For purposes of this chapter, camping is defined as residing in or using a park, as defined in Roseville Municipal Code Section
8.02.020, or private property for one or more nights for living accommodation purposes. For purposes of this section, “living accommodation” shall include, but is not limited to, sleeping activities, making preparations to sleep (including the laying down of bedding for the purpose of sleeping), storing personal belongings (including, but not limited to, clothing, sleeping bags, bedrolls, blankets, sheets, luggage, backpacks, kitchen utensils, cookware, and similar material), making any fire, cooking meals, and/or living in or occupying camp facilities, including, but not limited to, tents, huts, vehicles, recreational vehicles, motorhomes, travel trailers, and/or temporary shelters. These activities constitute camping when it reasonably appears, in light of all the circumstances, that a person(s) is using a park or private property as a living accommodation for one or more nights regardless of his or her intent or the nature of any other activities in which he or she might also be engaging.
(Ord. 2713 §
1, 1993; Ord. 6792, 3/20/2024)
A. Except as may be permitted within parks
by the parks and recreation director, it is unlawful to camp or squat
upon any public property owned by the city, including, without limitation,
streets, easements, parks, dump sites, creekbeds, electric utility
substations, parking lots, or corporation yards. No person shall set
up tents, shacks, house trailers, motorhomes, campers or any other
temporary or permanent shelter for the purpose of overnight camping
or squatting, nor shall any person leave in any such place any movable
structure or special vehicle to be used or that could be used for
such a purpose, such as a housetrailer, tent, automobile, or the like.
Violation of this section may be charged as either an infraction or
misdemeanor in the discretion of the city attorney.
B. It is unlawful for any person to sleep
in any vehicle parked on the public street, alley way, or parking
area, or any privately owned parking area used for the parking of
customers of any business enterprise without the consent of the owner
of such business enterprise, between sunset and sunrise. A vehicle,
for the purpose of this section, shall be defined by Section 670 of
the
Vehicle Code of the State of California as it now exists or may
hereafter be amended. Violation of this section may be charged as
either an infraction or a misdemeanor in the discretion of the city
attorney.
(Ord. 1963 §
1, 1986; Ord. 2192 § 4, 1989)
A. Except
as otherwise provided in this section, it is unlawful to camp or squat
upon private property within the city. No person shall set up tents,
shacks, campers, vehicles, including recreational vehicles, motorhomes,
and travel trailers, and/or any other temporary or permanent shelter
for the purpose of overnight camping or squatting, nor shall any person
leave upon any private property any movable structures, temporary
structures and/or vehicles to be used or that could be used for such
a purpose. Violation of this section may be charged as an infraction
or a misdemeanor in the discretion of the city attorney.
B. Exceptions.
This section shall not apply to persons camping, with sanitary conditions
and proper waste disposal in compliance with applicable state and
local laws, in the following situations:
1. Persons
camping upon their own land or camping with the owner of the land,
for not more than 72 consecutive hours in duration, and not to occur
more than three times per calendar year.
2. Persons camping with the written consent of the owner of the land, for not more than 72 consecutive hours in duration, and not to occur more than three times per calendar year, provided that such written consent is in their possession at the time and is shown upon demand of any enforcement officer, as defined in Roseville Municipal Code Section
2.50.020.
3. Persons
lawfully camping within campgrounds or trailer parks approved pursuant
to the Zoning Ordinance of the city.
(Ord. 2593 §
2, 1992; Ord. 6792, 3/20/2024)