(A) Occupancy. Spaces in RV parks or campgrounds may be used by motor homes, travel trailers, campers, tents or other short-term housing or shelter arrangements.
(B) Resident manager. Each RV park or campground shall be directly supervised by a resident manager who may share such duties with other members of his or her family. Management shall be accessible to park tenants at all times (24 hours) when park spaces are rented. The manager’s residence shall include the business office for the park and at least 1,000 square feet of living area for the manager’s family.
(C) Regulatory compliance required. RV parks or campgrounds must maintain compliance with all regulations of the State Department of Community Health and the State Department of Natural Resources that apply to such enterprises. Failure to comply with any such regulation shall constitute a violation of this chapter.
(D) Greenbelt, fence and setback. The entire perimeter of any RV park or campground shall be enclosed by a fence at least four feet high. Further, there shall be a greenbelt planting strip not less than 15 feet wide around the entire site. Said greenbelt shall contain at least one straight or staggered row of deciduous or evergreen trees, spaced not more than 20 feet apart and at least two rows of deciduous or evergreen shrubs that will grow to an ultimate height of at least six feet planted not more than six feet apart. All individual campsites are to be set back at least 75 feet from any street right-of-way or neighboring property line.
(E) Access and circulation. Each park shall be served by not more than one point of access to each abutting street or road. No such access shall require a turn at an acute angle for vehicles moving in the direction intended. Design of curbs and pavements at such access points shall be such as to facilitate easy movements for vehicles with trailers attached. Clear vision areas shall be maintained for drivers, extending 150 feet in each direction on any abutting road and for 25 feet on the park entrance road. Roadways within the park shall be hard surfaced, dust free and at least 24 feet wide for two-way traffic or 12 feet wide for one-way traffic. Parking shall not be permitted on these roadways, and they shall be posted for a maximum speed of ten mph.
(F) Personal care facilities. Each RV park or campground shall include men’s and women’s restroom and bathing facilities in all-weather, heated structures. These facilities shall include adequate water outlets, washbasins, toilets, showers and waste containers. These facilities shall be provided uniformly through out the park at a ratio not less than one toilet and sink for each eight camping or RV sites. These facilities shall be kept in good working order and each structure shall be cleaned thoroughly daily.
(G) Other public facilities. Each park shall have waste pump-out facilities for recreational vehicles that shall have an approved connection to a municipal sewage collection and treatment system or shall have waste removed by a licensed waste hauler for treatment at a municipal treatment facility. Each park shall be served by a commercial solid waste disposal service, providing on-site storage container(s) large enough to accommodate a three-day accumulation of solid waste with all sites in the park occupied. Said service shall provide pick up of waste at least weekly when the park is operating and frequently enough to insure that said container(s) are never overloaded. Finally, at least 15% of the site, not including the greenbelt and setback areas as defined in this section, shall be devoted to shared open space uses, including, but not limited to, playgrounds, picnic areas, court or field sports, or natural areas. This shall not include parking and vehicle circulation areas.
(H) Individual campsite requirements. Each RV parking site or campsite shall be a minimum of 1,200 square feet in area and shall include the following amenities: an electrical power outlet and fixed facilities for cooking using charcoal or wood as fuel with a fire that is not placed directly upon the ground, unless in a specified metal fire ring in a specified location. Metal trash container with a lid and volume of at least two cubic feet that shall be emptied daily by park personnel to the solid waste facility and a gravel or hard surfaced parking area of at least 200 square feet.
(Ord. passed 11-2-2005)