In any district in which recreational vehicle parks are permitted as a use of right or are permitted subject to the granting of a special exception by the BZA, the following minimum conditions shall apply.
(A) Location and access. No recreational vehicle park shall be located except in a public park or with direct access to a state or federal numbered highway or approved county road. No entrance to or exit from a recreational vehicle park in a commercial district shall be through a residential district.
(B) Site conditions. Condition of soil, groundwater level, drainage and topography shall not create hazards to the property or the health or safety of the occupants. No portion of the site that is subject to unpredictable and/or sudden flooding, subsidence or erosion shall be used for any purpose, which would expose persons or property to hazards.
(C) Spaces for occupancy; uses permitted; lengths of stay. Spaces in recreational vehicle parks may be used by recreation vehicles, as defined herein. Spaces shall be rented by the day or week only, and no recreational vehicle shall remain in the same trailer park more than 30 days.
(D) Site planning and required improvements. Site planning and improvements shall provide for:
(1) Facilities and amenities appropriate to the needs of the occupants;
(2) Safe, comfortable, convenient and sanitary use by occupants under all weather conditions to be expected during periods of occupancy; and
(3) Protection of occupants from adverse environmental influences, and where appropriate, protection of the neighborhood from potential adverse influences within the recreational vehicle park.
(E) Relation of spaces to public streets. In addition to yard requirements applying generally within districts, the following limitation shall apply with respect to recreational vehicle parks. No space shall be located so that any part intended for occupancy for sleeping purposes shall be within 50 feet of the right-of-way line of any major thoroughfare or collector street, or within 25 feet of the right-of-way line of any other street.
(Ord. 20-8, passed 12-7-2000; Ord. 07-09, passed 8-6-2007)