This chapter shall be titled "Town of Islesboro Camping Ordinance"
and is enacted under the provisions of 30-A M.R.S.A. § 3001
(Ordinance power).
The purpose of this chapter is to regulate camping in the Town
of Islesboro.
Camping on Town-owned property is prohibited.
Camping on Warren Island State Park is permitted subject to
the rules of the Maine Department of Conservation Bureau of Parks
and Lands.
No camping shall be permitted on private property unless or
until:
A. Permission is granted to the camper(s) by the owner of the private
property and that permission is in writing in the absence of the property
owner(s).
B. A permit signed by the Town Manager or Town Manger's designee
is obtained. The permit shall be granted only after the applicant
has satisfied the following conditions:
(1) Permission to camp has been obtained from the property owner.
(2) Adequate arrangements for the applicant's disposal of sewage
and solid waste has been made so no health hazard or public nuisance
will be created.
(3) The applicant has obtained a fire permit for the use of any open
fires.
Campsite placement on any lot, including the area intended for
a recreational vehicle, shall have the following setbacks:
A. One hundred feet from the normal high-water line of the Meadow Pond.
B. Seventy-five feet from the normal high-water line of other water
bodies, tributary streams, or from the upland edge of a nonforested
wetland.
The penalties contained in 30-A M.R.S.A. § 4452 shall
apply to violation of the provisions of this chapter.
Note: As of the date of this chapter the minimum penalty for
a specific violation is $100, and the maximum penalty is $2,500.
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As used in this chapter the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
CAMPING
The placing or erecting of any temporary structure, vehicle
or shelter for the purpose of eating and/or sleeping; or sleeping
or intending to sleep outdoors without shelter after sunset and before
sunrise; or remaining in or occupying any stationary vehicle after
dark for the purpose of eating, sleeping or shelter when no other
abode is available in the Town of Islesboro to the occupant(s) of
the vehicle. The term "vehicle" shall include, but not be limited
to, automobiles, trucks, buses, camper trailers, motor homes, and
mobile homes not permanently set in place. The term "structure" shall
include, but not be limited to, tents, lean-tos, shacks and huts not
owned by the camper(s).
TOWN-OWNED PROPERTY
Property owned by the inhabitants of the Town of Islesboro,
all Town roads, Town ways, public ways, private ways and state-aid
roads and their rights-of-way in the Town.