This chapter shall be known as the "Camping Ground Ordinance"
of the Town of New Lebanon, Columbia County, State of New York.
It shall be the purpose of this chapter to promote the health,
safety, morals, and general welfare of the inhabitants of the Town
of New Lebanon by the efficient regulation of camping grounds located
within the Town.
As used in this chapter and for the purpose of this chapter,
the following words, terms and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed
to them in this section:
CAMPGROUND
As defined in The Town Of New Lebanon Zoning Ordinance adopted
8-9-2010.
CAMP SITE
Any location or area within a campground set off and designated
as a location for use by a single family.
TEMPORARY DWELLING
Any tent, camper, trailer, tent house or any building of
whatsoever material constructed, designed or equipped to be used for
living, sleeping or eating by transient or seasonal occupants only.
No person, firm or corporation being the owner, lessee or occupant
of any lot, piece or parcel of land within the Town of New Lebanon
shall use or allow the use of such lot, piece or parcel of land as
camping ground without first obtaining a license for such purpose
as hereinafter provided.
The owner or operator of each camping ground or tourist camp
shall keep a permanent record in writing of all persons occupying
or using the facilities of such camping ground or tourist camp, which
record shall include the following:
A. The
name and address of the principal occupant of each unit.
B. The
date of arrival at and departure from the camping ground or tourist
camp of each occupant of each unit.
C. The
make, year of manufacture, registration number and state of registration
of the motor vehicle of each occupant.
The Health Officer, any peace officer or any other person authorized
by the Town Board shall have the right to enter at all reasonable
times any camping ground and shall have the right to inspect all parts
of the site for violations of this chapter, and shall also have the
right to inspect, at all reasonable times, the records required to
be kept in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
If the Health Officer or any other person authorized by the
Town Board of the Town of New Lebanon finds that any campground is
not being conducted in accordance with the provisions of this chapter,
such facts shall thereupon be reported to the Town Board, and said
Town Board may direct the Town Clerk to serve an order in writing
upon the owner or holder of the license or the person in charge of
said site directing that the conditions therein specified be corrected
within 10 days after the date of such order. If such conditions are
not corrected upon the expiration of such ten-day period, the Town
Board may cause a notice in writing to be served upon the owner or
holder of the license or the person in charge of such site requiring
the license to appear before the Town Board at a time to be stated
in such notice to show cause why the license for said site should
not be revoked. The Town Board, after a hearing at which the testimony
of witnesses may be taken and the holder of the license shall have
been heard, may revoke said license if said Town Board shall find
that the site is not being maintained in a clean and sanitary condition,
or if it finds any provisions of this chapter have been violated,
or for other reasonable and sufficient cause. Upon the revocation
of such license, the premises shall forthwith cease to be used as
a camp ground, and all sites shall be vacated immediately.
An application for the renewal of any camping ground or tourist camp license issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter must be filed with the Town Clerk on or before the first day of December preceding the expiration of the license then in effect. The renewal application shall be in writing, signed by the applicant, and shall contain the same information required by §
88-5A in the case of an original application, except that renewal applications need not be accompanied by detailed plan of the site unless changes in the existing sites are contemplated. A lease of the premises need not accompany the renewal application, unless a new lease has been entered into since the previous application or renewal, in which case a certified or photostatic copy of the new lease shall accompany the renewal application. Upon approval of the renewal application by the Health Officer and the Town Board, the Town Clerk shall issue a renewal license to become effective upon expiration of the prior license and to continue in force for a period of one year, subject to power to revoke in accordance with the provisions of §
88-9 hereof. Such renewal license shall not be assignable or transferable. The applicant at time of issuance of said renewal shall pay the Town Clerk the fee provided in §
88-5C hereof.
This chapter shall apply to all existing camping grounds and tourist camps located in the Town of New Lebanon on the effective date of this chapter. The owner or operator of any existing unlicensed camping ground or tourist camp shall have 60 days after this chapter takes effect to make application for a license to operate such camp pursuant to the provisions of §
88-5 hereof.
None of the provisions of this chapter shall be applicable to
the business of selling trailers, campers, tents or camping equipment.
Issuance of a camping ground or tourist camp license pursuant
hereto shall not be deemed to waive compliance by the holder, the
property owner or any occupant of said camp with any statute of the
State of New York, or any other ordinance, local law or regulation
of the Town of New Lebanon.