2016 POLICIES & RULES FOR MEADVILLE KOA ARE AS FOLLOWS:
Safety:
1. Any injuries or accidents that take place on Meadville KOA Property must be reported immediately. This includes, but is not limited to any automobile or bicycle accident, fall, cut, abrasion, or dog bite (even on dogs or other pets) that requires medical attention. In addition, we are required to file a report and need to interview all the parties involved.
2. Weather Emergencies: If the fire siren sounds a high pitch for an extended time, it is a severe weather emergency. We recommend you seek shelter at the main building’s Rec. Hall or at the East Mead Fire Hall immediately. The Fire Hall is one mile West of the campground on Rt. 27.
3. Please drive SLOWLY -5 MPH when traveling the roads in the campground. Please brake for children, bicycles, pedestrians, and animals (including ducks).
4. Bicycle riding is acceptable during daylight hours only. Bicycles are to be kept under control, giving the pedestrian the right of way! Bike riders are required to follow all street signs, including the speed limit (5 MPH) and stop signs! Bicycle helmets are required for all children under 12, and are strongly recommended for all children and adults.
5. Only 1 RV per campsite & only two (2) vehicles per campsite are permitted at a time. Boats must park in the Boat parking area. Campground streets must have open access for emergency vehicles. Parking on your neighbor’s campsite is permitted only when you have been given expressed permission. Additional vehicles may park in parking areas as designated on the campground map. Vehicles parked in visitor parking areas still require a mirror tag or are subject to towing!
6. Only licensed drivers are permitted to operate motorized vehicles on Meadville KOA Property. Motorbikes, electric skateboards, scooters, and golf carts are not permitted except for the Meadville KOA Staff. All vehicles must have a current license plate. Handicap scooters are allowed. Only the designated handicapped person is permitted to operate the handicap scooter.
7. Chain saws are prohibited. Running power saws of any kind to cut firewood is prohibited. You may bring in your own firewood but it must be cut and split prior to arrival.
8. Tampering with or modifying utilities & digging holes on your campsite are strictly prohibited (this is to avoid personal injury, damage to buried utility lines and our utilities). If you dig a hole or modify our utilities (including adding water splitters) and damage occurs, you are responsible for the cost of the repairs including parts and labor. Electric service is supplied for the RV only. Nothing other than an RV should be plugged into our 30-amp service.
9. Fire works are not permitted at any time. Only hand-held sparklers are permitted but may be used only with adult supervision. Do not allow your children to throw sparklers as they may land and burn your awning or you neighbor’s awning. Ensure your campsite is free of sparkler wires and that they were properly disposed of prior to leaving for the weekend.
10. The use of firearms, bows & arrows, BB guns, pellet guns, paintball guns, air soft guns are prohibited on campground property.
11. Parents are not to leave children under 18 alone or unsupervised at the campground. Please ask your camping neighbor or other responsible adults to be in charge of your children during your absence. Please let us know at the office who is responsible for them in case of injury and how to reach you! You are responsible for your children at all times!
12. Pets must be under control (including leashed and minimized barking) and cleaned up after at all times. Pets are not permitted in any of the campground buildings (including the Rec. Hall, Store, & Pavilion). Do not leave your pets in your RV (and never outside) if they are going to bark while you are gone from your site. Please do not chain your pet to any campground buildings, fences, trees, or property!
13. Refrigerators may not be kept on deck, or in open display. All refrigerators, freezers, etc. must be inside RV or kept in locked shed. Any unused, scrap refrigerators must be closed and secured (so child can’t open), and promptly removed from the property.
Security:
14. Missing Child/Person Alarm: An air horn, sounded by campground management, employee, or other designate. Your entire camping family and all visitors must report to your campsite, secure & lock your camping unit, sheds, and all motor vehicles, and report to the Rec. Hall immediately. You must register as accounted for with the member of management at the Rec. Hall, sit down, and await an all clear. In addition, only adult volunteers (over 21) may be members of a search party.
15. All Seasonal Campers must have a seasonal car pass on their rear view mirror at all times when on campground property.
16. All visitors must report to the office to obtain a visitor mirror tag on their vehicle at all times. Unidentified vehicles could be unwanted guests. Please report any vehicle without a mirror tag immediately! No subletting your RV or campsite. Anyone camping on your campsite in your absence must be a registered seasonal camper on your camping agreement.
17. All day guests (blue visitor tags) must depart no later than 11:00 p.m.
Courtesy:
18. The quiet hours at Meadville KOA are 11:00 PM to 8:00 AM. All children, including teens, must be on their campsite during quiet hours. All outside radios and TVs must be off. You are welcome to stay out around your campfire as long as you wish but please keep campfire discussions and laughter to a level that won’t disturb your neighbors. Don't forget it is your responsibility to keep control at your campsite, including your guests. No loud music at any time!
19. A maximum of 8 people per campsite are allowed at one time (including registered campers for your campsite and visitors in total). Larger groups should schedule and utilize the pavilion for picnics & parties which may be done at no cost on Sundays (except holiday weekends – then on Mondays). Please be a respectful neighbor. This is a family campground. No one wants to hear parents screaming at their children or listen to domestic quarreling.
20. Cutting through campsites or flower gardens is prohibited! It is also a safety issue! You can trip on leashes, awning tie-downs, run into or startle a pet, and get bit, etc. Please teach your children to not cut through sites.
21. Washing your RV is permitted Sunday after 3:00 through Thursday on non-holiday weekends only. Please no washing RV’s on holiday weekends & limit flower watering to evenings. Absolutely no washing your personal vehicle at any time.
