All travel trailer parks that existed on or before March 18, 1985 shall be considered to be pre-existing and nonconforming and shall be exempt from the standards of this chapter except for the following:
(A) Roads. Access and circulation roads shall be of an all-weather surface and shall be maintained on a regular basis to eliminate ruts, potholes, etc. The road maintenance shall be the responsibility of the park owner/operator. The Dare County Planning Department may inspect roads on a regular basis to determine if the roads are at an acceptable level of improvement. If roads are found to be in need of maintenance, the Planning Department shall notify the park owner/operator in writing of the need for road maintenance. The park operator shall have 90 days from receipt of the notice in which to complete the necessary maintenance to bring the roads back to an acceptable level.
(B) (1) Recreational vehicles placed on sites within a special flood hazard area shall either:
(a) Be on site for fewer than 180 consecutive days;
(b) Be fully licensed and ready for highway use; or
(c) Meet all the requirements for new construction, including anchoring and elevation requirements of Dare County Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance.
(2) A recreational vehicle is ready for highway use if it is on its wheels or jacking system, is attached to the site only by quick disconnect type utilities and security devices, and has no permanently attached additions.
(3) Entrance landings as defined in this chapter shall be allowed.
(C) In existing trailer parks where travel trailers are set up with porches, decks, screened rooms, or additions other than the allowable entrance landing, the nonconforming improvements may continue to exist as they did prior to July 20, 1992 until ownership or occupancy of the travel trailer has changed or the nonconforming improvements have been otherwise destroyed provided that such improvements are not permanently attached to a travel trailer by bolting, strapping or some other method. Should there be a change in ownership, occupancy or some other occurrence that results in the loss of the nonconforming improvement, such improvement shall be not reconstructed. It may however be replaced with a 100 square foot entrance landing as defined in this chapter.
(D) Any travel trailer park or campground in existence on October 19, 2020 shall be considered a pre-existing park and shall not be subject to the provisions of this chapter. However, any existing park, if expanded, shall adhere to the revisions to the ordinance as adopted by the Dare County Board of Commissioners on October 19, 2020. Any existing park may be modified to include camper cabins, alternative camping units or camping tent sites subject to the provisions of this chapter as adopted by the Dare County Board of Commissioners on October 19, 2020.
(Ord. passed 3-18-1985; Am. Ord. passed 7-20-1992; Am. Ord. passed 10-19-2020; Am. Ord. passed 2-16-2021)