§ 1393. Permit requirements. 1. No person, firm, corporation, or association shall operate a children's overnight, summer day, or traveling summer day camp without first obtaining a permit from an officer. 2. An officer shall issue a permit if, after inspection, the children's overnight, summer day, or traveling summer day camp is in compliance with this chapter and the sanitary code. All permits shall expire one year from the date of issuance of such permit or upon such earlier date as specified by such officer which date shall in no event be earlier than the latest date that such camps may remain open pursuant to regulations prescribed by the commissioner. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the responsibilities and duties of compliance arising out of any other provision of law. 3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an officer in issuing a permit may waive any requirement of the sanitary code setting a minimum standard of floor space per camper in a camp's sleeping quarters. Such a waiver may be granted upon written application therefor, and shall be accompanied by a statement by the officer of the specific terms and conditions under which the waiver shall have been granted. Such waivers may be granted only to camps constructed prior to January first, nineteen hundred seventy-five. An officer shall grant such waiver where the application therefor is accompanied by a written certification by the local health officer of its need or desirability to avoid an immediate undue hardship upon the operator which may result in the closing of the children's overnight camp to prospective campers, and a statement by the local health officer that the granting of a waiver shall not present a hazard to public health and safety. All such waivers shall expire on December thirty-first of the year in which they are granted, but may be renewed for good and sufficient reason. * 4. The fee for a permit shall be one hundred dollars, except that no fee shall be charged in the case of a children's overnight, summer day or traveling summer day camp operated by a person, firm, corporation or association for charitable, philanthropic or religious purposes. * NB Effective until April 1, 2011 * 4. The fee for a permit shall be two hundred dollars, except that no fee shall be charged in the case of a children's overnight, summer day or traveling summer day camp operated by a person, firm, corporation or association for charitable, philanthropic or religious purposes. * NB Effective April 1, 2011 5. Any enrollment application forms and/or enrollment contract forms mailed or delivered to a person for purposes of enrollment of a child for any children's overnight, summer day, or traveling summer day camp shall contain or be accompanied by a written statement which declares: (a) that such camp is required to be licensed by the New York state department of health; (b) that such camp is required to be inspected twice yearly; and (c) the address where inspection reports concerning such camp are filed.
§ 1393. Permit requirements. 1. No person, firm, corporation, or association shall operate a children's overnight, summer day, or traveling summer day camp without first obtaining a permit from an officer. 2. An officer shall issue a permit if, after inspection, the children's overnight, summer day, or traveling summer day camp is in compliance with this chapter and the sanitary code. All permits shall expire one year from the date of issuance of such permit or upon such earlier date as specified by such officer which date shall in no event be earlier than the latest date that such camps may remain open pursuant to regulations prescribed by the commissioner. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the responsibilities and duties of compliance arising out of any other provision of law. 3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an officer in issuing a permit may waive any requirement of the sanitary code setting a minimum standard of floor space per camper in a camp's sleeping quarters. Such a waiver may be granted upon written application therefor, and shall be accompanied by a statement by the officer of the specific terms and conditions under which the waiver shall have been granted. Such waivers may be granted only to camps constructed prior to January first, nineteen hundred seventy-five. An officer shall grant such waiver where the application therefor is accompanied by a written certification by the local health officer of its need or desirability to avoid an immediate undue hardship upon the operator which may result in the closing of the children's overnight camp to prospective campers, and a statement by the local health officer that the granting of a waiver shall not present a hazard to public health and safety. All such waivers shall expire on December thirty-first of the year in which they are granted, but may be renewed for good and sufficient reason. * 4. The fee for a permit shall be one hundred dollars, except that no fee shall be charged in the case of a children's overnight, summer day or traveling summer day camp operated by a person, firm, corporation or association for charitable, philanthropic or religious purposes. * NB Effective until April 1, 2011 * 4. The fee for a permit shall be two hundred dollars, except that no fee shall be charged in the case of a children's overnight, summer day or traveling summer day camp operated by a person, firm, corporation or association for charitable, philanthropic or religious purposes. * NB Effective April 1, 2011 5. Any enrollment application forms and/or enrollment contract forms mailed or delivered to a person for purposes of enrollment of a child for any children's overnight, summer day, or traveling summer day camp shall contain or be accompanied by a written statement which declares: (a) that such camp is required to be licensed by the New York state department of health; (b) that such camp is required to be inspected twice yearly; and (c) the address where inspection reports concerning such camp are filed.
§ 1393. Permit requirements. 1. No person, firm, corporation, or association shall operate a children's overnight, summer day, or traveling summer day camp without first obtaining a permit from an officer. 2. An officer shall issue a permit if, after inspection, the children's overnight, summer day, or traveling summer day camp is in compliance with this chapter and the sanitary code. All permits shall expire one year from the date of issuance of such permit or upon such earlier date as specified by such officer which date shall in no event be earlier than the latest date that such camps may remain open pursuant to regulations prescribed by the commissioner. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the responsibilities and duties of compliance arising out of any other provision of law. 3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an officer in issuing a permit may waive any requirement of the sanitary code setting a minimum standard of floor space per camper in a camp's sleeping quarters. Such a waiver may be granted upon written application therefor, and shall be accompanied by a statement by the officer of the specific terms and conditions under which the waiver shall have been granted. Such waivers may be granted only to camps constructed prior to January first, nineteen hundred seventy-five. An officer shall grant such waiver where the application therefor is accompanied by a written certification by the local health officer of its need or desirability to avoid an immediate undue hardship upon the operator which may result in the closing of the children's overnight camp to prospective campers, and a statement by the local health officer that the granting of a waiver shall not present a hazard to public health and safety. All such waivers shall expire on December thirty-first of the year in which they are granted, but may be renewed for good and sufficient reason. * 4. The fee for a permit shall be one hundred dollars, except that no fee shall be charged in the case of a children's overnight, summer day or traveling summer day camp operated by a person, firm, corporation or association for charitable, philanthropic or religious purposes. * NB Effective until April 1, 2011 * 4. The fee for a permit shall be two hundred dollars, except that no fee shall be charged in the case of a children's overnight, summer day or traveling summer day camp operated by a person, firm, corporation or association for charitable, philanthropic or religious purposes. * NB Effective April 1, 2011 5. Any enrollment application forms and/or enrollment contract forms mailed or delivered to a person for purposes of enrollment of a child for any children's overnight, summer day, or traveling summer day camp shall contain or be accompanied by a written statement which declares: (a) that such camp is required to be licensed by the New York state department of health; (b) that such camp is required to be inspected twice yearly; and (c) the address where inspection reports concerning such camp are filed.
