Ala. Admin. Code r. 420-3-1-.31 - Recreational Vehicle Parks

(1) For purposes of regulating sewage disposal, a site may be designated a Recreational Vehicle (RV) Park by the LHD if it meets the following conditions:

(a) The RVs shall be mobile,

(b) The lots and all appurtenances and utilities, including the OSS, shall be owned and operated by a responsible person as defined by these rules.

1. The responsible person shall provide sewage treatment and disposal or a sanitary station into which RVs may discharge waste for ultimate disposal off-site. There shall be one sanitary station for wastewater disposal for every 50 vehicles that the park is designed to accommodate.

2. The location and design of a sanitary station or OSS shall be permitted by the LHD. If ultimate disposal is to be through an OSS permitted by the LHD, the designer shall take into account the chemicals that are used in RV holding tanks. The design of sanitary dump stations shall include a sanitary method of transfer from the RV to the station.

3. The design for each sanitary station shall be based on 420-3-1-.23 Holding Tank Requirements sections (4) through (7). The park shall not take in more RVs than it was designed to accommodate at any one time. The sanitary stations shall only receive sewage.

4. Except for the onboard sewage storage tank built into the RV, there shall be no other form of sewage disposal or storage in the park other than that approved by the LHD.

(2) If an RV park meets the conditions of paragraph (1) of this rule, it shall be determined to be a Small or Large-Flow Development based on flow.

(3) If lots are sold under conditions other than those described in paragraph (1) of this rule, the development shall be considered a Small or Large-Flow Development as defined by these rules, and as such, it shall meet all the requirements in these rules, including flow requirements in Table 1, and shall comply with 420-3-1-.16 Wastewater Management Entities, if applicable.

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Ala. Admin. Code r. 420-3-1-.31

Filed July 20, 1988. Amended: Filed June 19, 1992. Repealed and New Rule: Filed December 16, 1999; effective January 20, 2000. Repealed and New Rule: October 20, 2005; effective November 24, 2005; operative March 19, 2006. Adopted by Alabama Administrative Monthly Volume XXXV, Issue No. 04, January 31, 2017, eff. 3/5/2017. Adopted by Alabama Administrative Monthly Volume XLI, Issue No. 03, December 30, 2022, eff. 2/13/2023.

Previous Rule .56 was renumbered .31 per certification published December 30, 2022; effective February 13, 2023.

Author: Thad Pittman, Leigh Salter, Patricia Lindsey, Matthew Conner, Ken Stephens, Bob Bright

Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 22-2-2(4); 22-2-2(6); 22-10-1, et seq.; 22-26-1, et seq.