§ 8.64.070. Temporary camp requirements.  


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  • The following health, safety, and welfare requirements are prerequisites to the issuance of a temporary camp permit:

    (1)

    Drinking Water. The applicant shall provide a potable water supply from a source approved by the health officer in accordance with county and state law;

    (2)

    Toilet Facilities. The applicant shall provide toilet facilities on the basis of one toilet for every forty persons attending the temporary camp activity. Toilets shall be located within a radius of four hundred feet of each campsite. Toilet facilities shall be maintained in a sanitary condition at all times and shall be cleaned at least once each day;

    (3)

    Parking Area. Every premises on which a temporary camp activity is conducted shall have on such premises or in an area approved by the health officer vehicle parking spaces equal to one-fourth of the maximum number of persons which the temporary camp permit allows to attend the temporary camp unless the health officer finds that a smaller number is sufficient. Said parking area shall be free of flammable material;

    (4)

    Access Ways. The applicant shall provide all exterior and interior access ways at the temporary camp site and parking area which the health officer finds necessary for the use of temporary camp and emergency vehicles and participants at the temporary camp activity;

    (5)

    Solid Waste Disposal. The applicant shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the health officer that the applicant has an adequate plan for the proper storage, collection and disposal of garbage, trash, and refuse. All solid waste material shall be disposed of by the sanitary landfill method, or shall be hauled to an approved dump site, and the area where the temporary camp activity and parking occurred shall be returned to a litter-free condition within seventy-two hours after the temporary camp activity is concluded, all to the satisfaction of the health officer;

    (6)

    Guarantee of Site Restoration. Where the temporary camping will involve five hundred or more people at any time, a bond or cash deposit shall be required for approval of a temporary camp permit to guarantee litter abatement after use. The guarantee is to be posted with the health officer, with the County of San Luis Obispo named as beneficiary. The guarantee is to be of an amount established by the health officer equal to an estimate of the actual cost to remove and dispose of litter caused by the temporary camp activity at the temporary camp site, parking area, and any adjacent areas. The guarantee shall be released by the health officer after the expiration of the temporary camp permit if the temporary camp site, parking area, and adjacent areas are free from litter caused by the temporary camp activity;

    (7)

    Dust Control. The applicant shall use such methods of dust control as approved by the health officer. The health officer shall approve such methods if he finds that such methods will prevent the arising of dust to an extent which may endanger the public health or safety;

    (8)

    Medical Coverage. The applicant shall be responsible for making adequate plans for medical coverage of the temporary camp participants and any other persons attending the temporary camp activity; and

    (9)

    Noise. The exterior noise standards of Section 22.06.040 of this code shall apply to the temporary camp activity.

(Ord. 2129 § 1 (part), 1983)