1143.18 RV PARKS AND COMMUNITIES.

   (a)   For the purposes of this chapter, a recreational vehicle (RV) is defined as a motor home or motor vehicle which normally includes living spaces and amenities found in a home, such as kitchen, bathroom and sleeping quarters. They are not to be confused with mobile homes or mobile home communities, which are defined in Sections 1121.47 and 1143.02.

   (b)   No person shall dwell in a recreational vehicle in the Municipality unless its located in an RV Park or Community approved by the City of Dover Planning Commission. No RV is permitted to be used as living quarters anywhere in the Municipality, whether located separately or congregated with others which total less than five in number.

   (c)   No RV Park or Community of similar development shall be permitted to locate in the Municipality except as a conditional use in an M-2 zoned district requiring Zoning Board of Appeals approval. A RV Park or Community shall be added as a conditional use under Section 1141.03 in an M-2 General Industrial District.

   (d)   An RV Park or Community must conform to the following requirements approved by the City Planning Commission:

      (1)   Contain a minimum of six acres.

      (2)   Provide for municipal water and sewer facilities, and all other utilities normally provided by the Municipality.

      (3)   Provide a clearly defined minimum area of 4,000 square feet, including a minimum lot width of forty feet for each RV.

      (4)   Provide for the installation of paved City streets or private drives with adequate street lighting and directional signage.

      (5)   Each RV slip or pad must be of concrete construction and designed with a minimum of fifteen foot clearance between adjacent RV slips or pads which shall be used to locate the RV upon.

      (6)   All RV spaces shall abut upon a driveway of not less than twenty feet in width and length, which shall have unobstructed access to a private or public street.

      (7)   Provide for a fifty foot setback from any slip or pad to any property line bounding the RV Park or Community.

      (8)   Conform to all City and State Health Department requirements.

      (9)   RV Parks or Communities shall be effectively screened on all sides by means of walls, fences or plantings. Walls and fences shall be six feet to eight feet in height without advertising thereon. In lieu of such wall or fence, a strip of land not less than fifteen feet in width, and planted and maintained with an evergreen hedge or dense planting of evergreen shrubs or other ornamental shrubbery as approved by the Dover Building and Zoning Codes Administrator with input from the Dover Architectural Review Board.

         (Ord. 35-13. Passed 8-5-13.)