Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701 - Department of Health - Administration and Director › Chapter 3701-28 - Private Water Systems › Section 3701-28-06 - Fees and fee categories

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Boards of health of city or general
			 health districts may establish fees in accordance with section
			 3709.09 of the Revised Code for
			 the purpose of administering and enforcing the requirements of this chapter.
			 The fees shall be established using the categories prescribed in paragraph (E)
			 of this rule and the cost methodology prescribed by rule 3701- 36-14 of the
			 Administrative Code. Except for seventy-four dollars of the fee for each new
			 private water system installation, as prescribed in paragraph (C) of this rule,
			 no portion of any fee for administering and enforcing this chapter shall be
			 returned to the Ohio department of health.
(B) The fees paid to a board of health of a
			 health district under this chapter shall be paid to the treasurer and deposited
			 in a special account for the health district to pay the cost of administering
			 and enforcing this chapter as provided in sections
			 3701.344 and
			 3701.347 of the Revised Code.
			 All fees paid to the director under this chapter shall be used by the director
			 to pay the cost of administering and enforcing this chapter as provided in
			 sections 3701.344 and
			 3701.347 of the Revised
			 Code.
(C) Seventy-four dollars of
			 each new installation permit fee collected by a board of health shall be
			 transmitted by the board of health to the director for deposit into the general
			 operations fund created by section
			 3701.83 of the Revised Code to
			 pay his cost of administering and enforcing this chapter.
(D) In the event that the director
			 administers and enforces this chapter in a health district in accordance with
			 section 3701.344 of the Revised Code and
			 paragraph (H) of rule
			 3701-28-05 of
			 the Administrative Code, the following schedule of fees shall be in effect for
			 the purpose of administering and enforcing the requirements of this chapter.
(1) A fee of five hundred ten dollars for the
			 construction of a private water system, excluding a pond, for a
			 
									one-, two-,
			 or three-family dwelling, including a manufactured home as defined by
			 division (C)(4) of section
			 
										3781.06
									 of the Revised
			 Code and a fee of four hundred and sixty dollars for the construction of a test
			 well.
(2) A fee of seven hundred
			 fifteen dollars for the construction of a pond for a single family dwelling,
			 including a manufactured home as defined by division
			 (C)(4) of section 
										3781.06
									 of the Revised
			 Code.
(3) A fee of five hundred
			 sixty dollars for the conversion of a well not previously approved as a private
			 water system into a private water system for a 
									one-, two-, or
			 three-family dwelling. These wells shall include, but not be limited to,
			 agricultural wells, irrigation wells and geothermal wells.
(4) A fee of six hundred sixty-five dollars
			 for the construction of a new private water system 
									serving
			 other than a one-, two-, or three-family dwelling, including a
			 manufactured home park as defined in paragraph (K) of rule
			 4781-12-01 of the Administrative Code, or a
			 campground as defined in paragraph
			 (C) of
			 rule 3701-26-01 of the Administrative Code, or a
			 building.
(5) A fee of six hundred
			 fifteen dollars for the conversion of a well not previously approved as a
			 private water system into a private water system serving other than a one-, two-,
			 or three-family dwelling. These wells shall include, but not limited to,
			 agricultural wells, irrigation wells and geothermal wells.
(6) A fee of two hundred ninety dollars for
			 the alteration of a private water system, for a 
									one-, two-, or
			 three-family dwelling, including a manufactured home as defined by
			 division (C)(4) of section
			 
										3781.06
									 of the Revised
			 Code.
(7) A fee of two hundred
			 ninety dollars for the alteration of a private water system
			 
									serving other than a one-, two-, or three-family
			 dwelling, including a manufactured home park as defined in paragraph
			 (K)  of
			 rule 4781-12-01 of the Administrative Code, or a
			 campground as defined in paragraph
			 (C) of
			 rule 3701-26-01 of the Administrative Code, or a
			 building.
(8) A fee of fifty
			 dollars for the sealing or decommissioning of a
			 private water system for a 
									one-, two-, or three-family dwelling including a
			 manufactured home as defined by division (C)(4)
			 of section 
										3781.06
									 of the Revised
			 Code.
(9) A fee of fifty dollars
			 for the sealing or decommissioning of a private
			 water system 
									serving other than a one-, two-, or three-family
			 dwelling, including a manufactured home park as defined in paragraph
			 (K) of
			 rule 4781-12-01 of the Administrative Code, or a
			 campground as defined in paragraph
			 (C) of
			 rule 3701-26-01 of the Administrative Code, or a
			 building.
(10) A water sample
			 collection fee of fifty dollars, provided that sample collection is not
			 included as part of a valid alteration or new installation permit.
(11) A water hauler registration fee of two
			 hundred  thirty dollars and vehicle
			 inspection fee of two hundred ten dollars conducted under paragraph (D) of rule
			 3701-28-16
			 of the Administrative Code. Inspection of each additional vehicle shall be a
			 fee of twenty-five dollars.
(12) A
			 fee of two hundred  forty-five dollars
			 for the issuance of a variance under rule
			 3701-28-21
			 of the Administrative Code. Fees for variances are not refundable.
(13) An additional fee that is twenty-five
			 per cent of the fee specified in paragraphs (E)(1) to
			 (E)(16) of
			 this rule and added to those fees when the department determines that the
			 construction, alteration or conversion of a private water system has commenced
			 prior to a permit being issued or the hauling of water to a private water
			 system has commenced prior to water hauler registration and vehicle inspection.
			 This additional fee shall not be charged for sealing a well performed in
			 compliance with paragraph 
									(A)(1) of rule
			 3701-28-03
			 of the Administrative Code or an alteration or new construction performed in
			 compliance with paragraph (J) of rule
			 3701-28-03
			 of the Administrative Code.