The purpose of AS 18.35.010 – 18.35.090 is to establish and maintain minimum standards of health and sanitation in tourist camps, trailer camps, motor courts, and motels necessary and desirable for the protection of the public health and welfare.
The department has jurisdiction over the health and sanitary conditions of tourist accommodations under AS 18.35.010 – 18.35.090.
(a) The department may adopt and enforce regulations that relate to health and sanitation in the construction, operation, and maintenance of the accommodations including but not limited to minimum standards for water supply, sewage and refuse disposal, laundry, bathing and toilet facilities, communicable disease control, general cleanliness and safety, that are necessary or desirable for […]
A person may not dispose of human excreta, garbage, or refuse on or near a public way or thoroughfare or on or near a tourist accommodation except in the use of appropriate facilities.
A person who fails to comply with AS 18.35.010 – 18.35.090 or the regulations adopted under those sections, upon conviction, is punishable by a fine of not more than $100, or by imprisonment in a jail for not more than 30 days, or both.
In AS 18.35.010 – 18.35.090, (1) “department” means the Department of Environmental Conservation; (2) “tourist accommodations” means a place maintained or held out to the public for purposes of abode, whether occupied by transient or permanent guests, whether equipped with tents, tent houses, cottages, automobile trailers, coaches, motor courts, or motels, and regardless of whether […]
