Virginia Administrative Code › Title 12 - HEALTH › Agency 5 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter 450 - RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING CAMPGROUNDS › Section 12VAC5-450-10 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms when used in this chapter
				  shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise:
"Approved" means a procedure of operation or construction in
				  accordance with the standards established by the Virginia Department of Health,
				  or acceptable to the Health Commissioner based on a determination as to the
				  conformance with appropriate standards and good public health practice.
"Campgrounds" means tourist camps, travel trailer camps,
				  recreation camps, family campgrounds, camping resorts, camping communities, or
				  any other area, place, parcel, or tract of land, by whatever name called, on
				  which three or more campsites are occupied or intended for occupancy, or
				  facilities are established or maintained, wholly or in part, for the
				  accommodation of camping units for periods of overnight or longer, whether the
				  use of the campsites or facilities is granted gratuitously, by a rental fee, by
				  lease, by conditional sale, or by covenants, restrictions and easements. This
				  definition is not intended to include migrant labor camps and summer camps as
				  defined in §§
									32.1-203 and
				  35.1-16
				  of the Code of Virginia, construction camps, manufactured home parks, storage
				  areas for unoccupied camping units, or property upon which the individual owner
				  may choose to camp and not be prohibited or encumbered by covenants,
				  restrictions and conditions from providing sanitary facilities within
				  established property lines.
"Camping unit" means tents, tent trailers, travel trailers,
				  camping trailers, pick-up campers, motor homes, yurts, cabins, or any other
				  device or vehicular-type structure as may be developed marketed and used by the
				  camping trade for use as temporary living quarters or shelter during periods of
				  recreation, vacation, leisure time, or travel.
"Campsite" means any plot of ground within a campground used
				  or intended for the exclusive occupation by a camping unit .
"Health Commissioner" means the chief executive officer of
				  the State Board of Health or authorized agent.
"Operator" means any person employed or contracted by a
				  campground owner who is responsible for the management and general
				  administrative operation of the campground.
"Overflow area" means a plot of ground in or adjacent to the
				  campground set apart for accommodating those campers for whom no designated
				  sites are available in the general geographical area, and which is subject to
				  certain restrictions as to size, length of stay, temporary facilities,
				  etc.
"Overnight" means the occupation of a camping unit as a
				  temporary habitation between the hours of 7 p.m. and 7 a.m., or major portion
				  thereof.
"Permit" means a written permit issued by the Health
				  Commissioner authorizing a designated person to operate a specific
				  campground.
"Permit holder" means the owner or operator to whom the
				  campground permit is issued.
"Person" means any individual or group of individuals, named
				  party, partnership, firm, private or public association or corporation, state,
				  county, city, town, or anyone who by covenant, restriction, or agreement has
				  care, control, custody, ownership, or management of property or parts thereof,
				  or any combination of the above or other legal entity.
"Primitive campsites" means campsites that are characterized
				  by the absence of toilets, showers, lavatories , electrical connections , or
				  any combination thereof .
"Sanitary facilities" means toilets, privies, urinals,
				  lavatories, and showers.
"Self-contained camping unit" means a unit that contains a
				  toilet, and may contain a lavatory, shower, and kitchen sink, all of which are
				  connected as an integral part of the structure to water storage and sewage
				  holding tanks located within the unit.
"Service building" means a structure housing toilets,
				  showers, or lavatories.
"Sewage" means water-carried and non-water-carried human
				  excrement , kitchen, laundry , shower, bath, or lavatory wastes separately or
				  together with such underground surface, storm, or other water and liquid
				  industrial waste as may be present from residences, buildings, vehicles,
				  industrial establishments, or other places. Such other places include service
				  buildings, dump stations, campsites, and camping units.
"Swimming pool" means any swimming, wading, or spray pool,
				  including all appurtenant equipment, structures, and facilities provided for
				  the use of the campers.
Statutory Authority: §§
											35.1-11 and
					 35.1-17
					 of the Code of Virginia.