(A) Mobile homes. No mobile home, mobile home park or mobile home subdivision shall be located anywhere within the unincorporated areas of the county without written approval of the County Building Official.
(B) Recreational vehicles. No recreational vehicle as herein defined shall be located, placed, used or occupied for permanent living purposes in any district except within approved and licensed recreational vehicle parks and except as otherwise provided herein. Each person residing in a recreational vehicle in violation of this section and each property owner permitting persons to reside in a recreational vehicle on the owner’s property shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor. Each day of residence shall be a separate offense.
(C) Storage. Recreational vehicles which are unoccupied for living purposes may be unoccupied and stored on a private lot or parcel of land, provided they do not violate any required setbacks for front, rear or side yards.
(D) Utility connections.
(1) Vacant properties. On a vacant lot or parcel, no recreational vehicle shall be connected to any permanent utility in any district except within approved and licensed recreational vehicle parks and except as otherwise provided herein.
(2) Developed properties. On a developed lot or parcel, a recreational vehicle may be temporarily connected to the dwelling unit’s utilities, but permanent occupancy shall be prohibited.
(3) Exceptions.
(a) Self-contained infrastructure or utilities that are affixed to, or part of the recreational vehicle do not apply to this section.
(b) Permanent infrastructure or utilities may be temporarily extended to recreational vehicles with an approved conditional use permit (CUP) by the County Planning Commission and County Commission for uses such as a construction camp. Evidence of an approved building permit from the County Building Department shall be required as one of the conditions in the conditional use permit.
1. CUP shall be valid during the period of construction or work relating to the construction camp and shall expire 30 days after the applicable work is completed.
2. After the work is completed, the temporary mobile home or structure shall be removed from the premises and the recreational vehicle or travel trailer may either be removed from the premises or disconnected from all infrastructure and utilities and stored on the property, not to be occupied for permanent living purposes.
(Ord. 2021-10, passed 9-27-2021; Ord. 2022-9, passed 7-26-2022) Penalty, see § 155.999