§ 138-3233. Recreational vehicle park/campground.

(a)

Purpose. Recreational vehicle (RV) parks and campground provide temporary residences to visitors. The purpose of this section is to establish minimum dimensional standards and open space requirements in order to ensure RV parks and campgrounds provide a functioning recreational environment that is not overly dense.

(b)

Applicability. The provisions of this section shall apply to recreational vehicle parks, travel trailer parks, and campgrounds. This section does not apply to mobile home parks or other residential uses intended for permanent housing.

(c)

Standards.

(1)

Area requirements for RV parks and campgrounds.

a.

Minimum area: One acre of uplands.

b.

Minimum width: 150 feet.

c.

Minimum depth: 200 feet.

(2)

Recreational vehicle and travel trailer individual site requirements for RV parks and campgrounds.

a.

Minimum area: 2,500 square feet.

b.

Minimum width: 25 feet.

c.

Maximum density: Ten sites per gross acre (includes cabins).

d.

Each vehicle/travel trailer site shall be clearly defined by a permanent marker.

e.

No part of a vehicle or structure which is accessory to the vehicle placed on a vehicle site shall be closer than five feet to a site line.

(3)

Recreation and open space requirements for RV parks and campgrounds.

a.

Not less than ten percent of the gross site area shall be devoted to recreation and open space.

b.

Recreation areas may include space for community buildings and community use facilities, such as adult recreation and child play areas, swimming pools, clothes washing areas and drying yards, and open space areas.

(4)

Street requirements for RV parks and campgrounds. Roadways within an RV park/campground may be private, and the following requirements shall apply:

a.

Internal collector streets shall be 25 feet in width, with a minimum of 20-feet of paved surface.

b.

Internal minor streets shall have a smooth, hard and dense surface as follows:

1.

One-way traffic: ten feet in width.

2.

Two-way traffic: 18 feet in width.

For purpose of this section, a collector street shall be defined as a street designed to facilitate adequate traffic flow from two or more internal minor streets to a dedicated right-of-way. All streets which provide ingress and egress from dedicated public rights-of-way shall be deemed collector streets. All other streets may be classified as internal minor streets.

(5)

Allowed structures. RV parks/campgrounds may include a variety of housing, shelter, and structure types to support the intended use. This may include the following:

a.

Recreational vehicles, travel trailers, campers, and similar temporary housing types constructed on a chassis.

b.

Permanent structures such as cabins, inns, yurts, and other similar temporary housing types.

c.

Accessory dwelling unit for a grounds keeper, owner, manager, or similar security/maintenance role. Accessory dwelling units associated with RV park/campgrounds are not applicable to the provisions of section 138-3210, accessory dwelling units.

d.

Other permanent structures commonly associated with RV parks/campgrounds.

(6)

Other uses may be allowed in conjunction with the RV parks/campgrounds pursuant to Table 138-355—Table of Uses for Zoning Districts.

(Ord. No. 18-36 , § 3(Att. B), 10-23-18)