22. No dumping gray water on the ground. All waste water emissions must use the sewage system.
23. Building decks, sheds, patios, or repairs requiring power tools or hammers, must be done Monday through Thursday. (Building decks, sheds, or repairs on weekends, requiring the use of power tools is with managerial permission only, and then only after noon on non-busy weekends!)
24. Alcoholic beverages are acceptable at Meadville KOA, but they must be confined to the campsite. Alcoholic beverages are not allowed at the ponds, activity fields, events, the pavilion, nor main building and pool area! Kegs of beer are not permitted at any time. Intoxication is prohibited! If drunkenness becomes a problem, you will be asked to remove yourself and your RV from Meadville KOA property without refund.
25. Please do not deface trees, tables, or any other campground property. Do not nail, screw or drive any foreign objects into the trees or tables. No removing tree limbs, trimming trees, using hatchets to cut down trees, etc. If you see defacing taking place, please report these prosecutable offenses immediately.
26. We ask your cooperation in keeping the restroom facilities as clean as you found them. Please inform us if at any time the restroom needs attention. Thank you for helping us maintain a nice, clean facility.
27. All fishing is free and is catch & release only. A PA fishing license is not required. Please place the fish back in the pond or lake in which they were caught. Do not put the fish on stringers or in buckets. Please handle the fish with care.
Mowing/Trimming/Campsite:
28. Police your campsite and remove all mowing and trimming obstructions. All toys, sand boxes, tents, screen rooms, dog stakes and leashes, tiki torches, etc. before leaving each weekend.
29. Bury your electric line and any electric lines (i.e. running to your shed, etc.), TV cable lines, etc. so it doesn’t get cut by the mower or trimmer.
30. Please bury your water hose 2" under the sod. If your utilities are past the edge of your RV as of June 1st, we will bury them for you. There is a charge of $10.00 for the Meadville KOA staff to provide this service!
31. Protect your sewer hoses from trimming equipment with white PVC pipe.
32. Flowers are permitted but must be in a flowerbed with a border or planter. Please protect them by placing an edging around the flowerbed, so the trimmer doesn’t cut them. All planters should be put on your deck when you are not in camp. All birdhouses, feeders, etc. must be placed in a garden with a border if on a shepherd hook, or must be hung from a tree.
33. You must have managerial approval for the location of new or modified flower gardens. A 6’ passage minimum is required between objects you’ve placed in your campsites such as decks, sheds, flowerbeds, etc. and pre-existing trees to allow mower access and minimize trimming.
34. Free standing satellites installations are not permitted (existing installations are grandfathered). Any satellites requiring installation (i.e. did not come on your RV) are prohibited. We do not cut down or remove trees nor trim tree branches to accommodate satellite receptions.
35. All Picnic tables must be on decks. Swings must be on the deck or in an area that isn’t a mowing obstruction. Please consult with management before placing a swing on your campsite.
36. All clotheslines and light strings must be at least (8’ or above) off the ground. This is to prevent physical hazard to the mower & people walking in a campsite. They must be removed from trees at the end of each season to allow tree growth.
Managerial:
37. All construction (including repainting decks and sheds) requires a signed and approved construction review prior to material delivery & starting construction. Deck & Shed moves are subject to $45.00 & $30.00 fees, respectively. All spare blocks, construction wood, piping, etc. must be removed from the premises following project completion.
34. Decks, sheds, & all personal items must be removed prior to or on the day the RV is removed when you are terminating your seasonal camping with Meadville KOA. If the RV is removed first, the deck, shed, or any other items left behind are considered abandoned and become the property of Meadville KOA Campground. If the deck or shed is sold to someone other than the next occupant of that same campsite, they must be moved prior to or on the same day the RV is removed, or again, it becomes the property of Meadville KOA. Failure to remove scrap decking, sheds, or debris from the campsite (other than stone patios and walkways), upon your departure, is subject to a site clean-up fee of up to $300.00.
35. The Dumpster is for camping generated waste (refuse) only! Do not place any prohibited items: appliances, batteries, chemicals or liquids (including paint cans), wastes, drums or containers, etc. in the dumpster. A complete list is listed on the dumpster. Items that you have brought to the campground to use while camping are your responsibility to remove from the campground property for disposal. These items include, but are not limited to: gas grills, TV antennas, piping, awnings, bicycles, swings, plastic chairs, tables, rugs, awning parts, etc. Please use our recycling bins for your aluminum! Thank you!
36. If you have a complaint please come to us and not your neighbor. We will do our best to resolve of the situation. If you have neighbors disturbing you with complaints, please let us know who they are. We’ll address it with them directly without mentioning or involving you.
Meadville KOA Management assumes no responsibility for the safety of Seasonal Campers nor their guests and reserves the right to terminate the camping privileges and remove anyone from the campground for infraction of the rules without refund. We also reserve the right to refuse service.
2016 RULES FOR RV’s, SHEDS, DECKS, FIRERINGS, SECURITY GATE, & WOODPILES
Requirements:
All construction, modifications, and placement of any patios, decks, & sheds (including relocating, repairing, or repainting) requires an approved Construction Rules Review, for materials, size, color, and placement prior to beginning any construction. A sketch drawing with dimensions must be submitted to management with a signed Rules Review, and only after approval may construction begin. Construction must be within the scheduled camping season. No, off-season construction is permitted. Construction or repairs (requiring hammers, power tools, etc.), should be done during the week. Any exceptions are with managerial permission only, after noon on non-busy weekends, and during the summer Sundays after 3:00. Do not place any prohibited items in the dumpster! Thank you!