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N.Y. Real Property Law § 233-b*2: Campgrounds

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  1. Real Property Law
  2. Article 7. Landlord and Tenant

* § 233-b. Campgrounds. a. Whenever used in this section:

1. "Campground" means any parcel or tract of land, including buildings

or other structures, where five or more campsites are made available for

use as temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, travel or

seasonal use. For purposes of this section, campgrounds shall not

include land owned by the state of New York.

2. "Campground owner" means the owner or operator of a campground or

an agent of such owner or operator.

3. "Guest" means a person who occupies a campsite pursuant to an

agreement with a term of more than one week.

b. 1. A campground owner may request any law enforcement officer

remove any guest who willfully denies other guests their right to quiet

enjoyment of the campground, including, but not limited, to any guest

who:

(a) disturbs, threatens or endangers other guests;

(b) is less than twenty-one years of age and possesses alcohol;

(c) possesses illegal drugs;

(d) violates any state or local law; or

(e) violates any other lawful rule or regulation of the campground

that enhances the safety and quiet enjoyment of its guests and is posted

in a conspicuous place or made a part of the guest's occupancy

agreement.

2. the right to request a guest to be removed by any law enforcement

officer can only be exercised after the campground owner or its agent

has provided the guest with written warning that his or her conduct

shall result in a removal from the campground if it is repeated. In the

event that such conduct is repeated and the guest fails to vacate the

campground upon being requested to do so, the campground owner may only

cause the guest to be removed by a law enforcement officer, who may cite

the guest with trespass.

c. A person who is removed from a campground pursuant to subdivision b

of this section shall be entitled to a refund of the unused portion of

any prepaid fees, less any amount otherwise owed to the campground owner

or deducted for damages, which unused portion of prepaid fees may be

prorated at a rate that is based upon the daily rate charged by the

campground owner.

d. A campground owner may remove property belonging to a person who is

removed from a campground pursuant to subdivision b of this section from

a campsite and such property, whether removed from a campsite or allowed

to remain on a campsite, shall be deemed to be placed in storage. A

campground owner shall provide the owner of such property thirty days

written notice, by certified mail, return receipt requested, to remove

such property and dispose of such property pursuant to article nine of

the lien law in the event the owner fails to remove such property within

the thirty-day period of time.

* NB There are 2 § 233-b's

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