Mobile Home & RV Parks

Business Issues

This program includes approximately 5,400 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, through routine inspections of these parks and camps ensuring the residents' risks for disease from an environmental origin are minimized.

Mobile homes, lodging and recreational vehicle parks, and recreational camps are licensed annually by the Florida Department of Health through Florida's 67 county health departments, in accordance with Chapter 513, Florida Statutes and Chapter 64E-15, Florida Administrative Code.

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 information on parks and camps, including how to open one, contact your local county health department.

Apply for a New Permit

Complete an Application for Mobile Home Park, Mobile Home Park Housing Migrant Farmworkers, Lodging Park, Recreational Vehicle Park and Recreational Camp and submit it, along with a plan of your park, information on the water system, the sewage disposal system, any swimming pools and the required permit fee to the Environmental Health Section of the county health department where your park or camp is located.

The plans for a new park or camp must be drawn to scale and include:

• Area and dimensions of the tract of land
• Space number or other designation of the space
• Location and size of all proposed mobile home, recreational vehicle, or tent spaces
• Location of roadways
• Location of any added service buildings

The permit fee is based on the number of spaces your park has; the county health department can help you calculate the correct permit fee for your proposed facility.

Inspections

The inspections focus on the following:

1. Proper sewage disposal to minimize the risk of diseases such as hepatitis, salmonella, and shigella
2. Safe drinking water to minimize the risks of diseases such as giardia and cryptosporidium
3. Safe solid waste collection and disposal to minimize rat and roach infestations, as well as reservoirs for mosquitoes and associated diseases such as west Nile virus, dengue, St. Louis and Eastern equine encephalitis, eliminate vectors that transmit rabies and diseases associated with ticks. Also of concern, is a safe and disease-free swimming pool, where applicable.

Florida's county health departments receive and investigate environmental health and sanitation complaints about these facilites.

The Florida Department of Health maintains inspection data for mobile home parks.

Download Files

• Mobile Home/RV Park Listing
• MH-RV Park Permit Application
• Mobile Home Park Statute, Chapter 513, Florida Statutes
• Mobile Home Park Rule 64E-15, Florida Administrative Code

Recreational Camps

Guide for parents to help them select a summer camp: Sending Kids to Camp in Safety - What Every Parent Needs to Know.

Resources

• Florida Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds
• Mobile Home/RV Park Resident - Emergency Preparedness Toolkit
• Mobile Home/RV Park Owner/Operator - Emergency Preparedness Toolkit

File a Landlord-Tenant Complaint

For complaints or questions regarding lot rental agreements and prospectus, or landlord and tenant issues under Chapter 723, F.S.:

• Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulations - 850-488-1122
• Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services - 800-352-9832