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Mobile Home and Recreational Vehicle Parks
Health Issues
This program includes approximately 5,700 mobile home parks, lodging and recreational vehicle parks, and recreational camps in Florida. The objective of this program is to minimize the risk of injury and illness in this residential environment. Of primary concern and importance are safe drinking water supply, proper sewage disposal, a safe and disease free swimming pool (where provided), and assurances that the establishment is free from garbage, harmful insects, and rodent infestations.
The county health departments receive and investigate environmental health and sanitation complaints about these facilities. The county health departments provide complaintants with report findings and corrective actions taken.
Business Issues
Mobile home parks, lodging and recreational vehicle parks, and recreational camps are licensed annually by the Department of Health in accordance with Chapter 64E-15, Florida Administrative Code (F.A.C.), rules. The county health departments provide direct services in the operational aspect of the program through routine inspections, plan reviews, educational programs, and enforcement actions. If you would like to open a facility, you can download an application form and submit it to the county health department in which the facility will be built.
The Department has received numerous requests for a statewide listing of all facilities licensed under this program. That listing is available from the department on CD only and for a fee of $60. The listing is provided in a delimited text format readily imported into database or spreadsheet software such as Excel, Quattro Pro, dBase or Access. To order a copy of the statewide list, complete the
Mobile Home Park Listing Form (below) and send it with a check for $60 per CD to the address provided on the form.
Download Files
The Florida Administrative Code rules and the application form can be downloaded by clicking on the title of the document.
Most documents are in pdf format. If you cannot read pdf files, you can download Adobe Acrobat Reader free of charge from http://www.adobe.com/  .
The department has a guide for parents to help them select a summer camp for their child titled Sending Kids to Camp in Safety - What Every Parent Needs to Know (791kb PDF) .
Apply for a Permit
Permits for mobile home and/or recreational vehicle parks are issued by the Department of Health's county health departments.
If you have any questions about permits or to apply, download and complete an application form (14kb PDF) and submit it, along with a plan of your park and the required permit fee to the Environmental Health Section of your county's health department. The permit fee is based on the number of spaces your park has - the health department can help you calculate the correct permit fee for your facility.
Contact
Under Florida law, e-mail addresses are public records. If you do not want
your e-mail address released in response to a public records request, do not
send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this office by phone or in
writing (F.S. 668.6076).
If you have any questions about mobile home/RV parks, contact
our
Environmental Health Program Consultant (David Wolfe) at the Bureau of Community Environmental Health, HSEC, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, BIN A08, Tallahassee, Florida, 32399-1710, (850) 245-4277. Additional contact information for Mr. Wolfe is available from the State of Florida Directory.
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