(a) Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning.
(1) "Manufactured Home" has the same meaning as in division (C) of Ohio Revised Code Section 4781.01 as the same now exists and as may be amended from time to time.
(2) "Mobile Home" has the same meaning as in division (G) of Ohio Revised Code Section 4781.01 as the same now exists and as may be amended from time to time.
(3) "Manufactured Home Park" means a Manufactured Home Park licensed as provided in Ohio Revised Code Chapter 4781 as the same now exists and as may be amended from time to time, and as defined in division (D) of Ohio Revised Code Section 4781.01 as the same now exists and as may be amended from time to time, including any tract of land upon which three or more manufactured or mobile homes used for habitation are parked, either free of charge or for revenue purposes, and includes any roadway, building, structure, vehicle, or enclosure used or intended for use as a part of the facilities of the park. "Manufactured Home Park" does not include any of the following:
A. A tract of land used solely for the storage or display for sale of manufactured or mobile homes or solely as a temporary park-camp as defined in Ohio R.C. Section 3729.01 as the same now exists and may be amended from time to time;
B. A tract of land that is subdivided and the individual lots are for sale or sold for the purpose of installation of manufactured or mobile homes used for habitation and the roadways are dedicated to the local government authority;
C. A tract of land within an area that is subject to local zoning authority and subdivision requirements and is subdivided, and the individual lots are for sale or sold for the purpose of installation of manufactured or mobile homes for habitation.
(4) "Manufactured Home Park Owner" means any individual, firm, association, syndicate, co-partnership, corporation, trust, or any other legal entity having sufficient proprietary interest in the land in which the Manufactured Home Park is located.
(5) "Multi-Family Apartment Complex" means a room or suite of rooms designed as a residence, located in a building among similar sets of rooms or suites occupied by more than one household.
(6) "Multi-family Apartment Complex Owner" means any individual, firm, association, syndicate, co- partnership, corporation, trust, or any other legal entity having sufficient proprietary interest in the land in which the multi-family apartment complex is located.
(b) Each Manufactured Home and Mobile Home within a Manufactured Home Park, and each apartment within a Multi-Family Apartment Complex, shall be furnished, by the Manufactured Home Park Owner or the Multi-Family Apartment Complex Owner, as the case may be, with metering equipment (including water meter) that has been approved by the Village Administrator. Each Manufactured Home Park Owner and Multi-Family Apartment Complex Owner shall, at his own expense, purchase, install, and maintain such metering equipment, as are necessary, to enable the Village to properly determine that portion of water used by each Mobile Home tenant for separate Mobile Home billing purposes, each Manufactured Home tenant for separate Manufactured Home billing purposes, and each apartment tenant for separate apartment billing purposes. Each Manufactured Home Park Owner and Multi-Family Apartment Complex Owner shall provide an acceptable location for the meter, safe from freezing and easily accessible to the Village. If such separate water meters are not in place, or not in working order, enabling the billing of the individual tenants, the Manufactured Home Park Owner or the Multi-Family Apartment Complex Owner, as the case may be, will be held responsible for the water usage and billed accordingly. If required, the remote and/or box shall be located outside a Mobile Home's skirting for easy access. Any meter located under a Mobile Home shall be accessible and the skirting marked by Manufactured Home Park Owner, for easy location of the meter.
(c) Each Manufactured Home Park Owner and Multi-Family Apartment Complex Owner shall install and maintain at their expense all water lines and sewer lines on the Owner's property, except for any water lines and sewer lines located within the perpetual easement that is owned by the Village which shall be installed and maintained by the Village, and further, except for the water line going to the master meter and the master meter itself, which shall be maintained by the Village.
(d) If during any billing period, the total water gallons used of all Mobile Homes and/or Manufactured Homes combined in the Manufactured Home Park, or all apartments combined in the Multi-Family Apartment Complex, is less than the reading taken from the master water meter, then the Manufactured Home Park Owner or the Multi-Family Apartment Complex Owner, as the case may be, shall pay the Village for the entire difference in gallons by the due date for that billing.
(e) The Village shall read each of the individual water meters for each Mobile Home and/or Manufactured Home within a Manufactured Home Park and bill each Mobile Home and/or Manufactured Home tenant contingent on Manufactured Home Park Owner fulfilling their responsibilities set forth under (b) and (c) above. The Village shall also read the master meter and bill the Manufactured Home Park Owner, of any usage difference, if shown.
(f) The Village shall read each of the individual water meters for each apartment within a Multi-Family Apartment Complex and bill each apartment tenant contingent on the Multi-Family Apartment Complex Owner fulfilling their responsibility under (b) and (c) above. The Village shall also read the master meter and bill the Multi-Family Apartment Complex Owner, of any usage difference, if shown.
(Ord. 2023-02. Passed 4-13-23.)