64E-15.010. Permits and Fees

(1) Permit Required.

(a) A mobile home park or lodging park which also has 5 or more sites set aside for recreational vehicles, shall comply with all permitting requirements of recreational vehicle parks included in this chapter. Parks allowing less than 5 non self-contained recreational vehicles shall be required to provide sanitary facilities in the ratios of subsection 64E-15.005(3), F.A.C., Sanitary Facilities.

(b) Where 5 or more migrant farmworkers are housed in units of a park, the units which house the migrant farmworkers shall be inspected in accordance with the standards of Chapter 64E-14, F.A.C., Migrant Labor Camps, under the statutory authority of Sections 381.008-.00897, F.S. The department shall issue a revised operating permit that will serve as both the park permit and the residential migrant housing permit.

(c) Any person holding a permit shall notify the local county health department in writing at least 30 days prior to the modification of any park or camp.

(2) Permit Application.

(a) Applications for first time permits, migrant parks, change of ownership and modification of existing parks, shall be made on DH Form 4037, Application for Mobile Home Park, Mobile Home Park Housing, Migrant Farmworkers, Lodging Park, Recreational Vehicle Park and Recreational Camp, 09/98, which is incorporated herein by reference and furnished by the department through the county health departments. Applications for first time permits shall be filed with the department at least 30 days before a park or camp’s operations are scheduled to begin. Applications for renewal of a park or camp permit are not required except for a migrant park.

(b) Parks and camps that do not have a valid set of plans on file at the county public health unit on the effective date of this rule, must submit them at the time of permit application. The plans must include a drawing of the park or camp that includes the area and dimensions of the tract of land; the space number or other designation of the space; the location and size of all mobile home spaces, recreational vehicle spaces, and tent spaces; and the location of all roadways. The drawing does not have to be drawn to scale or completed by an engineer if the space dimensions are shown. For permanent buildings located within the park or camp, a floor plan shall be submitted showing the number, types and distribution of all plumbing fixtures.

(c) Persons planning to construct new mobile home, lodging, and recreational vehicle parks and recreational camps, and persons who plan modification of a park or camp shall submit a set of plans drawn to scale and include the area and dimensions of the tract of land; the space number or other designation of the space; the location and size of all proposed mobile home, recreational vehicle, or tent spaces; the location of roadways; and the location of any added service buildings.

(d) Persons who plan to consolidate and decrease the number of existing spaces in a park or camp shall provide the county public health unit with a drawing or drawings showing the changes to be made to the existing plans on file at the county public health unit. The drawing or drawings do not have to be drawn to scale or completed by an engineer if the dimensions of the enlarged space or spaces are shown on the drawing. The proposed action shall be approved, if the county public health unit does not object to the proposed consolidation of spaces, either in writing or by telephone, within five working days of the dated receipt of the plans.

(e) Plans for drinking water supplies shall conform with and be submitted in a manner prescribed by Chapter 64E-8 or 62-550, 62-555 and 62-560, F.A.C.

(f) Plans for sewage collection and treatment systems shall conform with and be submitted in a manner prescribed by Chapter 64E-6 or 62-600, F.A.C.

(3) Fees.

(a) Existing parks and camps that are renewing their annual permits shall pay the annual fee. All other permit applicants, such as those for a change of ownership, reinstatement after revocation of permit, modification of an existing park, those parks qualifying as migrant parks or new establishments permitted after the first quarter shall pay a prorated fee on the remaining quarters of operation. The applicant who operates a park as defined in Chapter 64E-15, F.A.C., that is also regulated as migrant farmworker housing shall only be required to pay a single park fee, unless there have been major deficiencies or uncorrected deficiencies cited by the department or administrative action taken within the past year regarding the requirements for residential migrant housing set forth in Chapter 381, F.S., in which case the applicant shall pay the fee required in Section 381.0084, F.S.

(b) In determining the fee of a recreational camp operating as a commercial establishment, each 2 campers shall be considered equivalent to the occupancy of a tent space or a non self-contained recreational vehicle space. A commercial recreational camp shall pay an annual fee based on $4.00 per equivalent space which shall not be less than $100.00, not more than $600.00. Commercial recreational camp permits for changes of ownership, reinstatements after revocation of permit, or new establishments permitted after December 31, shall pay a prorated fee based on the remaining quarters of an annual operation.

(c) Permit fees shall not be refunded once the permit has been issued.

(d) A mobile home, recreational vehicle and/or lodging park shall pay an annual fee based on $4.00 per space which shall not be less than $100.00 not more than $600.00.

(4) Enforcement. Supplemental to other enforcement remedies, citations for violation of applicable rules shall be issued on DH Form 3159, Citation for Violation, Mobile Home, Recreational Vehicle, and Lodging Park and Recreational Camps Program, which is incorporated herein by reference and furnished by the department through the county health departments.

(5) Inspections. DH Form 4039, 10/09. Mobile Home, Lodging, Recreational Vehicle Park, Recreational Camp and Migrant Park Inspection Report shall be used for inspections of all parks or camps and is herein incorporated by reference and may be obtained from the department at any of the 67 local county health departments in the state.

Rulemaking Authority 381.0011(13), 381.006, 381.0084, 513.05 FS. Law Implemented 381.006(14), 381.0061, 381.008-.00895, 386.03, 512.065, 513.012, 513.02, 513.03, 513.045, 513.05 FS. History–New 5-20-96, Formerly 10D-26.190, Amended 6-23-98, 1-6-03, 3-4-08, 12-30-09.