A. 
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
OVERNIGHT CAMP OR CABIN
Any tract or parcel of land used either with or without payment, for public camping by transient guests or upon which cabins, tents, tent-houses, or similar facilities are provided for use by the public for temporary lodging purposes.
RECREATIONAL CAMP
A camp conducted primarily for recreational purposes whether as a day camp or on an overnight, weekly or monthly basis.
TRAILER COACH PARK
Any tract or parcel of land on which space available for three or more trailer coaches is rented or held out for rent, or on which free occupancy or camping for such number is permitted to trailer owners or users.
UNIT
A section of ground in any camp used, or designed for use, as a location for a single overnight cabin, tent or trailer.
B. 
In the following regulations, unless otherwise specified, the word "camp" shall mean any recreational camp, overnight camp or cabin or trailer coach park as defined above.
The management of any organized camp in this municipality covered by Chapter 140 of the General Laws, as amended, shall annually apply for a license in writing to the Board of Health. This application shall state the location and type of camp, the approximate maximum number of persons by whom it is to be used, the probable duration of occupancy, the proposed sources of water and milk supply for the camps and the proposed method of sewage and garbage disposal. If the camp is used the year round, such application shall be made annually not later than January 1 or, if used during only a portion of the year, at least 30 days in advance of the date when the requested license is desired to take effect.
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The camp site shall be such that it is practicable to provide and maintain proper sanitary facilities. Where local water supply and sewage disposal works are to be provided, the location shall be on porous, well-draining soil, and shall afford facilities for obtaining a good water supply and a safe method of sewage disposal.
B. 
The camp site shall be of adequate size to prevent overcrowding. Each camping unit shall contain not less than 400 square feet of usable space, and no unit shall be permitted to accommodate more than one overnight cabin or tent.
C. 
No camp shall be established on the watershed of a public water supply until proper sanitary facilities have been provided and all sanitary facilities shall be in accordance with the rules and regulations for the sanitary protection of public water supplies made by the State Department of Public Health under the provisions of MGL c. 111, § 160.
Every camp shall have available for inspection a plan or sketch indicating the location of all local sources of water supply and other sanitary facilities, including all toilets, cesspools and receptacles for garbage and refuse, and signs shall be posted indicating the location of such facilities.
Every camp shall have a water supply of safe, sanitary quality sufficient in quantity for the maximum population using the camp at any time. Such water supply shall be easily obtainable from its source or from faucets or bubblers on a pipe distribution system. Dipping of receptacles into the source of supply shall not be permitted. Common drinking vessels shall not be provided or permitted.
No camp shall be operated without facilities adequate for the proper disposal of the sewage and wastewater. There shall be separate accommodations for each sex, so located as to be easily accessible to all parts of the camp.
A. 
Camps so located and equipped that water under suitable pressure and public sewers are available shall be equipped with flush toilets and connected with the public sewage system. Camps not so located shall be provided with facilities adequate for the disposal of the sewage and wastewater in a sanitary manner.
B. 
There shall be at least one toilet seat for each 15 campers when the camp is operating to full capacity, and one urinal of vitreous material shall also be provided for each 25 men.
C. 
No privy shall be located within 50 feet of any kitchen, dining room, mess hall or other place where food is prepared or served.
D. 
Toilet structures shall be flytight, well lighted and ventilated.
Every camp shall be provided with suitable receptacles with tight covers for rubbish, and all wastepapers, bottles and tin cans shall be placed in them. The contents shall be removed at least twice a week when the camp is in use and burned or otherwise disposed of in a sanitary manner under proper supervision.
The quality and handling of all foods sold or offered for sale on the camp premises shall conform to the regulations of the Board of Health and to the Tercentenary Edition of the General Laws as amended or as may hereafter be amended.
No bathing place shall be established or used which is subject to dangerous contamination. Swimming and wading pools and bathing places shall be operated and maintained in accordance with the recommendations of the Joint Committee on Bathing Places of the Conference of State Sanitary Engineers and the American Public Health Association.
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Camps provided with shower baths shall have separate compartments for each sex. A minimum of one shower head for each sex shall be provided for camps up to 20 persons, and one additional head for each additional 20 persons or fraction thereof.
B. 
Watertight floors of durable and impervious material and suitable wastewater disposal facilities shall also be installed.
A. 
Living quarters, including dormitories, dining rooms, kitchens, and bath and toilet rooms, laundries, and other shelters shall be properly screened, well ventilated and lighted, free from vermin and insects, and the floors raised not less than 12 inches from the ground. Screen doors shall be of the self-closing type. The floors of all kitchens, dining rooms, bath, toilet and washrooms and laundries shall be watertight.
B. 
No windows shall open directly into any enclosed garage space.
C. 
All plumbing fixtures shall be properly trapped and vented and made sanitary in every particular, and all plumbing shall be in accordance with the plumbing rules of this municipality.
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The camp shall be supervised by a capable manager or caretaker, who shall reside at the camp or visit it every day when it is occupied. It shall be the duty of the manager or caretaker to keep the camp and its equipment in a clean and sanitary condition.
B. 
The owner or management of each camp shall assume responsibility for maintaining the camp in proper sanitary condition in accordance with these rules and regulations, copies of which shall be posted at a conspicuous place in the camp.
C. 
The camp, when closed for the season, shall be left clean and in a sanitary condition.
Whenever a case of disease dangerous to the public is discovered or any unusual amount of illness occurs in any camp, the person in charge shall at once notify the Board of Health. The patient shall be isolated and not removed from the camp except by order of the Board of Health.