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PARKS 



February 3, 1923. The following regulations shall 

 apply to any city, county, city and county, village, 

 community, institution, person, firm or corporation, 

 maintaining or offering for public use within the State 

 of California any tract of land on which persons may 

 camp or picnic either free of charge or by payment of 

 a fee. 



Supervision. 



Section I. The management of every public camp or 

 picnic ground shall assume responsibility for maintain- 

 ing in good repair all sanitary appliances on said 

 ground, and shall promptly bring such action as may 

 be necessary to prosecute or eject from such ground 

 any person who willfully or maliciously damages such 

 appliances or any person who in any way fails to com- 

 ply with these regulations. 



Section 2. At least one caretaker shall be employed 

 by the management to visit said camp or picnic ground 

 every day that campers or picnickers occupy said 

 ground. Such caretaker shall do whatever may be 

 necessary to keep said ground and its equipment in a 

 clean and sanitary condition. 



Section 3. Each and every owner and lessee of any 

 public camp or picnic ground shall be held responsible 

 for full compliance with these regulations. 



Section 4. Supervision and equipment sufficient to 

 prevent littering of the ground with rubbish, garbage, 

 or other refuse shall be provided and maintained. Fly- 

 tight depositories for such materials shall be provided 

 and conspicuously located. Each and every camp or 

 picnic spot on said ground shall be within a distance of 

 not over two hundred feet from such a depository. 

 These depositories shall not be permitted to become 

 foul-smelling or unsightly or breeding places for flies. 



Camping Space. 



Section 5. Each camping party shall be allotted 

 usable space of not less than three hundred and fifty 

 square feet. 



Water Supply. 



Section 6. A water supply of sanitary quality shall 

 be provided in ample quantity to meet all requirements 

 of the maximum number of persons using such ground 

 at any time. Said water supply shall be easily obtain- 

 able from its source or on a pipe distribution system, 

 faucets from which shall be located not more than 

 three hundred feet from any camp or picnic spot within 

 such ground. If water supply is obtained direct from 

 above-ground source, said source must be covered 

 properly and water withdrawn by means of open pipe 

 or faucet. In no case can dipping from open springs or 

 wells be permitted. 



Section 7. Any water considered unsafe for human 

 consumption in the vicinity of such ground, to which 

 campers or picnickers may have access, shall be either 

 eliminated or purified, or shall be kept posted with 

 placards definitely warning persons against its use. 



Protection Against Fires. 



Section 8. No fires shall at any time be so located 

 as to endanger automobiles or other property in the 

 camp ground. No fires shall be left unattended at any 

 time, and all fires shall be completely extinguished 

 before leaving. 

 Sewage and Refuse Disposal. 



Section 9. The method of final sewage or refuse dis- 

 posal utilized in connection with the operation of any 

 camp or picnic ground shall be such as to create no 

 nuisance. 



Section 10. Fly-tight privies or water-flushed toi- 

 lets shall be provided and shall be maintained in a 

 clean and sanitary condition. Separate toilets for men 

 and women shall be provided, one for each twenty-five 

 men, and one for each twenty-five women, or fraction 

 thereof of the maximum number of persons occupying 

 such ground at any time. No camp or picnic spot 

 within such ground shall be at a greater distance than 

 four hundred feet from both a men's and a women's 

 toilet. The location of all toilets shall be plainly indi- 

 cated by signs. 



Section n. A sufficient number of iron hoppers or 

 basins shall be provided, and each shall be connected 

 with a sewerage system or covered cesspool; these are 

 to be used for the disposal of domestic waste waters. 

 Construction and Maintenance of Building. 



Section 12. If cottages, cabins, dwelling houses or 

 other buildings to be used for human habitation are 

 erected in any public camping ground, the following 

 minimum requirements in their construction shall be 

 observed: 



Note. In addition to observing these requirements, 

 all local building ordinances must be complied with. 



1. All floors shall be raised at least eighteen inches 

 above the ground and space underneath shall be kept 

 free from obstruction. 



2. All floors shall be constructed of tongue and 

 groove material. 



3. Interior walls shall be surfaced lumber or other 

 material that may easily be kept clean and shall be 

 constructed so that they may always be kept in a 

 thoroughly clean condition. 



4. No room used for sleeping purposes shall have 

 less than five hundred cubic feet of air space for each 

 occupant. 



5. The area of window space in each sleeping room 

 shall be equal to at least one-eighth of the floor area of 

 the room. 



6. Windows of sleeping rooms shall be so constructed 

 that at least half of each window can be opened. 



7. Cooking shall not be permitted in any sleeping 

 room. 



8. If kitchen is provided, it must be equipped with 

 running water and sink connected with a sewerage sys- 

 tem, septic tank or a covered cesspool. Kitchen must 

 be screened against flies and mosquitoes. 



