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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC ORD 1937-652 Construction and maintenance of auto courts and public camps (Repealed by 893)n — t_ vjT)•r ORDINANCE NO. 652 AN ORDINANCE REGULAT- iNG THE CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC CAMPS, PROVIDING FOR THE SANITATION OF THE SAME, ESTABLISHING PROCEDURE FOR THE LOCATION OF PUB- LIC CAMPS, REGULATING THE LOCATION OF CAMP CALLS AND TRAILERS, PRO- VIDING AGAINST 'TRESPASS- ING ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. BE IT ORDAINED, by the City Council of the City of National City, California, as follows: Section 1. For the purpose of this ordinance, the following terms we's `"*'shall be construed to have the meaning herein given: CAMP CAR AND/OR TRAIL- ER: is any unit used for living or sleeping purposes and which is equipped with wheels or similar devices used for the purpose of transporting said unit from place to place, whether by motive power or other means. PERSONS: Any person, firm or corporation. PUBLIC CAMP: An approved area, lot or parcel of land regu- larly used or intended regularly to be used for temporary camping in tents or other portable shelters; provided, however, that an occa- sional and temporary use of an area, lot or parcel of lard for camping by a single camping party shall not be construed as a public camp within the meaning of the ordinance. TRESPASSER: A n y person, firm or corporation who uses, crosses or stands upon real prop- erty of another without the per- mission of the owner or person in possession. Section 2. PERMIT REQUIR- ED. No person shall construct, establish, maintain or op. rate an auto court or public camp, or cauee or permit the same to be constructed, established, maintain- ed or operated in the City of Na- tional City without a permit to do so from the Council. Application for such a permit shall be in writ- ing and shall state the number of cottages and camping spaces pro- vided for. The application shall be presented to the Planning• Com- mission, accompanied by a fee of ten dollars ($10.00). The Planning Commission shall not recommend the granting of, nor shall the Council grant, any permit for the construction or establishment of an auto court or public camp in any location until or unless a petition shall have been filed in connection therewith signed by sixty per cent (60'i,) of the property owners owning property within five hun- dred (500) feet of the proposed location of such auto court or public camp, approving the erec- tion, construction or establishment of the sume in such location. Upon the approval of such ap- plication by the Planning Com- mission it shall recommend to the Council the granting of the per- mit applied for. The Council may thereupon grant such p e r m i t. After the permit has been granted by the Council complete plans and specifications for the construction of such auto court and/or public camp shall be submitted to the Health Department and the Build- ing Department of the City. If such plans and specifications meet with the requirements of this ordi- nance, t h e Iiealth Department shall place a stamp of approval thereon and the Building Depart- ment shall then issue a building permit for the construction of the buildings shown thereon. The building permit fees shall be the same as required for other struc- tures erected in the City of Na- tional City. A separate building permit shall he required for each separate building or structure erected in such auto court and/or public camp. (., Section 3 shall he unlawful for any person to camp on ally property belonging to or under the control of the City of National City without having first secured from the Chief of Police a written permit to do so. Camping permits may he issued by the Chief of Po- lice upon such terms and condi- tions and for such periods of time as in his judgment shall be proper, and shall be revocable by him at any time. Provided, however, that no permits to camp upon tidelands under the jurisdiction of the City Council shall he issued by the Chief of Police without the ap- proval of the City Council. Section el. CAMP CARS AND TRAILERS. It shall be unlawful to permit waste paper or material frc:m sinks, showers or other fix- tures in camp cars or trialers to be deposited on any street. alley, auto court, public camp, or upon any lot within the corporate limits of the City of National City. Sinks, showers or other similar fixtures in camp cars or trailers, when in use, must be connected to the sewer system in a manner ac- ceptable to the Department of Public Health and in compliance with the requirements of the plumbing ordinance of the C.ty. Chemical toilets or other similar fixtures are prohibited. Camp cars and/or trailers hav- ing their running gear, wheels, or other equipment designed for the transportation of said vehicle from one location to another re- moved. or blocked up, or otherwise made stationary and in use for living quarters, will be classed as dwellings, and as such subject to all the provisions of the State Housing Act pertaining to dwell- ings. Section 5. CARETAKER AND SUPERVISION. All auto courts and public camps shall be provided at all times with a resident care- taker, whose duty shall be to en- force all sanitary rules and regu- lations and see that no part of the ordinance is violated. The man- agement of every auto court and/ or public camp shall assume re- sponsibility for maintaining in good repair and operation all sani- tary appliance on the premises. Dogs shall at no time he turned loose or be permitted to run at large. Supervision and equipment suf- ficient to prevent littering of the ground with rubbish, garbage, or other refuse shall be provided and maintained. Fly -tight metal de- positories with tight -fitting covers for such materials shall be pro- vided and conspicuously located. Each and every dwelling and/or camping space shall be within a distance of not over one hundred (100) feet from such depository. Said depositories shall not be per- mitted to become foulsmelling, un- sightly, or breeding places for flies. Section 6. REGISTRATION AND INSPECTION. It shall be the duty of the management or caretaker to keep a record of all guests and camping parties. The record shall be in the form of a hotel registry. Said registry shall specify the dote of arrival and in the event said guests or camping parties are traveling by means of an automobile said registry shall further specify the name of the owner of the automobile, the make of the automobile, the state in which said automobile is register- ed, the number of the license thereof, and the year of its issu- ance. The register shall at all times be open for inspection to all police officers of the City of Na- tional City. Each and