Clayton Municipal Code Ch. 9.35 Camping

Unless the particular provisions or context requires otherwise, the definitions contained in this section shall govern the construction, meaning and application of words and phrases in this chapter.

"Camp facilities" include, but are not limited to, tents, huts, or temporary shelters, trailers, and any other vehicle.

"Camp paraphernalia" includes, but is not limited to, collapsible shelters, cots, beds, sleeping bags, bed rolls, hammocks, barbeques, open fires, portable stoves or other cooking equipment not provided or approved by the city.

"Store" means to put aside or accumulate for use when needed, to put for safekeeping, or to place or leave in a location.

A. No person shall camp anywhere in the city, whether on public or private property, except as hereinafter expressly permitted. "To camp" means to do any of the following:

1. Sleeping (10:00 p.m. to 8:30 a.m.). To sleep at any time between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 8:30 a.m. in any of the following places:

a. Outdoors, with or without camp paraphernalia.

b. In, on, or under structure not intended for human occupancy, whether with or without bedding, tent, hammock, or other similar protection or equipment.

2. Setting up camping paraphernalia (10:00 p.m. to 8:30 a.m.). To establish or maintain, outdoors or in, on, or under any structure not intended for human occupancy, at any time between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 8:30 a.m., a temporary or permanent place for sleeping by setting up any camp facilities or camp paraphernalia in such a manner as to be immediately usable for sleeping purposes.

3. Setting up campsite (any time). It shall be unlawful for any person to store personal property, including camp facilities and camp paraphernalia, in the following areas, except as otherwise provided:

a. Any park.

b. Any street or right-of-way, including sidewalks, bus stops and public landscaping; and

c. any parking lot, yard, building set-back, vacant land, open space or any other area open or accessible to the public, improved or unimproved.

B. Camping is permitted in the city only in the following circumstances:

1. Camping in public areas specifically set aside and clearly marked for public camping purposes:

2. Camping events authorized by the city;

3. Camping in the yard of a residence, with the consent of the owner or occupant of the residence, where the camping is in the rear yard of the residence or where the camping is an area of a side yard of the residence that is separated from view from the street by a fence or hedge or other obstruction; except that camping shall not be permitted under this subsection where it is conducted in such a manner as to constitute a nuisance because of noise, inadequate sanitation, or other matters offensive to persons of ordinary sensibility; nor shall camping be permitted under this subsection where the camping in any yard is of such frequency, intensity, or duration as to constitute a use of land prohibited by any provision of this Code; nor shall camping be permitted under this subsection where any fee, charge, or other monetary consideration is collected for the privilege of camping or for any services or the use of any facilities related thereto; and

4. Camping events for minors sponsored by any nonprofit organization; except that camping shall not be permitted under this subsection where it is conducted in such a manner as to constitute a nuisance because of noise, inadequate sanitation, or other matters offensive to persons of ordinary sensibility; nor shall camping be permitted under this subsection where the camping at any location is of frequency, intensity, or duration as to constitute a use of land prohibited by any provision of this Code.

No person shall urinate or defecate in public except when using a urinal, toilet or commode located in a restroom, or when using a portable or temporary toilet or other facility designed for the sanitary disposal of human waste and which is hidden from public view. No person shall urinate or defecate in or upon any public street, sidewalk, alley, plaza, park, public building or other publicly maintained facility or place, or upon the private property of another without the consent of the owner or person in lawful possession, or in any place open to the public or exposed to public view.

A violation of this chapter shall be a misdemeanor punishable in accordance with Section 1.20.010 or as otherwise provided for in this Code.