Sec. 20-36. - Authority and purpose.

This ordinance is adopted pursuant to the provisions of sections 25208 and 25353 of the Government Code of the State of California. It is declared that enactment of this ordinance is required for the general public welfare by providing for the effective and orderly management of public recreational areas under the control of the County of Sonoma

(Ord. No. 934 § 1.)

Sec. 20-37. - Definitions.

As used in this ordinance:

(a)

Trailer means any vehicle, other than a motor vehicle, used for human habitation and for carrying persons and property on its own structure and drawn by a motor vehicle. This term also includes any trailer coach, camper, or house car which is used for travel or recreational purpose.

(b)

Tent camp means any area or tract of land used by one or more tent campers, individually or in a group, furnishing their own camping equipment.

(c)

County-controlled property means any real property owned, leased, or otherwise controlled by the County of Sonoma for recreational purposes or development.

(d)

Overnight camping means any camping during those hours commencing one half hour after sunset to one half hour before sunrise.

(e)

Proper county authority means that commission, board, officer or employee of the County of Sonoma designated or employed to exercise such powers and perform such duties pursuant to this ordinance as the Board of Supervisors of the County of Sonoma may prescribe by resolution.

(Ord. No. 934 § 2.)

Sec. 20-38. - Permit — Required.

It shall be unlawful for any person to park any trailer or to establish any tent camp upon any county-controlled property in the vicinity of Bodega Bay or Doran Park for the purpose of overnight camping unless he first obtains a permit as hereafter provided from the proper county authority.

(Ord. No. 934 § 3.)

Sec. 20-39. - Same—Application; conditions generally; issuance; term.

Application for overnight camping permits shall be made to the proper county authority in the form and manner and subject to such reasonable conditions as shall be required from time to time by resolution of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Sonoma. Permits shall be issued with a minimum of delay and inconvenience to the applicant. No permit shall be issued for continuous occupancy of more than ten (10) days duration, nor shall any applicant be issued permits for more than thirty (30) days in any one calendar year, except upon resolution of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Sonoma upon a showing of good cause by the applicant.

(Ord. No. 934 § 4.)

Sec. 20-40. - Designated camping areas to be posted.

Those areas on county-controlled property as may be designated and created by resolution of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Sonoma shall be conspicuously posted or otherwise identified for such purpose. Overnight camping in areas not so designated is a violation of this ordinance, and violators, in addition to any penalties otherwise provided, may be summarily removed from the premises as trespassers.

(Ord. No. 934 § 6.)