Is it legal to spend the night on a ROD plot? This might work
Rest, relaxation, recreation and amateur gardening – all these activities are allowed on ROD plots. And what about staying overnight?
Summer in the city is an increasingly difficult time of the year to endure. Especially in the apartment and especially after a hot day. Most buildings – thanks to insulation – keep heat like a thermos. Spending the night in such conditions does not give you any respite and does not help you regenerate your strength.
The temperature drops much faster where there is a lot of greenery. Nevertheless, it is not worth trying to spend the night in a city park. Pitching a tent or sleeping on a sleeping pad may result in a fine from the City Guard. What if we have a plot with a gazebo in the Family Allotment Garden, or friends with such a plot?
A tenant is not an owner. The opinion of neighbors counts
It turns out that the ROD plot can be a place to stay overnight from time to time, but you certainly cannot live there and apply for a permanent address. A short stay during a weekend or holiday is usually accepted and tolerated by allotment garden authorities and other users.
It is worth being aware of the reality: when buying a plot of land, its user does not become the owner, but only its tenant – ROD areas usually belong to the state treasury or local governments. This means that the buyer only pays for the right to use the land and becomes the owner of the plantings and gazebos on it – most often with an area of up to 35 m2 and height up to 5 m with a steep roof, or up to 4 m with a flat roof. This does not mean, however, that the tenant can do anything on the plot.
Loud social gatherings that disturb neighbors are not welcome. Just like ignoring the silence at night or littering.
Planning an overnight stay on the plot. The plot is not a campsite
Contrary to appearances, staying overnight on a plot of land is not the easiest thing to do. An allotment gazebo is not a comfortable single-family house, and an allotment garden is not a housing estate or a camping site. In short, plots generally do not have a sewage system – expanding the sewage system in allotment gardens involves too high costs for the management.
It is true that ROD regulations allow for the installation of showers in gazebos, but their installation and the construction of a tight septic tank or connection to the municipal sewage network are the responsibility of the allotment holder.
The toilets available on the plots do not have to be open in the evening and at night, i.e. after the garden is closed, which must also be taken into account. An occasional solution in such a situation may be a portable toilet.
In some RODs there are additional rules regarding moving around the area after certain hours, using gates, parking and keeping quiet at night, which is also worth taking into account when planning an overnight stay on the plot.
