Cederberg
South Africa
South Africa
Camping Areas By-law, 2004
- Published in Western Cape Provincial Gazette 6181 on 22 October 2004
- Commenced on 22 October 2004
- [This is the version of this document from 22 October 2004 and includes any amendments published up to 23 June 2023.]
Purpose of By-Law
•To promote the achievement of a safe and sought after tourism environment for the benefit of visitors and residents within the area of jurisdiction of the municipality;• To provide for procedures, methods and practices to regulate the use and management of camping areas.[Some of the provisions of this By-law have no headings.]1. Definitions
In this by-law, words used in the masculine gender include the feminine, the singular includes the plural and vice versa, the Afrikaans text prevails in the event of an inconsistency between the different texts and unless the context otherwise indicates:—"animal" means any mammal, reptile, amphibian or fish;"camp" or "camping" means to occupy any camping site or by standing thereon with a caravan or vehicle or erecting thereon a tent or temporary structure and using such caravan, vehicle, tent or temporary structure for the purpose of habitation and/or sleeping;"camper" means the person who camps and, in relation to a camping area, to whom a camping permit is issued;"camping area" means land vesting in and set aside by the municipality as a public picnic, camping or caravan park site or a similar facility approved by the municipality on private land;"camping permit" means a document printed and issued by the municipality for the purposes contemplated by this by-law or the municipality’s official receipt issued against payment of the prescribed camping charges in respect of the occupation of a camping area;"camping site" means the land set aside in a camping area for the accommodation of a caravan with equipment, mobile home, or a tent;"caravan"means a motor vehicle or trailer permanently equipped to provide living and sleeping accommodation for persons;"caravan park" means any land used or intended to be used for the accommodation of caravans and mobile homes;"caretaker" means the official appointed by the municipality or an owner to ensure that the provisions of this by-law is complied with and includes any employee of the municipality or owner, acting in the capacity as caretaker or acting in terms of a direction by or authority of the caretaker;"mobile home" means a factory assembled structure approved by the municipality, with the necessary service connections so as to allow it to be moved about on the camping site and designed to be utilised as a permanent dwelling;"municipality" means the Municipality of Cederberg established in terms of Section 12 of the Municipal Structures Act, 117 of 1998, Provincial Notice 482 dated 22 September 2000 and includes any political structure, political office-bearer, councillor, duly authorised agent thereof or any employee thereof acting in connection with this by-law by virtue of a power vested in the municipality and delegated or sub-delegated to such political structure, political office-bearer, councillor, agent or employee;"nuisance" means any act, omission or condition which is offensive or injurious or dangerous to health, or which materially interferes with the ordinary comfort, convenience, peace or quiet of persons in a camping area or adversely affects the safety of such persons;"owner" means the person to whom the municipality has granted written permission to permit camping on private land;"prescribed charges" means the charges prescribed by the municipality for entrance to and use of a camping area and the amenities connected therewith;"tent" means canvas stretched over poles which serves as a foldable and transportable room excluding a tent used by children for playing purposes;"vehicle" means a device designed or adapted mainly to travel on wheels or crawler tracks and also includes a trailer, and"waters" include rivers, streams, dams, reservoirs and furrows together with the banks thereof and any part of such waters.Camping and erection of tents on land under control of the municipality
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No person shall camp on any land within a camping area without being in possession of a valid camping permit.4.
Any person making use of a camping area or any amenity therein for whatever purpose shall do so at his own risk and the municipality shall, in the absence of proof of negligence on its part or any of its employees, not accept responsibility for the death of such person or injury, damage or loss suffered by such a person in the process.5.
No camping permit shall be issued unless the prospective camper—6.
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The occupier of a camping site must be the person whose name appears on the camping permit and he or she may not sublet, cede, dispose of, or in any way alienate his rights thereunder.8.
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When a camper’s camping permit expires on account of efflux of time or withdrawal, such a camper shall—11.
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No camper shall camp on a camping site other than that assigned to him or her by the caretaker or refuse to obey the reasonable instructions of such officer or to comply with the caretaker’s demands as to the manner of making such camp. The caretaker shall have absolute discretion in this regard as also with regard to the acceptability and sufficiency, or not, of any dwelling/sleeping accommodation, fencing, shelters, temporary structures, erections and the number and type of vehicle/s to be permitted on camping site.13.
Any camper may be instructed by the caretaker at any time to move his or her camp to another camping site if the caretaker considers such moving to be desirable in the public interest or for the sake of the safety of person and/or property or for purposes of executing urgent municipal works.14.
No camper shall—15.
No person shall in a camping area—16.
Organised dancing within the camping area shall not be permitted without written approval by the municipality.17.
The municipality may—18. Camping on private land
19. Penalties
Any person who contravenes any provision of this by-law or disregards or fails to comply with a lawful instruction from the caretaker shall be guilty of an offence and liable upon conviction to—History of this document
22 October 2004 this version
Published in
Western Cape Provincial Gazette number 6181
Commences.