Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501 - Department of Natural Resources - Administration and Director › Chapter 1501-6 - Lease of Lake Erie Submerged Lands › Section 1501-6-21 - Definitions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The following definitions shall apply to the terms used in
				rules 1501-6-21 to
				1501-6-28 of the
				Administrative Code.
(A) "Applicant"
			 means the owner of the property to be improved or an authorized agent for said
			 property owner.
(B) "Application"
			 means the signed and completed application form and all supporting information
			 required to be submitted to apply for a permit to erect, construct, or
			 redevelop a permanent structure in a lake Erie coastal erosion area pursuant to
			 section 1506.07 of the Revised Code.
(C) "Coastal erosion area" means
			 those land areas along lake Erie anticipated to be lost due to lake
			 Erie-related erosion within a thirty-year period if no additional approved
			 erosion control measures are completed within that time, as defined in rule
			 1501-6-10 of the
			 Administrative Code.
(D)
			 "Construct" means to build, form, or assemble a new permanent structure.
(E) "Department" means the
			 department of natural resources.
(F) "Director" means the director of the
			 department of natural resources, or the director's designee.
(G) "Erect" means construct.
(H) "Erosion control measure" means a
			 structure or actions specifically designed to reduce or control lake
			 Erie-related erosion of the shore. Examples include, but are not limited to,
			 groins, jetties, dikes, seawalls, revetments, bulkheads, breakwaters and
			 artificially nourished sand and/or gravel beaches.
(I) "Existing structure" means a permanent
			 structure which existed or upon which construction had begun prior to the
			 effective date of enforcement of these rules as described in paragraph (C) of
			 rule
			 1501-6-22
			 of the Administrative Code.
(J)
			 "Movable structure" means a permanent structure designed, sited, and
			 constructed to be readily relocated at minimum cost and with minimum disruption
			 of its intended use. Access to and from the site shall be of sufficient width
			 and acceptable grade to permit the structure to be relocated. Mobile homes and
			 structures built of above-ground stud wall construction on skids or on piling,
			 or on basement or crawl space foundations are examples of movable structures.
			 Septic systems and structures with above-ground walls of masonry, concrete, or
			 related materials are not movable structures.
(K) "Permanent structure" means any
			 residential, commercial, industrial, institutional, or agricultural building,
			 any manufactured home as defined in section
			 4501.01 of the Revised Code, and
			 any septic system that receives sewage from a single-family, two-family, or
			 three-family dwelling, but does not include any recreational vehicle as defined
			 in section 4501.01 of the Revised Code. An
			 addition to any existing residential, commercial, industrial, institutional, or
			 agricultural building, or any manufactured home, will be considered a permanent
			 structure if the ground level area of the addition is greater than or equal to
			 500 square feet.
An appurtenant structure to any residential, commercial,
				industrial, institutional, or agricultural building, or any manufactured home,
				that is not integral to the building's structure, such as a patio or deck, will
				not be considered a permanent structure. Stand-alone, uninhabitable, structures
				such as gazebos, picnic shelters, garages and storage or tool sheds will not be
				considered permanent structures.
(L) "Permit" means a form signed by the
			 director authorizing a person to erect, construct, or redevelop a permanent
			 structure which lies or will lie, in whole or in part, on land within a lake
			 Erie coastal erosion area.
(M)
			 "Person" means any agency of this state, any political subdivision of this
			 state or of the United States, and any legal entity defined as a person under
			 section 1.59 of the Revised Code.
(N) "Redevelop" means to remove
			 and replace an entire existing permanent structure, or to build a new permanent
			 structure on an existing foundation.
R.C. 119.032 review dates: 07/29/2009
				and 07/25/2014