(A) Tent, tent-trailer, RV, vehicular, and accessory structure camping. The following regulations apply to camping/overnight accommodations within the corporate limits of the city:
(1) Tent, tent-trailer, RV, vehicular, and accessory structure camping is only allowed within residentially-zoned areas of the city.
(2) If a subdivision is covered by restrictive covenants that prohibit such camping, the restrictive covenants shall take precedence over this chapter.
(3) Tent, tent-trailer, RV, vehicular, and accessory structure camping may occur on a parcel of real estate only within the permission of the owner of said parcel.
(4) Tent, tent-trailer, RV, vehicular, and accessory structure camping may only occur in the back yard of a parcel. The provisions of § 70.06, “Parking in Residential Areas” apply to this division.
(5) Tent, tent-trailer, RV, vehicular, and accessory structure camping is not allowed in a park strip as defined in § 159.02.
(6) Tent, tent-trailer, RV, vehicular, and accessory structure camping is allowed for no more than three consecutive nights, with the following restrictions and requirements:
(a) Connection to the city’s public water supply is prohibited, per Title V, Chapter 50, § 50.057 (Prohibition of Unauthorized Connections) in this code of ordinances, which states: “Unauthorized or unapproved connection of any type, whether connected directly or indirectly, to any piping that contains water from the Utility’s distribution system shall be cause for termination without notice of water services from the Utility, with subsequent removal of the service to the consumer or customer of the Utility.”
(b) Discharging of any wastewater into a combined, sanitary, or storm sewer within the city’s wastewater collection system is prohibited, per Title V, Chapter 52, § 52.010(A) (General Requirements) in this code of ordinances, which states: “It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit, permit to be deposited or discharge to any natural outlet within the city or any area under the jurisdiction of the city any sanitary, commercial, industrial or polluted wastewaters except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with this chapter.”
(c) Vacant lots adjacent to lots with primary structures, which are under the same ownership as the lot upon which the primary structure is located, are considered to the part of the same property and address as the primary structure lot.
(d) Camping cannot occur more than 15 nights in one month on the same property/address.
(e) Camping for more than three consecutive nights will require a permit from the city. Permitted camping cannot occur for more than seven consecutive nights. No fee will be charged for said permit.
(f) Camping on institutionally-owned (churches/schools) properties can occur for a period of up to seven days via a permit issued by the city. There will be no fee charged for such permit.
(7) No tent, tent-trailer, RV, vehicular, and accessory structure camping is allowed on any public land owned by the city.
(8) No tent, tent-trailer, RV, vehicular, and accessory structure camping is allowed within any city parks unless specifically approved by the Board of Public Works and Safety via a permit application.
(Ord. 1706, passed 6-1-20)