§ 50-753. Primitive camping.

(a)

As contained in schedule 1, use regulations, of section 50-676, the terms "primitive camp" and "primitive camping" are controlled as follows where permitted:

(1)

Primitive camps or primitive campgrounds shall not have permanent electricity, sanitary wastewater, or plumbing for use at the individual camp sites. Electricity, sanitary wastewater, or plumbing may be installed for use at campgrounds that provide primitive camping sites, which must be designed and used only for communal use of campers and employees and operators and users of such campground. Campers at individual camp sites where the campground does not provide communal sanitary wastewater shall provide a means to dispose of sanitary waste for transport to a state-approved sanitary wastewater facility.

(2)

If electricity, sanitary wastewater, or plumbing are to be installed at a campground that provides primitive camp sites for communal use, then the campground must meet all other applicable building and zoning requirements.

(3)

In zoning districts where primitive camping is allowed, higher density will be allowed in primitive camping areas; however, in the event a primitive camp site is later converted to a permanent dwelling, density in that particular zoning district would apply.

(4)

In zoning districts where primitive camping is allowed, a primitive camp can be occupied for no longer than 14 consecutive days, unless the primitive camp is located in a campground that provides sanitary wastewater and plumbing for communal use.

(5)

Primitive camping will be allowed as a permitted use in any federal or state designated hunting area, preserve or district regardless of the regulations of the zoning district in which such hunting area, preserve or district is located.

(b)

No primitive camp shall be constructed or erected within 300 feet of a dwelling or dwellings without the written consent of the owner of the dwelling within the 300-foot area.

(1991 LDR ch. 79, § 4.01(A); Ord. No. 2007-03, § 22, 7-17-2007; Ord. No. 2014-03 , § 4, 4-22-2014)

Editor's note

Ord. No. 2014-03 , § 4, adopted April 22, 2014, amended § 50-753, and in so doing changed the title of said section from "Rough camping" to "Primitive camping."