(A) Intent and purpose. The intent and purpose of this section is to protect the safety and convenience of the users of recreation vehicle courts and commercial campgrounds, to reduce congestion in and around the court or campground facilities and to protect the safety and welfare of those occupying surrounding properties.
(B) Approval authority. The Planning Commission, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, may approve a conditional use permit for a recreation vehicle court or commercial campground, provided the provisions stated in this section are met.
(C) Plans required. The applicant for a permit for a recreation vehicle court or commercial campground shall submit a drawn to scale site and construction plan containing the information called for in this division (C). The plan shall be at a scale of one inch equals 100 feet or larger, and shall include:
(1) The proposed layout of roads, recreation vehicle parking spaces (or campsites), automobile parking spaces, service buildings and management office;
(2) The location and size of existing and proposed water, sewer and electric power lines and facilities;
(3) The drainage features and slope of the land;
(4) A schematic drawing of a typical recreation vehicle parking pad (or campsite) with the appurtenant automobile parking spot and landscaped yard space; and
(5) A planting plan showing the areas to be landscaped, types of plants to be used, types of landscaping structures to be used and a legend showing the:
(a) Scale;
(b) Total number of acres in the development;
(c) Total number of recreation vehicle spaces (or campsites);
(d) Average number of recreation vehicle spaces (or campsites) per acre;
(e) Total number of off-street automobile parking spaces;
(f) Percentage of the total area to be hard-surfaced;
(g) Percentage of the total area to be in open space, exclusive of hard-surfaced areas and parking sites;
(h) Percentage of the total area to be developed as playground, recreation and other common facilities; and
(i) Any other data reasonably required by the Planning Commission.
(D) Standards and requirements.
(1) Recreation vehicle courts and commercial campgrounds shall be permitted only as specifically listed as permitted or conditionally permitted in a particular zone.
(2) All recreation vehicle courts and commercial campgrounds shall abut on and gain access from a hard-surfaced public street which meets the standards of the county for collector or arterial roads, except where the recreation vehicle court or commercial campground gains access from a central parking lot which in turn abuts on and gains access from a hard-surfaced public street.
(3) All roadways providing access to recreation vehicle spaces (or campsites) shall have a hard-surfaced width of at least ten feet for one-way roads and 20 feet for two-way roads, plus two feet of unobstructed shoulder on each side of the surface. Such roadways shall not exceed a grade of 8%, nor have a curve where the radius of the centerline is less than 45 feet.
(4) The roadway system shall provide convenient circulation through the recreation vehicle court and shall provide access to each recreation vehicle space (and campsite). No recreation vehicle space (or campsite) will be permitted direct access to a public street, road or highway other than by means of the recreation vehicle court (or campground) roadway system. No entrance or exit shall be located closer than 100 feet to the right-of-way line of any intersecting street.
(5) Each recreation vehicle space shall be hard-surfaced, ten feet or more in width, 40 feet or more in length and have adjacent thereto a standard automobile parking space and at least 800 square feet of landscaped yard space.
(6) All recreation vehicles and camping paraphernalia shall be set back at least 30 feet from any public street, and the setback space resulting therefrom shall be landscaped, except for permitted driveways.
(7) In addition to the recreation vehicles, campsites and a management office, the development may include nonprofit public recreation buildings which serve the occupants of the facility.
(8) All recreation vehicle courts and commercial campgrounds shall be served by a water supply and sewage facility that has been approved by the county’s Health Department as meeting its standards and the standards of §§ V-3 and II-7 of the Code of Camp, Trailer Court, Hotel, Motel and Resort Sanitation Regulations, adopted by the state’s Division of Health, or its successor regulation.
(9) Each recreation vehicle space (or campsite) shall be served by a hookup facility for water, sewage disposal and electrical power.
(10) Hydrants and other fire protection facilities, as well as the design of the development, shall meet the adopted Fire Codes administered by the County Fire Marshal.
(11) No recreation vehicle shall be allowed in the court (nor camp user in the campground) for more than 45 days in any calendar year. Besides the approved common facilities shown on the plan, only recreation vehicles and camp users (plus their automobiles) may occupy the facility; mobile homes, construction equipment, outdoor storage (other than licensed vehicles) and the like, are prohibited.
(E) Other licenses and permits required. A building permit is required before any construction is commenced on a recreational vehicle court or commercial campground, and, upon completion, a zoning compliance permit and current business license are required before such is operated. Failure of the owner and/or operator to construct and maintain the court in accordance with the terms of approval may result in the revocation of the building permit, zoning compliance permit and/or the business license.
(Prior Code, § 8-6-26) (Ord. 11-16, passed 12-6-2011) Penalty, see § 155.999