[Ord. No. 645, §5]
Public campgrounds shall be required to comply with requirements
contained herein.
[Ord. No. 1097 §§1 — 2, 4-19-1994; Ord. No. 1616 §1, 6-4-2002]
"Traveler" shall mean a person or persons seeking
overnight camping privileges in a public campground for travelers.
No traveler shall be permitted to occupy a public campground or combination
of campgrounds in the City for more than ninety (90) days within any
six (6) month period. The intent of this Section is to provide for
vacation, recreational and leisure oriented use of campground facilities
and to prohibit any establishment of residency.
[Ord. No. 645, §5]
(a)
It shall be unlawful for any person to maintain or operate within
the city any public campground for travelers unless such person shall
first obtain a permit therefor. A permit shall expire on December
31 of each year and there shall be an annual permit charge of not
less than twenty-five dollars or such an amount in excess of twenty-five
dollars as may be designated by the board of aldermen for each public
campground for travelers. This fee shall be adjusted on an annual
basis, effective January 1 of the year in question, to reflect increases,
if any, in the November offering next preceding this January 1 of
the Cost of Living Index for all urban consumers for the St. Louis
area published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States
Department of Labor, as compared to the previous November offering,
using the period 1967 = 100 as the base period. All such computation
of increases made as provided herein shall be rounded to the nearest
fifty-cent figure, and shall not be further adjusted during the course
of the year in question, during the next year in question when such
further adjustments, if warranted as provided herein, shall be made.
(b)
Applications for a permit to construct and operate a public campground
for travelers shall be issued by the board of aldermen of the city.
Application shall be in writing, signed by the person who will own,
maintain or operate the proposed public campground for travelers and
shall contain the following information:
(1)
The name and address of the persons who will own, maintain and
operate the proposed public campground for travelers.
(2)
The location and legal description of the public campground
for travelers.
(3)
A complete plot plan of the public campground for travelers showing compliance with all of the provisions of this article and chapter 23.
(4)
Plans and specifications of all buildings and other improvements
to be constructed within the public campground for travelers.
(5)
Such other and further information as may be requested by the
board of aldermen to enable it to determine if the proposed public
campground for travelers will comply with all requirements.
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The application and all accompanying plans and specifications
shall be filed in triplicate. The board of aldermen shall investigate
the applicant and inspect the proposed plans and specifications.
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Upon a finding of a good moral character of the applicant and
compliance with all ordinances and statutes, and after satisfying
itself that the public campground for travelers is reasonable and
proper in its proposed location, the board of aldermen shall approve
the application and upon completion of the public campground for travelers
according to the plans submitted, they shall issue the permit hereunder.
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(c)
The permit shall be conspicuously posted in the office or on the
premises of the public campground for travelers at all times.
[Ord. No. 645, §5]
The board of aldermen of the city may revoke any permit to maintain and operate a public campground for travelers when the permittee has been found guilty by a court of competent jurisdiction of violating any provisions of this article or chapter 23. After such conviction, the permit may be reissued if the circumstances leading to conviction have been remedied and evidence given that the public campground for travelers will be maintained and operated in full compliance with the law.
[Ord. No. 645, §5]
It shall be the duty of the permittee to keep a register containing
a record of all automobiles and occupants located within the public
campground for travelers. The register shall contain the following
information:
(a)
Name and address of each occupant.
(b)
The make, model and year of all automobiles.
(c)
License number and owner of each automobile.
(d)
The state issuing the license.
(e)
The dates of arrival and departure of each occupant.
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The public campground for travelers shall keep the register
available for inspection at all times by law-enforcement officers,
public health officials and other officials whose duties necessitate
acquisition of the information contained in the register. The register
records shall not be destroyed for a period of three years following
the date of departure.
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[Ord. No. 645, §5]
Maximum density shall be no more than fifteen campsites per
acre. Minimum size of campsite shall be two thousand square feet (not
including streets). The minimum size of a campground shall be twenty
acres or more.
[Ord. No. 645, §5.; Ord. No. 1616 §2, 6-4-2002]
Street minimum construction shall be of gravel or stone which
has been compacted and has a minimum of six (6) inches in thickness.
Street width shall be as follows: One-way minimum street width,
twelve (12) feet; two-way minimum street width, twenty-five (25) feet;
minimum turning radius at inside turn shall be thirty (30) feet.
[Ord. No. 1616 §2, 6-4-2002]
(a)
The Planning and Zoning Commission and Board of Aldermen may,
under the special use permit provisions, give consideration to outdoor
storage areas.
(b)
Outdoor storage areas shall be screened from public view through
use of earth berms, fencing or landscaping or a combination thereof.
Fencing and landscaping used for screening of outdoor storage areas
shall be decorative in nature and maintained in an acceptable manner.
Decorative fences do not include chain link fences, with or without
slats. Outdoor storage areas shall have a minimum surface covering
of six (6) inches of rolled gravel.
(a)
The Planning and Zoning Commission and Board of Aldermen may,
under the special use permit provisions, give consideration to applications
for parking or storage of recreational vehicles, campers and recreational
trailers on behalf of the owner or operator of same within public
campgrounds.
