§ 16-41-27-11 — Mobile home community sewage disposal

Indiana § 16-41-27-11

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 16: HEALTH
• Art. 41: PUBLIC HEALTH MEASURES FOR THE
• Ch. 27: Health, Sanitation, and Safety: Mobile Homes

Text

(a) A mobile home community shall
dispose of sewage through the use of a public sewerage system if the
sewerage system is available within a reasonable distance from the
mobile home community. If a public sewerage system is not available,
sewage may be disposed of in accordance with rules adopted under
section 8 of this chapter. A water carriage system of collecting sewage
shall be used. The mobile home community operator shall require the
owner of a mobile home to provide a watertight and odor-tight
connection of a type acceptable to the state department under rules
adopted by the state department.
(b) All occupied mobile homes, manufactured homes, and
industrialized residential structures shall be connected to the sewerage
system of the mobile home community at all times. All sewer
connections not in use must be closed in a manner that does not:
(1) emit odor; or
(2) cause a breeding place for flies.
(c) Sewerage systems other than water carriage systems may not be
approved for a mobile home community, except nonwater carriage
systems may be provided for emergency use only during a temporary
failure of a water or an electric system.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 13-1-7-13.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24. Amended by P.L.87-2005, SEC.12; P.L.168-2020, SEC.7.