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. Introouced By: City Man~e.~ _
Introouction Date: 7-23-79
Public Hearing and
Enactment: 8-27-79
City of Seward, Alaska
Ordinance No. 474
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO CAMPER PARKS WITHIN THE CITY
OF SEWARD, ALASKA AND ESTABLISHING SECTIONS 21-23
THROUGH 21-34 OF THE SEWARD CITY CODE.
WHEREAS, Seward, Alaska is a prime recreational area
of Alaska during the tourist season; and
WHEREAS, thousands of campers enter the City each
season to enjoy the scenic, recreational and fishing resources
located in and around the City; and
WHEREAS, there is a need to apply standardized and
fair standards to those areas of Seward where tourists wish to
camp overnight; and
WHEREAS, the City Council believes that owners of real
property within the City limits of Seward should be able to
accommodate these tourists without complying with the strict
standards imposed upon applicants for permanant trailer court
licenses:
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY OF SEWARD ORDAINS:
Section 1. Sections 21-1 through 21-22 of the Seward
City Code are hereby designated as follows:
"Article I. Trailer Courts."
Section 2. There is hereby created a new Article II
of Chapter 21 of the Seward City Code which shall read as
follows:
Article II. Camper Parks.
Sec. 21-23.
Applicability of article.
The special provisions of this article apply to
overnight facilities provided for recreational vehicles
including but not limited to tents used for camping purposes,
campers, camping trailers, tent campers and similar vehicles
when used for touring, vacationing and like transient acti-
vities within the city. When used for other purposes, the
general provisions of Article I of this chapter and applicable
provisions of this Code shall apply.
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Sec. 21-24.
Location.
Camper parks and facilities are construed as permitted
uses, with specific permission of the Advisory Planning
Commission.
Sec. 21-25.
License required.
No person shall maintain or operate a camper park or
facility without obtaining a license therefor. Application for
and issuance of the license shall be in accordance with the
provisions for trailer court licenses, with the following
exceptions and variations:
(a) A person already holding a valid trailer court
license shall not be required to obtain a separate license for
camper facilities, but shall otherwise comply with the
provisions of this article.
(b) Spacing, water and sewer requirements shall be as
set forth in this article.
Sec. 21-26.
Spacing requirements.
The requirement for spacing shall be at least ten feet
clear space between recreational vehicles or tent units.
Sec. 21-27.
Sanitary facilities.
Separate sanitary facilities shall be provided for
each sex. Such sanitary facilities shall include flush
toilets, if the facility has access to public sewer
facilities. Each facility shall have adequate means for
disposal of waste from nondependent campers and trailers.
Where only self contained recreational vehicles are serviced or
accommodated, no special toilet facilities will be required.
Sec. 21-28.
Garbage and refuse.
Adequate waste cans shall be maintained on the
premises and timely and periodic collection and disposal of
garbage and refuse shall be the responsibility of the operator
of the park.
Sec. 21-29.
Use of recreational vehicles and tents.
(a) No more than one recreational vehicle or tent may
be occupied overnight on a single privately owned lot outside
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of a licensed camper park. Such occupancy shall ~e for
recreational or vacationing purposes only and shall not
continue for a period in excess of 60 days per calendar year.
(b) No recreational vehicle may be parked on private
property without specific approval of the owner of the property.
(c) No recreational vehicle may be parked overnight
on any City street.
(d) Occupancy of recreational vehicles on City owned
real property designated by the City Manager as a camping area
is permissable.
Sec. 21-30.
Occupancy requirements.
(a) Occupancy in a camper park and in City owned
camping areas is limited to those persons and vehicles in the
city for recreational, touring, vacationing and other similar
temporary purposes. Occupancy for a period exceeding 90 days
is presumed to be for purposes not permitted within this
subsection.
(b) A camper park may grant occupancy to recreational
vehicles and tents only.
Sec. 21-31.
Prohibitions generally.
(a) No recreational or tent vehicle situated in a
camper park may be offered for rent or lease.
(b) No vehicle in a camper park may be rendered
immobile except by the unhitching of a separate towing vehicle,
if any. Camper vehicles may be temporarily tied down only as
required for the safety of the vehicle and the area. Removal
of wheels, skirting, attachment of structures, building or
foundations or any other act evidencing permanency of occupancy
shall not be permitted.
Sec. 21-32.
Registration required.
The owner or operator of a camper park shall maintain
a register containing the name and address of each person
occupying the park, a license or identification number and
description of each vehicle occupying the park and the date of
each arrival and departure on a form approved by the city.
This register shall be retained for at least three years, and
shall be available for inspection by the city at any time. No
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person who refuses to register may be granted occupancy in the
park for himself or his vehicle.
Sec. 21-33.
Alaska landlord-tenant act inapplicable.
A camper park is not a mobile home park as set forth
in AS 34.03.360(3). Structures and mobile homes within the
terms of AS 34.03.360(3) are not permitted.
Sec. 21-34.
Responsibility for compliance with chapter.
The compliance with this chapter is the responsibility
of the owners, operators and occupants of camper and trailer
parks. The owner and operators have a duty to prevent viola-
tions by occupants, and no owner or operator may knowingly
allow a violation by an occupant. The owners and operators are
jointly and severally liable and responsible together with any
occupant for any violations by an occupant which were known or
should have been known to the owner or operator.
Section 3. This Ordinance shall take effect ten (10)
days followjng enactment.
ENACTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEWARD,
ALASKA, this 27th day of August , 1979.
CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA
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ABSENT:
Raymond
Mayor
HUGLI, POTTS,
SORIANO AND SWARTZ
CAMPBELL, GILLESPIE,
NONE
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ATTEST:
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JoAnne E. Shanley
City CleL-k
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CRM~STON, WALTERS, DAHL & JARRELL
Attorneys for the City of Seward, Alaska
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Ranald H. Jarrell
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