Town Board Approved – 10/28/2025
Filed with NYS -12/18/2025 

A Local Law To Prohibit Camping 
in Town of Clarkson Parks
		
Local Law No.  6 of the year 2025

Title: A local law to prohibit camping in Town of Clarkson parks.

Be it enacted by the Town Board of the Town of Clarkson.

Section 1.        Definitions.

The following definition is added to §98-2 of the Code of the Town of Clarkson:

CAMPING -  Camping shall include, without limitation, the following activities: establishing, using, or maintaining any camp or other temporary lodging or place for the purpose of sleeping, and/or using of personal belongings, including but not limited to one or more of the following: tents, vehicles, bags, carts, cushions, blankets, pillows or objects used as pillows, sleeping bags, or bedding for purposes of lodging, or sleeping, or making preparations to sleep.

Section 2.        Prohibited Activity.

The following prohibited activity is added to §98-3 of the Code of the Town of Clarkson:

X.	Camping.

Section 3.	Severability.

If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, or part of this local law or the application thereof to any person, firm or corporation, or circumstance, shall be adjusted by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unconstitutional, such order or judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, or part of this local law or in its application to the person, individual, firm or corporation or circumstance, directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment or order shall be rendered.

Section 4.	Effective date

This local law shall be effective immediately upon filing with the Secretary of State.