(b)
General Provisions.
(1)
The owner or operator of the land on which the off-site parking
or storage activity is being conducted shall be the applicant, not
the owner or operator of the recreational vehicles, campers and recreational
trailers being stored on same.
(2)
Consideration criteria will be reviewed a minimum of annually,
and if an inspection of property and the recreational vehicles, campers
and recreational trailers located thereon results in a determination
that any standards are lacking, City staff may place the applicant
on notice and request review of the off-site parking authority, with
the possible outcome of off-site parking authority rescission by the
Board of Aldermen.
(3)
The assessment and professional opinion of City staff shall
be the factor in determining if an activity presently being conducted
or to be proposed is not in conformance with these provisions. The
Planning and Zoning Commission shall be the appeals body for such
a staff determination.
(4)
All areas utilized for off-site parking or storage, and ingress/egress
thereto, shall be surfaced with a minimum of six (6) inches of rolled
gravel in conformance with City specifications.
(c)
Off-site Parking Or Storage Consideration. In addition to normal factual determination criteria, following are
examples of factors which may be examined or conditions which may
be imposed during the course of application consideration:
(1)
Existing and/or proposed lot improvements and topographical
conditions.
(2)
Impact on adjacent properties (property values, aesthetics,
etc.).
(3)
Effects on general community standards (passersby, etc., not
immediately adjacent to the subject site).
(4)
What can be stored at a particular location (type, number, etc.).
(5)
Degree to which it might create or exacerbate hazardous or unsanitary
conditions.
(6)
Creation or aggravation of general nuisances such as visual,
noise, odor, etc.
(7)
Ongoing lot and/or recreational vehicle/camper/recreational
trailer maintenance standards.
(8)
Landscaping/screening/buffer requirements.
(9)
Ingress/egress and general traffic impact standards.
(10)
Proximity to residential zoning districts or residentially utilized
property in other zoning districts.
(11)
Proximity to other businesses and/or property lines and/or streets.
(12)
No wrecked, derelict, or otherwise unsightly or unsafe recreational
vehicles, campers and recreational trailers.
[Ord. No. 645, §5]
All buildings, structures and other construction at a campground
for travelers shall comply with the BOCA Building Code and all applicable
ordinances of the city.
[Ord. No. 645,
§5.]
There shall be a ratio of one comfort station provided for each
thirty campsites. No campsite shall be located farther than three
hundred feet from a comfort station. For the purposes of this paragraph,
a "comfort station" shall be defined as one toilet, one lavatory and
one shower, with related plumbing facilities.
All showers and lavatory fixtures are to be provided with adequate
hot and cold water and an automatic hot water control valve which
will not permit hot water temperatures to exceed one hundred twenty
degrees Fahrenheit.
[Ord. No. 645, §5]
A sewage dumping station shall be constructed in all campgrounds.
Construction shall be in accord with the city Plumbing code and properly
maintained.
[Ord. No. 645, §5]
Site lighting shall be such that adequate security can be maintained
during the evening hours but not so as to interfere with sleeping.
[Ord. No. 645, §5]
All public campgrounds for overnight travelers shall have the
following minimum recreational facilities:
(a)
Children's playground.
(b)
Recreation building or space in a multi-purpose building; minimum
recreational space, four hundred square feet.
(c)
Swimming pool, concrete or gunite construction; minimum size sixteen
by thirty-two feet, minimum deck of concrete surrounding pool ten
feet wide. The swimming pool shall meet county health department requirements.
[Ord. No. 645, §5]
A minimum of fifteen percent of all campsites shall be equipped
with sewer hook-ups. A minimum of fifty percent of all campsites shall
have individual water and electric hook-ups. Electric service shall
be a minimum of one weather-proof duplex electrical outlet of 120
volts, 20 amperes with ground. Each water connection shall be with
three-fourths inch riser and hose bib. The water system for the campground
shall be designated to provide a minimum of twenty gallons per day
per campsite.
[Ord. No. 645, §5]
There shall be a street light at each intersection of a one-way
with a two-way street. All service buildings, comfort stations and
their immediate area, inside and outside, shall be lighted.
[Ord. No. 645, §5]
Any campsites which are within one hundred feet of a property
boundary shall be screened to protect adjoining property. Such screening
may be shrubs, plantings or closed fencing.
[Ord. No. 645, §5]
The schedule of fees of the city for multiple extensions or
connections of either the water or sewer system shall apply to each
permanent building, comfort station and dumping station. If the public
campground for travelers is open to travelers less than twelve calendar
months per year, the owner or operator may negotiate with the mayor
that portion of the water and sewer charges applicable to individual
campsites which are not used for the full year. Any such negotiations
must be carried on prior to the closing of the individual campsites
or the full rates shall apply. The mayor is hereby authorized to negotiate
for the city and to make reasonable adjustments in the charges for
individual campsites, taking into consideration the periods when campsites
are not being used, subject to the approval of the board of aldermen.
