 4781.36 TO 4781.52 OF THE REVISED CODE, WHICH REGULATE RENTAL AGREEMENTS IN MANUFACTURED HOME PARKS." If the rental agreement is oral, the park operator, at the commencement of the term of occupancy, shall deliver the notice to the resident in writing.

...No municipal corporation may adopt or continue in existence any ordinance and no township may adopt or continue in existence any resolution that is in conflict with sections 4781.36 to 4781.52 of the Revised Code, or that regulates those rights and obligations of parties to a rental agreement that are regulated by sections 4781.36 to 4781.52 of the Revised Code. Sections 4781.36 to 4781.52 of the Revised Code d...

...(A) The division of real estate and professional licensing shall deposit all the fees collected in the administration and enforcement sections 4781.16 to 4781.25 of the Revised Code into the real estate operating fund created under section 4735.211 of the Revised Code. In addition to the purposes described in section 4735.211 of the Revised Code, money deposited into the fund shall be used as described in sections 47...

...ny abandoned or unoccupied manufactured home, mobile home, or recreational vehicle that constitutes a nuisance and that is located in a manufactured home park within the board of health's jurisdiction. Under the contract, the division may receive complaints of abandoned or unoccupied manufactured homes, mobile homes, or recreational vehicles that constitute a nuisance and may, by order, compel the park operator to ab...

...The park operator of a manufactured home park shall ensure that all manufactured home park buildings, lots, streets, walkways, manufactured homes, mobile homes, and other facilities located in the manufactured home park shall be maintained in a condition satisfactory to the division at all times.

...(A) Whoever violates division (A) of section 4781.16 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense and shall be subject to a mandatory fine of one hundred dollars. On a second offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree and shall be subject to a mandatory fine of one thousand dollars. (B) Whoever violates section 4781.20 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor...

...ons of this section may adopt a limited home rule government in the manner provided in this section. (A)(1) If a township has a population of at least two thousand five hundred but less than five thousand in the unincorporated territory of the township, a limited home rule government under which the township exercises limited powers of local self-government and limited police powers may be adopted if all the followi...

... question of whether to adopt a limited home rule government to the electors of the unincorporated area of the township, and the ballot language shall be substantially as follows: "Shall the township of ___________ (name) adopt a limited home rule government, under which government the board of township trustees, by resolution, may exercise limited powers of local self-government and limited police powers? ______...

...ees of a township that adopts a limited home rule government under this chapter.

...(A)(1) If a limited home rule government is adopted pursuant to section 504.02 of the Revised Code, it shall remain in effect for at least three years except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section. At the end of that period, if the board of township trustees determines that that government is not in the best interests of the township, it may adopt a resolution causing the board of elections to submit t...

...(A) A township that adopts a limited home rule government may do all of the following by resolution, provided that any of these resolutions, other than a resolution to supply water or sewer services in accordance with sections 504.18 to 504.20 of the Revised Code, may be enforced only by the imposition of civil fines as authorized in this chapter: (1) Exercise all powers of local self-government within the unincorp...

...The board of township trustees may impose a civil fine for a violation of a resolution adopted pursuant to this chapter, and may graduate the amount of the fine based on the number of previous violations of the resolution. No fine shall exceed one thousand dollars. Any resolution that imposes a fine shall clearly state the amount of the fine for the first and for subsequent violations.

...(A) Peace officers serving the township pursuant to section 504.16 of the Revised Code may issue citations to persons who violate township resolutions adopted pursuant to this chapter. Each citation shall contain provisions that: (1) Advise the person upon whom it is served that the person must answer in relation to the violation charged in the citation within fourteen days after the citation is served upon the pe...

...(A)(1) A person who is served with a citation pursuant to division (B) of section 504.06 of the Revised Code shall answer the charge by personal appearance before, or by mail addressed to, the township fiscal officer, who shall immediately notify the township law director. An answer shall be made within fourteen days after the citation is served upon the person and shall be in one of the following forms: (a) An adm...

...To enforce a township resolution adopted under this chapter, a board of township trustees may authorize the township law director to do any of the following: (A) File for injunctive relief if the violation of the resolution is a matter of health or safety; (B) File for a lien upon the property of a violator if the violation relates to the use of the property and if the violator has failed to pay a fine imposed purs...

...A board of township trustees shall determine its own rules and order of business and keep a journal of its proceedings. Notwithstanding section 507.04 of the Revised Code and anything to the contrary in section 504.04 of the Revised Code, the board may designate, by majority vote, any person to keep its journal and take the minutes of board meetings. A majority of the members of the board constitutes a quorum.

...Each resolution of a board of township trustees adopted pursuant to this chapter shall be introduced in written form by a member of the board. The form and style of resolutions shall be determined by the board. Each resolution shall contain only one subject, which shall be expressed in its title, except that appropriation measures may contain the various subjects, accounts, and amounts for which moneys are appropriat...

...dopted pursuant to a township's limited home rule powers as authorized by this chapter.

...board of township trustees of a limited home rule township may revise, codify, and publish in book form the resolutions of the township in the manner provided in section 504.123 of the Revised Code. Resolutions adopted by the board shall be published in the manner provided by sections 504.121, 504.122, 504.124, and 504.125 of the Revised Code. The procedures provided in this section and sections 504.121 to 504.125...

...(A) A succinct summary of each resolution, of all notices to bidders for the construction of public improvements and notices of the sale of bonds, and of all statements, orders, proclamations, notices, and reports required by law or resolution to be published, shall be published using at least one of the following methods: (1) In the print or digital edition of a newspaper of general circulation in the township; ...

...The publication required in section 504.121 of the Revised Code shall be for the following times: (A) Summaries of resolutions, and proclamations of elections, once a week for two consecutive weeks; (B) Notices, not less than two nor more than four consecutive weeks; (C) All other matters shall be published once.

...When resolutions are revised, codified, rearranged, published in book form, and certified as correct by the fiscal officer of the township and the township administrator, such publication shall be a sufficient publication, and the resolutions so published, under appropriate titles, chapters, and sections, shall be held the same in law as though they had been published in accordance with section 731.21 of the Revised ...

...Immediately after the expiration of the period of publication of summaries of resolutions required by section 504.122 of the Revised Code, the fiscal officer of the township shall enter on the record of resolutions, in a blank to be left for such purpose under the recorded resolution, a certificate stating in which manner and on what dates such publication was made, and shall sign the fiscal officer's name thereto of...

...It is a sufficient defense to any suit or prosecution under a resolution, to show that no publication or posting was made as required by sections 504.121 to 504.124 of the Revised Code.

...ees of a township that adopts a limited home rule government may adopt, by resolution, building codes and other standard codes promulgated by the state, or any department, board, or other agency of the state, or any code prepared and promulgated by a public or private organization that publishes a model or standard code, including, but not limited to, a plumbing code, electrical code, refrigeration machinery code, pi...