(A) Public camps: permits, license. It shall be unlawful for any person, corporation, association, or group to begin the construction of, or to conduct, maintain, or operate, any public camp in the city without first applying for, and obtaining, a written permit to do so from the City Council. Applicants for such licenses and permits shall file application in writing with the City Recorder, together with the license fee as hereinafter provided, which application shall show the plan and location of the applicants proposed place of business, the number of rooms or spaces available to tenants, and state in detail the source of water supply and the kind and number of toilets, bath, and shower facilities available for use for male and female guests, respectively.
(Prior Code, § 62.22.010)
(B) Investigation; rules and regulations; license revocation.
(1) It shall be the duty of said City Council and the County Health Supervisor to make an investigation of the proposed site and to require the permittee to comply with all rules and regulations passed by the City Council pertaining to PUBLIC CAMPS, as defined in this section. The City Council shall promulgate rules and regulations to enforce this section, and a copy of such rules shall be furnished with each permit or license issued. The City Council may from time to time modify, amend, or pass new rules and regulations which they shall deem advisable or necessary to achieve the purposes of the section.
(2) The license herein provided for, together with a copy of the rules and regulations passed by the City Council, shall be displayed by the licensee in a conspicuous place upon said licensed premises. The right to operate a public camp granted by this license is conditioned upon the licensee complying with the rules and regulations passed by the City Council, said license being subject to revocation by the City Council for noncompliance with this section or noncompliance or violations of the rules and regulations passed by the City Council. Any change in the rules and regulations from the time of issuance of said license must be given to the licensee by written notice of the change or addition.
(Prior Code, § 62.22.020)
(C) License fee. The yearly license fee for such public camps shall be according to § 33.004, or an ordinance of the city providing for a license fee to be collected from any enterprise carried on within the city for the purpose of gain or profit.
(Prior Code, § 62.22.030)
(D) Daily register required. Every licensee of such premises shall keep a daily register of all guests or tenants of such premises, which register shall be available at all times and for one year thereafter for inspection by the Sheriff’s Department and/or city official.
(Prior Code, § 62.22.040)
(E) Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates, or requires, a different meaning.
PUBLIC CAMP. Any place, area, or tract of land upon which one or more camping parties, use, or erect for use, a cabin or tent for transient or temporary living or sleeping purposes; with the express consent of the owner or person legally in charge of said place, area, or tract of land.
SQUATTER. One who settles or locates on land, enclosed or unenclosed, with no bona fide claim or color of title, or without the expressed consent of the owner or person legally in charge of the land.
SQUATTER CAMP. An area of land occupied by one or more squatters.
(Prior Code, § 62.22.050)
(Ord. 2-92, passed - -1992) Penalty, see § 157.999