For the purposes of this chapter the following words and phrases have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
"Camp car or trailer"
means any unit used for living or sleeping purposes and which is equipped with wheels or similar devices used for the purpose of transporting it from place to place, whether by motive power or other means, and such unit, so equipped, shall be capable of being safely operated as a vehicle over the public thoroughfares of the state at the maximum allowable speed limit. Any such vehicle that is incapable of such safe operation, as aforesaid, is hereby declared to be a dwelling, as defined in the State Housing Act, and shall be subject to the provisions thereof relating to dwellings.
"Campground"
is defined to be any place, area or tract of land upon which is located any tent, camp car or trailer.
"Health department"
means the health officer of the city.
(Prior code § 26.1)
It shall be the duty of every person owning, leasing, renting or operating a campground in the city to comply with all the provisions of this chapter or any rules and regulations formulated by the health department and council of the city governing campgrounds.
(Prior code § 26.2)
The health department with approval of the council is hereby empowered to formulate from time to time and to enforce any rules and regulations that such department may deem advisable governing, the operation of campgrounds, or tents, or camp cars or trailers bearing on any matters of sanitation, or housing or safety.
(Prior code § 26.3)
No tent, camp car or trailer in any campground now existing, or that may hereafter be established, shall be located within eight feet of any other tent, camp car, trailer or structure; nor shall any tent, camp car or trailer be located within four feet of any lot line. Tents, camp cars or trailers shall be arranged in rows abutting or facing on a driveway or clear unoccupied space of not less than twenty feet in width, which space shall have unobstructed access to a public street or alley.
(Prior code § 26.4)
No more than one family shall be permitted to occupy one tent, camp car or trailer.
(Prior code § 26.5)
It is unlawful for any person owning or operating a camp car or trailer located in a campground to remove or cause to have removed the wheels or any similar transporting devices from the camp car or trailer or to otherwise permanently fix it to the ground in a manner that would prevent the ready removal of the camp car or trailer or to alter it in any way so as to make it incapable of being safely operated over the public thoroughfares of the state at the maximum allowable speed limit, without first obtaining a permit so to do, from the building official of the city. Any alteration of any camp car or trailer, as above set forth, shall be construed as removing it from the requirements of this chapter and converting it into a dwelling and it shall thereupon be subject to the requirements of the building regulations of the city and the State Housing Act.
(Prior code § 26.6)
No tent, habitation or shelter shall be constructed of any makeshift material, and all tents, habitations and shelters shall be maintained, at all times, in a clean and sanitary condition and a state of good repair.
(Prior code § 26.7)
The provisions of this chapter are applicable to every campground within the incorporated area of the city and it is unlawful for any person maintaining, operating, conducting or carrying on any such campground for any person living or sleeping in any tent, camp car or trailer located in a campground, or any other person, to violate or contribute in any way to the violation of any of the provisions of this chapter.
(Prior code § 26.8)
It is unlawful for any person to operate or maintain or to offer for public use within the city any campground without first applying for and receiving a permit from the building official in the manner provided in this chapter. The permit shall be issued after the applicant has complied with all regulations set forth in this chapter and any rules and regulations which have been or may be formulated by the health department and the state.
(Prior code § 26.9)
Each application for the permit required by Section 6.24.090 shall be in writing stating the name and address of the applicant and a description of the property whereon or wherein it is proposed to conduct a campground. It shall be filed with the building official not less than five days, nor more than fifteen days, before the campground is made ready for use, and it shall be accompanied by an inspection fee in an amount set by resolution, for which the city clerk shall issue a receipt. Such inspection fee shall not include building, plumbing, and electrical permit fees and business licenses.
(Prior code § 26.10; Ord. 1017 § 1, 1984)
Upon the filing of the application accompanied by the inspection fee, as provided in Section 6.24.100, it shall be the duty of the health department or any of its duly authorized representatives to investigate the premises and determine whether such proposed campground or the site selected therefor conforms with the requirements of this chapter, the rules and regulations of the health department and the laws of the state, and no permit shall be used unless the campground or the site selected therefor complies with such requirements and the approval of the health department, and the health department may at its discretion approve or reject any proposed campground site.