every dwelling and/or public camp must be thoroughly inspected by the City Department of Public Health, and said De- partment shall collect an annual inspection fee of five dollars ($5.00) therefor from each owner or proprietor. Section 7. REFUSE AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL. All gar- bage and waste shall he disposed of according to the rules and regu- lations of the City garbaec col- lection service, or where said col- lecting service is not frequent or is not sufficient, the garbage and waste shall be otherwise entirely removed from the premises as ap- proved by the Department of Pub- lic Iiealth. A sufficient number of approved incinerators shall be provided for burning all combust- ible rubbish. All auto courts and public camps shall be provided with a complete approved sewerage system. Water - flushed water closets shall be pro- vided and maintained in clean, sanitary condition. In those parts of the City where public camps are permitted, said camping spaces shall be provided with approved community toilets. Separate toilets shall be provided for min and women, located in separate compartments, the entrances to which shall he not less than ten (10) feet apart.. One water -closet and one lavatory or sink shall he provided for each ten (10) women, or fraction thereof and the maxi- mum number of individual persons occupying said camping spaces in any public camp; and one shower shall he provided for each twenty (20) persons, or major fraction thereof. Twenty-five per cent (25/ ) of the required water closets for men may be substituted by approved urinals or approved equivalent. One shell or lip urinal or twenty-four (24) inches of urinal trough may be competed as one water closet. The location of all toilets shall be plainly indi- cated by approved signs. All toi- lets shall be screened fly -tight and shall be well illuminated both day and night. All toilets, shower and/or washroom floors shall be constructed of concrete, We, or equal material properly drained and connected to sewer system. All toilet, shower and/or washroom walls and partitions shall be im- pervious to moisture. (Continu.d) N v ORDINANCE NO. 652 cured permission :''rom the owner (Continued) A sufficient number of approved cast iron enameled slop sinks shall be provided, and each shall be connected with the sewerage sys- tem; these sinks to he used for the disposal of domestic waste waters only. Section 8. PROTECTION AGAINST FIRES. No fires shall at any time be so located as to endanger automobiles or other property. No fires shall be left unattended at any time, and all fires shall be completely extin- guished before leaving. No camp fires will be permitted excepting in approved allotted public camps havirg approved camping spaces. Section 9. ALLOTTED SPACE AND DRIVEWAYS. The space or unit in a public camp allotted to each camping party shall con- tain not less than three hundred sixty (360) square feet of ground area \' All dwellings shall he lo- cated on a space of not less than eighteen (18) feet by twenty (20) feet. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to mitigate or eliminate the court and yard re- quirements for apartments or dwellings as required by the State Housing laws. All dwellings and camping spaces shall he arranged in rows facing on a continuous driveway at least twenty-five (25) feet wide. For the purpose of com- put:ng the number of persons to be accommodated in any auto court, camp ground, or other such loca- tion as provided in this ordinance, each three hundred sixty (360) square feet area shall be counted as three (3) persons. Section 10. It shall be unlawful, and it is hereby declared to be un- lawful, fur any person to camp in a tent, camp car, trailer, and/or any other portable shelter on any property other than his own with- out first having secured from the Chief of Police of the City of Na- tional City, California a permit; sr.id permit to be in addition to the permit referred to in Section 2. Said permit shall be issued within the discretion of the Chief of Police of t.hc City of National City, California, and shall be sub- stantially in the following form, to -wit: Permit No Date POLICE DEPARTMENT National City California Permission is hereby granted to to camp at National S:reet Number City, California, in a , for thirty days from date of issuance. This perrnit void after Date Chief of Police Said permit shall be void and of no force or effect thirty (30) days after issuance thereof, but shall be subject to renewal within the discretion of the Chief of Po- lice the same as if a new permit were to be secured. Section 11. It shall be unlawful, and it is hereby declared to be un- lawful, for any person to use, stand upon, or trespass on, walk over, or cross the real property of another without first having se - or the person in possession of said real property. _ Section 12. That all ordinances and parts of ordinances of the said City of National City in con- flict herewith are hereby repealed. Section 13. If any section, sub- section, clause or phrase be held unconstitutional, the City Council affirms that it would have passed each and every section, subsection, clause or phrase separately from the other section, subsection, clause or phrase. Section 14. Penalty. Any person violating any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon convic- tion thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not to exceed three hun- dred ($300.00) dollars or by an imprisonment in the City Jail for not more than ninety (90) days, or by both such fine and imprison- ment. Section 15. The Clerk of the City of National City shall certify to the final passage of this Ordi- nance, and cause the same to be published once in the National City News, a weekly newspaper of general circulation published in the City of National City, County of San Diego, State of California. Section 16. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force after the 31st day after its final pas- sage and approval. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of National City, California, this 18th day of May, 1937, by the following vote, to -wit: AYES: Councilmen Cordingly, Kiicrease, Thatcher, Warner, Bird. NAYS: None. ABSENT: None. D. W. Bird, Mayor of the City of National City, California. ATTEST: DALE SMITH City Clerk. I hereby approve the foregoing Ordinance this 18th day of May, 1937. D. W. Bird, Mayor of the City of National City, California. I hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a full and true copy of Ordinance No. 652 of the Ordinances of the City of National City, California, as adopted by the City Council of said City, and ap- proved by the Mayor of said City, on the l8th day of May, 1937. DALE SMITH, City Clerk of the City of National City, California.