For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
CAMP. The placing, pitching, or occupying of camp facilities; to live temporarily in a camp facility or outdoors; to use camp paraphernalia.
CAMP FACILITIES. Includes, but is not limited to, facilities such as tents, huts, vehicles, lean- tos, vehicle camping outfits or temporary shelter.
CAMP PARAPHERNALIA. Includes, but is not limited to, items such as bedrolls, tarpaulins, cots, beds, sleeping bags, hammocks or cooking facilities and similar equipment.
ESTABLISH. To set up or move equipment, supplies or materials on to public or private property to camp or operate camp facilities.
MAINTAIN. To keep or permit equipment, supplies or materials to remain on public or private property in order to camp or operate camp facilities.
OPERATE. To participate or assist in establishing or maintaining a camp or camp facility.
PRIVATE PROPERTY. All private property including, but not limited to, streets, sidewalks, alleys, and improved or unimproved land not generally open to the public.
PUBLIC PLACE. Any place to which the public or a substantial group of the public has access and includes, but is not limited to, streets, highways, and the common areas of schools, hospitals, apartment houses, office buildings, transport facilities and shops.
STORE. To put aside or accumulate for use when needed, to put for safekeeping, to place or leave in a location.
(Ord. 791 C.S., passed 12-7-05)
(A) It is unlawful and public nuisances for any person to camp, occupy camp facilities, or use camp paraphernalia in the following areas:
(1) Any public property, or
(2) Any private property.
(B) It is not intended by this section to prohibit overnight camping on private residential property by friends or family of the property owner, so long as the owners thereof consent and the overnight camping is limited to not more than one consecutive night.
(C) Nothing in this chapter is intended to prohibit or make unlawful, activities of any owner of private property or other lawful user of private property that are normally associated with and incidental to the lawful and authorized use of private property for residential or other purposes; and provided further, nothing is intended to prohibit or make unlawful, activities of a property owner or other lawful user if such activities are expressly authorized by the city's comprehensive zoning ordinance or other laws, ordinances and regulations.
(D) The City Administrator or his/her designee may, as provided in § 4-14.04 of this chapter, issue a temporary permit to allow camping on public or private property in connection with a special event.
(Ord. 791 C.S., passed 12-7-05)
It is unlawful and a public nuisance for any person to store personal property, including camp paraphernalia, in the following areas, except as otherwise provided by resolution or ordinance of the City Council:
(A) Any public property; or
(B) Any private property without the written consent of the owner.
(Ord. 791 C.S., passed 12-7-05)
The City Administrator, or his/her designee, may, in his or her discretion, issue a permit to establish, maintain and operate a camp or a camp facility in connection with a special event. A special event is intended to include, but not be limited to, programs operated by the departments of the city, youth or school events, marathons or other sporting events and scouting activities. The City Administrator may consult with various departments, the county health officer and the public prior to issuing any temporary permit. Each department or person consulted may provide comments regarding any health, safety or public welfare concerns and provide recommendations pertaining to the issuance, denial or conditioning of the permit. A reasonable fee, to be set by the City Council by resolution, shall be paid, in advance, by the applicant. The fee shall be returned if the application is denied. In exercising his or her discretion to issue a temporary permit, the City Administrator may consider any facts or evidence bearing on the sanitary, health, safety and welfare conditions on or surrounding the area or tract of land upon which the proposed temporary camp or camp facility is to be located.
(Ord. 791 C.S., passed 12-7-05)
It is unlawful for any person to establish, maintain, conduct or carry on any camp or camp facility unless there shall be at all times posted in a conspicuous place upon the area or tract of land upon which the camp or camp facility is located a permit obtained from the City Administrator in accordance with the provisions of § 4-14.04 of this chapter.
(Ord. 791 C.S., passed 12-7-05)
The City Administrator, or his/her designee, is further empowered to ascertain that the operation or maintenance of any camp or camp facilities to which a temporary permit shall apply will in no way jeopardize the public health, safety or welfare and for this purpose may make additional rules and regulations pertaining to their establishment, operation or conduct. The City Administrator may also impose conditions on the establishment, maintenance and operation of the camp or camp facility, including, but not limited to, security, sanitation facilities, the number of occupants, posting of bonds or deposits, insurance, quiet hours, duration of the permit and permitted activities on the premises. When the City Administrator, or his/her designee, shall issue any permit under the terms of § 4-14.04 of this chapter, the same may be revoked at any time thereafter by the City Administrator, or his/her designee, if the City Administrator becomes satisfied that the maintenance or continuing operation of the camp or camp facilities is adverse to the public health, safety and welfare.
(Ord. 791 C.S., passed 12-7-05)
Any person who violates any provision of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and constitutes a public nuisance. In addition to remedies provided in Cal. Penal Code § 370, the City Attorney may institute civil actions to abate a public nuisance or use the administrative process to prosecute a violation of this chapter.
(Ord. 791 C.S., passed 12-7-05)