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...Upon a license being issued under sections 3729.05 to 3729.08 of the Revised Code, any operator has the right to rent or use each lot or camping space for the parking or placement of a recreational vehicle or portable camping facility to be used for human habitation without interruption for any period coextensive with any license or consecutive licenses issued under sections 3729.05 to 3729.08 of the Revised Code.

...Fees authorized or charged under sections 3729.03 and 3729.07 of the Revised Code are in lieu of all license and inspection fees on or with respect to the operation or ownership of recreational vehicle parks, combined park-camps, recreation camps, or temporary park-camps within this state, except that the licensor may charge additional reasonable fees for the collection and bacteriological examination of any necessar...

...(A) No person shall violate this chapter or rules adopted under it. (B) The prosecuting attorney of a county, a city director of law, or the attorney general, upon complaint of the licensor or the director of health, shall prosecute to termination or bring an action for injunction against any person violating this chapter or rules adopted under it.

...Every campsite use agreement entered into between a camp operator and a campsite user shall be in writing, shall contain the name, address, and phone number of the campsite user, and shall designate the campsite that is the subject of the agreement. The campsite use agreement also shall contain a description of the procedure for removing property from the campsite if the campsite user fails to remove all property fro...

...(A) A campsite user 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, at the expiration of the campsite use period under the agreement, shall remove from the campsite all of the campsite user's property and all property any other person placed on the campsite with the permission of the ca...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Chronic nuisance property" means a property on which three or more nuisance activities have occurred during any consecutive six-month period. (2) "Deadly weapon" and "firearm" have the same meanings as in section 2923.11 of the Revised Code. (3) "Nuisance activity" includes all of the following: (a) A felony drug abuse offense as defined in section 2925.01 of the Revised Code; (...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Camp operator" means a public or private operator of a recreational vehicle park, recreation camp, combined park-camp, or temporary park-camp. (2) "Harm" means injury, death, or loss to person or property. (3)(a) "Risk inherent to camping" means a danger or condition that is an integral part of camping, including a danger posed by any of the following: (i) Features of the nat...

...Whoever violates division (A) of section 3729.11 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Assistant fire marshal" means any person who is employed by the fire marshal and who carries out specific duties assigned by the fire marshal, including, but not limited to, enforcement of Chapters 3731., 3737., and 3743. of the Revised Code, fire inspection, fire code enforcement, fire investigation, fire prevention, or the regulation of underground storage tank systems as defined ...

...(A) The fire marshal may collect fees to cover the costs of performing inspections and other duties that the fire marshal is authorized or required by law to perform. Except as provided in division (B) of this section, all fees collected by the fire marshal shall be deposited to the credit of the fire marshal's fund. (B)(1) All of the following shall be credited to the underground storage tank administration fund,...

...The state fire council may do all of the following: (A) Conduct research, make and publish reports on fire safety, and recommend to the governor, the general assembly, the board of building standards, and other state agencies, any needed changes in the laws, rules, or administrative policies relating to fire safety; (B) Recommend revisions in the rules included in the state fire code adopted by the fire mars...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Authority having jurisdiction" means an organization, office, agency, or individual responsible for enforcing the requirements under this section. (2) "NFPA 101" means the standards for life safety code published by the national fire protection association, which includes the NFPA 80 standards for fire doors and other opening protectives. (3) "Protective door assembly" or "prot...

...(A) The fire marshal, any assistant fire marshal, the chief of the fire department of each municipal corporation where a fire department is established, the chief of the fire department in each township where a fire department is established, and such members of any such departments as may be designated by such chief, the fire prevention officer of a municipal corporation where no fire department exists, or the fire ...

...(A) The fire marshal, any assistant fire marshal, the chief of the fire and explosion investigation bureau established pursuant to section 3737.22 of the Revised Code, the chief of a fire department of any municipal corporation or township where a fire department is established, the fire prevention officer of any municipal corporation or township where no fire department exists, any federal, state, or local law enf...

...(A) As used in this section, a "qualifying small government" means any of the following: (1) A township that has a population of not more than five thousand or, regardless of its population, is located in a county that has a population of less than one hundred thousand; (2) A municipal corporation that has a population of not more than seven thousand five hundred; (3) A fire district, joint fire district, or fi...

...(A) The director of the department of commerce shall appoint, from names submitted to the director by the state fire council, a state fire marshal, who shall serve at the pleasure of the director and shall possess the following qualifications: (1) A degree from an accredited college or university with specialized study in either the field of fire protection or fire protection engineering, or the equivalent qualifica...

...al shall cooperate with the director of children and youth when the director adopts rules under section 5104.052 of the Revised Code regarding fire prevention and fire safety in licensed type B family child care homes, as defined in section 5104.01 of the Revised Code, recommend procedures for inspecting type B homes to determine whether they are in compliance with those rules, and provide training and technical assi...

...(A) As used in this section, "motor vehicle" has the same meaning as in section 4511.01 of the Revised Code. (B) The office of the fire marshal is liable for injury, death, or loss to person or property caused by the negligent operation of any motor vehicle by its employees upon the public roads, highways, or streets in the state when the employees are engaged within the scope of their employment and authority, with...

...The fire marshal shall keep in his office a record of all fires occurring in the state, the origin of such fires, and all facts, statistics, and circumstances relating thereto which have been determined by investigations. Except for the testimony given upon an investigation, such record shall be a public record and such portions thereof, as the superintendent of insurance considers necessary, shall be transcribed and...

...The fire marshal and the chief of the fire department of each municipal corporation in which a fire department is established, the chief of the fire department in each township in which a fire department is established, the chief of the fire department of a joint fire district, or the fire prevention officer in each township or village where no fire department is established, shall investigate the cause, origin, and ...

...If in the opinion of the fire marshal further investigation is necessary, he, or an assistant fire marshal, shall take or cause to be taken the testimony on oath of all persons supposed to be cognizant of any facts, or to have means of knowledge in relation to the matter concerning which an examination is required to be made, and cause such testimony to be reduced to writing.

...If the fire marshal or an assistant fire marshal determines that there is evidence sufficient to charge a person with arson or a similar crime, or with a violation of section 3737.62 of the Revised Code, the marshal or assistant marshal may arrest the person or cause the person to be arrested and charged with the offense. The fire marshal or assistant fire marshal shall provide the prosecuting attorney the ev...

...The fire marshal or an assistant fire marshal may summon and compel the attendance of witnesses to testify in relation to any matter that is a proper subject of inquiry or investigation, and may require the production of any book, paper, document, or record, regardless of physical form or characteristic.

...The fire marshal or an assistant fire marshal may administer an oath to any person appearing as a witness before the fire marshal or assistant fire marshal. No witness shall refuse to be sworn, refuse to testify, disobey an order of the fire marshal or an assistant fire marshal, or fail or refuse to produce a book, paper, document, or record, regardless of physical form or characteristic, concerning a matter unde...

...Investigation by or under the direction of the fire marshal may be private. The marshal may exclude from the place where such investigation is held all persons other than those required to be present, and witnesses may be kept separate from each other and not allowed to communicate with each other until they have been examined.