Enforcement limitations make daily camping fee impractical

By June Watanabe

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Mar 08, 2013

~~Question: I read in the Star-Advertiser that the city will start charging for camping. I do not have an objection to the charging of a daily fee, but am concerned with the required duration of three days or five days, depending on the campground. I believe that everyone should pay for what they use, but I do not know many people who can camp for five days. The state campgrounds are reservable by the day, so I do not understand why the city requires a campground to be reserved for five days. I have noticed that many of the five-day campgrounds have gone unreserved since the fees have been instituted. Do you know why city campgrounds cannot be reserved by the day?
Answer: Even before the fees were instituted March 1, campers “for many years” have been required to obtain permits for three or five days, depending on the campground, said Jesse Broder Van Dyke, spokesman for the city administration.
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Question: I read in the Star-Advertiser that the city will start charging for camping. I do not have an objection to the charging of a daily fee, but am concerned with the required duration of three days or five days, depending on the campground. I believe that everyone should pay for what they use, but I do not know many people who can camp for five days. The state campgrounds are reservable by the day, so I do not understand why the city requires a campground to be reserved for five days. I have noticed that many of the five-day campgrounds have gone unreserved since the fees have been instituted. Do you know why city campgrounds cannot be reserved by the day?

Answer: Even before the fees were instituted March 1, campers “for many years” have been required to obtain permits for three or five days, depending on the campground, said Jesse Broder Van Dyke, spokesman for the city administration. Login for more...