Camping Information

The Board of Directors of the Calumet County Agricultural Association hereby set down these rules and regulations concerning camping and public use of the Calumet County Fairgrounds. These rules shall affect and regulate the use of the fairgrounds located in the City of Chilton, Calumet County, referred to as the Calumet County Fairgrounds, and will be enforced by the Calumet County Agricultural Association.

1. No person or any persons shall camp in the Calumet County Fairgrounds unless registered or by specific permission from the Calumet County Agricultural Association President or Camping Director.
2. Quiet hours are 11:00p.m. to 7:00a.m. and curfew hours are 12:00a.m. to 6:00a.m. on Friday and Saturday and 10:00p.m. to 6:00a.m. Sunday through Thursday. These hours are established by the Calumet County Agricultural Association ad coincide with the City of Chilton regulations. No person or persons shall do anything to breach the quiet during these hours.
3. No person or persons shall operate any vehicle except on the road and parking lots located on the Calumet County Fairgrounds.
4. No person or persons shall park any vehicle off-of the designated pads at the campsites within the confines of the Calumet County Fairgrounds.
5. No person or persons shall operate any vehicle at a speed greater than 15 miles per hour on any road located within the Calumet County Fairgrounds.
6. No All-Terrain vehicles (ATV’s) or snowmobiles are permitted on the Calumet County Fairgrounds without permission from the Board of Directors of the Calumet County Agricultural Association. There are to be no snowmobiles or ATV’s on the City of Chilton property adjacent to the Calumet County Fairgrounds.
7. No person or persons shall cut down, root up, sever, injure, destroy or carry away when severed, any shade tree or other tree or shrub growing within the Calumet County Fairgrounds premises.
8. CAMP FIRE GUIDELINES.
   (1) INTENT. The intent of this section IS to establish guidelines for the use and construction of recreational fires and outdoor cooking apparatus.
   (2) DEFINITIONS. “Recreational fire” is defined as follows: Any fire such as a campfire or cooking fire, portable fire container for the purpose of recreational and personal enjoyment. “Outdoor cooking apparatus” shall be defined as a charcoal grill, gas grill, smoker, camping stove or similar apparatus designed exclusively for the cooking of food.
   (3) GENERAL REQUIREMENTS. Recreational fires shall comply with the following requirements:
   (a) No recreational fire shall be closer that twenty (20) feet from any camper, building structure, shed or garage.
   (b) Recreational fires must be contained in portable fire containers only. Any recreational fire shall not be located on any combustible material. Portable fire containers cannot be used for cooking. Digging of holes or use of ground fires is strictly prohibited.
   (c) All recreational fires shall be supervised at all times by at least one person who is age 16 years or older. If not supervised, such recreational fire must be extinguished.
   (d) Combustible material used in recreational fires shall not include rubbish, garbage, treated wood, hazardous materials, flammable or combustible liquids.
   (e) No recreational fire shall be allowed to cause excessive smoke, which would constitute a public nuisance or cause a traffic hazard because of diminished visibility.
   (f) OUTDOOR COOKING FACILITIES. Only gas or charcoal grills are allowed for cooking apparatus.
   All costs for violation of this ordinance shall be charged to the camper or organization running the event, or both, and the camper will be removed from the property.
9. No person or persons shall throw or otherwise deposit or leave upon the grounds any type of litter.
10. No person or persons shall dispose of any type of sewage from recreational vehicles or any other source on the grounds.
11. No person or persons shall use the dump station facility in the Calumet County Fairgrounds without paying all fees prior to using the facility.
12. No person shall engage in violet, abusive, unreasonably loud, boisterous, vulgar, lewd, wanton, obscene, or otherwise disorderly conduct tending to create or provide a breach of peace or to disturb or annoy others at any time. All City of Chilton Ordinances in this regard remain in effect for the Calumet County Fairgrounds.
13. No person or persons shall have in their possession any firearm or air gun or bow unless permitted as defined by Wisconsin Statutes. No fireworks are allowed on the premises without the permission of the Calumet County Agricultural Association Board Members, together with a signed permit from the City of Chilton.
14. No person or persons shall take, catch, hunt, kill, trap, pursue or otherwise disturb any wild animals or birds on the premises of the Calumet County Fairgrounds.
15. No person or persons at any time shall have any pet or any other animal of any type (other than an animal that is entered in the fair and these must remain in their respective barns). All animal waste must be cleaned up by the owner of said animal(s).
16. The Calumet County Agricultural Association Board of Directors or Event Organizer is empowered to remove or destroy, or authorize the removal or destruction of viscous or nuisance animals for the protection of persons or property on the Calumet County Fairgrounds, to the extent of Wisconsin law.
17. Camping is prohibited except in designated campsites unless specific permission is granted by the Calumet County Agricultural Association Board of Directors.
18. No person or persons shall set upon their designated campsites without properly registering with the Event Organizer or the Calumet County Agricultural Association Board of Directors. Camping permits must be displayed at their designated campsite, with each camping unit properly registered and all fees paid prior to using the campsite in accordance with the Calumet County Agricultural Association policies.
19. The provisions of these rules and regulations and amendments hereafter made are hereby declared severable, and in the event any provisions herein are declared invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, such a declaration of invalidity shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of these rules and regulations.