Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 105 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH › Title 105 CMR 440.000 - Minimum Standards For Developed Family Type Camp Grounds (state Sanitary Code, Chapter Vi) › Section 440.01 - Definitions

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
Approving Authority
means the local
				Board of Health, or the Department of Public Health in the case of public
				agencies.
Black Water
means sewage from toilet
				wastes only.
Board of Health
means the appropriate
				and legally designated health authority of the city, town, or other legally
				constituted governmental unit within the Commonwealth having the usual powers
				and duties of the board of health of a city or town or its authorized agent or
				representative; provided, that in any case in which a camp extends into the
				geographic areas of two or more boards of health, those boards shall coordinate
				activities in effecting compliance with 105 CMR 440.00.
Camping Unit
means any vehicle or
				object on wheels which is so designed and constructed, or reconstructed, or
				added to by means of accessories, as to permit the vehicle to travel over the
				highways, and as to permit the use thereof for camping purposes, including,
				without limiting the generality of the foregoing, travel trailers, self-powered
				camping units, expandable camping units and similar camping devices. Tents are
				also considered camping units whether mounted on a trailer or not.
Department
means the Department of
				Public Health.
Family Type Camp Ground, Camp Ground,
or
Camp
means a tract or parcel of land, either
				privately or publicly owned, (a) which is used wholly or in part for
				recreational camping or group activity purposes, or for accommodation for
				overnight or longer periods, and (b) which accommodates for profit or under
				philanthropic or charitable auspices three or more families or camping groups.
				Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the family type camp ground
				may accommodate tents, motor homes, expandable camping units, and such other
				devices as may be developed and marketed for the camping trade. The term family
				type camp ground does not include a children's day camp, recreational camp for
				children, mobile home park or picnic area.
Gray Water
means sewage consisting of
				wash water from sink and shower, etc.
Operator
means any person,
				association, partnership, trust, corporation, firm or the Commonwealth or any
				body politic or political subdivision thereof which (a) alone or with others
				owns a family type camp ground, or (b) has care, charge, or control of a family
				type camp ground as agent or lessee of the owner or as an independent
				contractor.
Refuse
means putrescible or
				non-putrescible solid waste materials consisting of all combustible and
				noncombustible solid wastes including garbage and rubbish but not including
				sewage.
Safari Field
means an area attached to
				a licensed family type camp ground used for overflow and group camping. Safari
				fields are not to be used on a regular basis or construed to be just another
				campground with lower standards than required by 105 CMR 440.00. Overflow and
				group camping refers to one night stops or to a weekend at most.
Self-Contained Unit
means a travel
				trailer or motor home equipped with holding tanks for black water and gray
				water waste water so that a hookup to the camp sewerage system is not required.
				The holding tank must be periodically pumped or drained to the camp
				facility.