[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee
of the Township of Freehold 9-13-1971 (§ 7-9 of the Revised
General Ordinances), as amended through Ord. No. O-83-3. Subsequent
amendments noted where applicable.]
Whenever used in this chapter, unless a different
meaning appears from the context, the terminology of the following
definition shall control:
Any person who registers his party for the occupancy of a
campsite or who otherwise assumes charge of, or is placed in charge
of, a campsite.
A plot of ground upon which two or more campsites are located,
established or maintained for occupancy by camping units of the general
public as temporary living quarters for children or adults, or both,
for a total of 15 days or more in any calendar year, for recreation,
education or vacation purposes.
Any tent or camping vehicle temporarily located on a campsite,
or a cabin, lean-to, or similar structure established or maintained
and operated in a campground as temporary living quarters for children
or adults, or both, for recreation, education or vacation purposes,
but shall not include any camping unit kept by its owner on land occupied
by him in connection with his dwelling, or any camping unit which
is not occupied and which is kept at a campground for storage purposes
only at a location reserved for the storage of such camping units.
Any camp trailer, travel trailer or other unit built or mounted
on a vehicle or chassis designed without permanent foundation, which
is used for temporary dwelling or sleeping purposes, and which, under
the provisions of Title 39 of the Revised Statutes of New Jersey,
may be legally driven, or towed by a passenger automobile, on a highway.
Any plot of ground within a campground intended for the exclusive
occupation by camping unit or units in the control of a camper.
The owner, lessee, tenant, or other person having authorization
to permit and who permits the occupancy of a campground by campers
or overnight occupants.
[Amended 1-14-2020 by Ord. No. O-20-2]
No person shall construct, expand, operate,
or maintain a campground within the Township unless such person shall
first obtain a license for the construction, expansion, operation
or maintenance thereof, from the Township and pay the fees as hereinafter
provided. Any approval of plans and applications for a license to
construct or expand a campground shall be subject to automatic revocation
in the event the applicant to whom the approval is granted shall fail
to commence construction or expansion of the campground for which
a license is applied for within 12 months from the date of the granting
of such approval. No license shall be issued to any owner unless and
until such person shall have applied for and been granted approval
for the construction, expansion, or operation of such campground by
the New Jersey Department of Health pursuant to Chapter XI of the
New Jersey State Sanitary Code.
Campgrounds shall be permitted solely and exclusively
in those locations for which a license has been granted or renewed;
the license shall be issued or refused on the basis of the criteria
contained in this chapter, Chapter XI of the New Jersey State Sanitary
Code, and the general welfare.
Only two licenses for the construction, maintenance
or operation of a campground shall be issued.
[Amended 1-14-2020 by Ord. No. O-20-2]
Licenses or permits to maintain and operate
a campground pursuant to this chapter shall be issued annually, commencing
on the first day of January and terminating on the 31st day of December.
The annual fee for said license shall be as provided in Chapter 150, Fees.
The renewal of any campground license shall
be based on prior compliance by the owner or operator with the provisions
of this chapter, the securing of any and all proper approvals from
the State Department of Health, and the reasonable expectation of
future compliance with this chapter and all applicable state laws
and regulations.