(Prior code § 26.12)
Any permit granted under this chapter shall be subject to revocation or suspension by the health department in the following manner:
A notice shall be served on the person holding the permit specifying wherein he has failed to comply with this chapter, and requiring him to appear before the health department, at a day and hour therein specified, not less than five days after the personal service of the notice on the permit holder, requiring him to show cause at such time and place why the permit should not be revoked or suspended. At the time and place mentioned in the notice, the person holding the permit shall have the right to appear in person, or by counsel, and to introduce such evidence as he may desire, and the health department shall confront the permit holder with any charges that the health department may have against him, and after the hearing, the health department may, at its discretion, revoke or suspend the permit.
(Prior code § 26.13)
The permit required by Section 6.24.090 shall be transferable, upon the written application of the holder of the permit, to the health department and with its consent endorsed thereon.
(Prior code § 26.14)
It is unlawful for any person to establish, maintain, conduct or carry on any campground unless there is at all times posted in a conspicuous place at the campground the permit obtained from the building official in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
(Prior code § 26.15)
Every person owning or operating a campground shall maintain the campground and any toilets, baths or other permanent equipment in connection therewith, in a clean and sanitary condition and shall maintain the equipment in a state of good repair.
(Prior code § 26.16)
Every campground hereafter established shall be located on a well drained area and the premises of every such campground or any existing campground shall be properly graded so as to prevent the accumulation of storm or casual waters.
(Prior code § 26.17)
An adequate supply of pure water for drinking and domestic purposes shall be supplied to meet the requirements of a campground. The water supply shall be obtained from faucets only, conveniently located at no greater distance than one hundred feet from any tent, camp car or trailer in the campground, and no dipping vessels or common cups shall be permitted.
(Prior code § 26.18)
There shall be provided in every existing campground and every campground which may hereafter be established one water closet for each sex. One of the water closets shall be distinctly marked "For Men", and one of the water closets shall be distinctly marked "For Women"; and there shall be provided an additional water closet for every ten tents, camp cars or trailers, or fractional part thereof in excess of ten tents, camp cars, or trailers in the campground; provided, however, that the health department may exempt any camp existing on January 29, 1942 from fully complying with the provisions of this section when, in its discretion, such deviation will not be detrimental to the health of persons occupying the campground or to the proper sanitation of the premises.
(Prior code § 26.20)
In every campground a shower bath or other bathing facility, with hot and cold running water, shall be installed in a separate compartment for every ten tents, camp cars, or trailers, or fractional part of ten tents, camp cars, or trailers, for each sex.
(Prior code § 26.21)
There shall be provided in every campground heretofore or hereafter established, such number of tight receptacles with close-fitting metal covers for garbage, refuse, ashes, and rubbish as may be deemed necessary by the health department, and such garbage receptacles shall at all times be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition.
(Prior code § 26.22)
There shall be provided in every campground heretofore or hereafter established one or more slop sinks properly connected with a sewer or cesspool, such sinks to be conveniently located at no greater distance than one hundred feet from any tent, camp car or trailer.
(Prior code § 26.23)
It is unlawful to permit any waste water or material from sinks, baths, showers or other plumbing fixtures in tents, camp cars or trailers to be deposited upon the surface of the ground, and all such fixtures, when in use, must be connected to the city sewer system, or the drainage therefrom must be disposed of in a manner satisfactory to the health department.
(Prior code § 26.24)
Every campground heretofore or hereafter established shall be provided with means of lighting the same at night, and all public water closets and bath units shall be provided with sufficient lighting facilities which shall be kept lighted during the time from one-half hour after sunset until one-half hour before sunrise.
(Prior code § 26.25)
Any water faucets, toilets, garbage receptacles or other equipment required by the provisions of this chapter in campgrounds, or which may hereafter be required by any rules and regulations of the health department pertaining to campgrounds, shall not be construed to mean water faucets, toilets, garbage receptacles or other equipment now or hereafter located in or adjacent to campgrounds and which may already be hereafter required under provisions of other laws or ordinances.
(Prior code § 26.26)
The owner or operator of every campground or tent space now in existence in the city shall upon the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter make application as above to the building official for a permit to occupy, and it is unlawful for any person to operate or maintain any campground or tent space within the city without first applying for and receiving from the building official a permit to occupy and without complying with all the provisions of this chapter and the laws of the state.
(Prior code § 26.27)