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DrewE
Jun 28, 2018Explorer II
Ron3rd wrote:DrewE wrote:
It's not BS; there are a few campgrounds that require self-contained RVs only, usually meaning ones with full plumbing systems (a toilet that goes into a holding tank of some sort).
Here's one example: Silver Strand (California) State Beach Campground. You don't need a generator or propane, just a sanitary plumbing system. You'd probably want to have water available, of course.
Generally I think these restrictions are due to not having bathhouses/bathrooms, and many zoning/sanitation codes require that campgrounds without bathrooms of some sort be restricted to self-contained RVs only.
I agree with your premise but no state campground like Silver Strand is ever going to look inside your rig. They give you your tag and you go to your site.
That's probably true. As a practical matter, it would not be much fun for a family camping at a developed campground with no toilet facilities of any sort available, so it's mostly a moot point anyhow for the original poster.
Is it okay to break the rules (and, in the case of a state campground, quite possibly state law) if you never get caught? It's a moral question, I suppose; I personally do not think it's the right thing to do in the general.
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