Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 51 - PUBLIC HEALTH-SANITARY CODE › Part XVI - Campsites › Chapter 1 - General › Section XVI-101 - Definitions [formerly paragraph 16:001]

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, the
				  following words and terms used in this Part of the sanitary code, and all other
				  Parts which are adopted or may be adopted, are defined for the purposes thereof
				  as follows.
Camp
-any structure used temporarily or
				  occasionally as a dwelling; not used as a residence.
Campsite
-a parcel of land or place where
				  cabins, cottages, huts, travel trailers and/or truck coaches or campers, mobile
				  homes and/or trailers, tent campers, tents, and similar structures are erected,
				  parked, maintained, when such place is designed to be used as a temporary abode
				  for camping purposes. This definition includes, but is not limited to, any
				  recreational, educational, tourist, sectarian, work lodging, squatter, or youth
				  camps, and places where camping is allowed without benefit of habitational
				  units, whether a fee is charged for the use thereof or not. This definition
				  does not include private, single family camps.
Comfort Station
-a permanent or
				  semi-permanent structure including at least a toilet and lavatory.
Day Camp
-an organized campsite that does
				  not provide facilities for overnight use.
Disposal Site
-a place or site in or on any
				  camp where refuse materials are routinely disposed of by incineration,
				  landfill, compost, or other disposal method approved by the Louisiana
				  Department of Natural Resources.
Food Service Establishment
-defined in Part
				  XXIII of this Code.
Garbage
-all putrescible animal and
				  vegetable wastes resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking, and
				  consumption of food, and all animal offal and carcasses of dead animals.
Mobile Home and/or Trailer
-a unit used for
				  living or sleeping purposes, equipped with wheels used for the purpose of
				  transporting said unit from place to place whether by motor power or other
				  means (see
travel trailer
).
Natural Swimming Area
-all artificial and
				  natural lakes, reservoirs, creeks, ponds, and streams, together with shores,
				  associated buildings, equipment and appurtenances, if used by human beings for
				  swimming or bathing purposes.
Permanent Structure
-a building and
				  appurtenance owned and/or operated by camp management for living, dining,
				  sleeping, toilet, bathing, shelter, toolshed, storage, assembly, infirmary, or
				  stable, so constructed as to be immovable and permanent.
Permit
-a written document issued by the
				  state health officer giving a designated person permission to operate a
				  specific organized camp.
Primitive Camp
-a campsite established for
				  tent camping only, in which accommodations might include toilet and refuse
				  disposal facilities.
Resident Camp
-a campsite where one or more
				  permanent or semi-permanent structures are established or maintained as living
				  or sleeping quarters with or without centralized food preparation and food
				  service facilities.
Sanitary Stations
-a sewage inlet with
				  cover, surrounded by a concrete apron sloped inward to the drain, and watering
				  facilities to permit periodic wash-down of the immediately adjacent area, to be
				  used as a disposal point for the contents of sewage holding tanks of
				  self-contained travel trailers and/or truck coaches or campers, mobile homes
				  and/or trailers, and tent campers.
Semi-Permanent Structure
-any building,
				  tent, structure, or trailer and appurtenances owned and/or operated by camp
				  management for sleeping, living, dining, toilet, bathing, kitchen, tool shed,
				  storage, assemble, infirmary, or animal shelter, etc., so constructed as to be
				  movable, and/or easily disassembled, and not permanent in nature.
Service Building
-a permanent or
				  semi-permanent structure of building, housing at least toilet, bathing, and
				  lavatory facilities for both sexes.
Squatter
-one who settles or locates on land
				  without legal claim or without the expressed consent of the owner or person in
				  charge of the land.
Tent Camper
-any vehicular portable
				  structure built on a chassis, designed as a temporary dwelling for travel,
				  recreation, or vacation use, with or without kitchen equipment, toilet, and
				  lavatory facilities constructed so that the sides and top may be raised an/or
				  extended when parked and lowered and/or retracted while being
				  transported.
Tent Camper Space
-a plot of ground with a
				  camp, marked and designated for the accommodation of one tent camper.
Tent Site
-a plot of ground, within a
				  campsite, marked and designed for the accommodation of one privately-owned
				  tent.
Toilet
-a water closet or privy.
Travel Trailer
-a vehicular unit, mounted on
				  wheels, designed to provide temporary living quarters for recreational,
				  camping, or travel use, of such size or weight as not to require special
				  highway movement permits when towed by a motorized vehicle, and of gross
				  trailer area less than 320 square feet.
a. Self-Contained. Travel trailer having sleeping
				  accommodations, kitchen sink, and other food preparation equipment, a water
				  flushed or chemical toilet, lavatory and/or bathing facilities, and normally a
				  sewage holding tank for retaining wastes.
b. Non Self-Contained. Travel trailer having sleeping
				  accommodation usually kitchen facilities only and is dependent on a service
				  building.
Travel Trailer Space
-a plot of ground,
				  within a camp, marked and designated for the accommodation of one travel
				  trailer, mobile home, or mobile home trailer.
Truck Coach or Camper
-a portable structure
				  without chassis or wheels built for transport by truck, designed as a temporary
				  dwelling for travel, recreation and vacation use.
a. Self-Contained. Truck coach or camper having sleeping
				  accommodations, kitchen sink, and other food preparation equipment, water
				  flushed or chemical toilet, lavatory and/or bathing facilities, and normally
				  having a sewage holding tank for retaining liquid wastes.
b. Non Self-Contained. Truck coach or camper containing
				  sleeping accommodations with or without sink and food preparation equipment,
				  and dependent on a service building.
Truck Coach/Camper Space
-a plot of ground,
				  within a camp, marked and designated for the accommodation of one truck coach
				  or truck camper.
AUTHORITY NOTE: The
				  first source of authority for promulgation of the sanitary code is in
				  R.S.
				  36:258(B), with more
				  particular provisions found in Chapters 1 and 4 of Title 40 of the Louisiana
				  Revised Statutes. This Part is promulgated in accordance with the specific
				  provisions of
				  R.S.
				  40:4(A)(4) and
				  R.S.
				  40:5.