(A) Intent: This section is intended to provide regulations for the establishment, maintenance and operation of recreational vehicle parks within the City, and to ensure that recreational vehicle parks do not adversely impact adjacent properties and the surrounding community.
(C) Conditional Use Permit: A conditional use permit, as provided in section 6-2-5 of this title, shall be required for development of a new recreational vehicle park and/or for the modification or expansion of an existing recreational vehicle park. Whenever a difference occurs between the standards of this section and an underlying zone district, the standards of this section shall apply.
(D) Development Standards: Recreational vehicle parks are intended to provide for the accommodation of visitors to the City who travel to the community by recreational vehicle and reside in that vehicle. This use is also intended to create a safe, healthful and beneficial environment for both occupants of the recreational vehicle parks and to protect the character and integrity of the surrounding community.
1. Permitted Uses: Only recreational vehicles that conform to the definition in section 6-1-19, "Definitions", of this title, shall be allowed on recreational vehicle lots.
2. Accessory Uses: The following permitted accessory uses shall be operated primarily for the convenience of recreational vehicle park occupants:
(a) Caretaker units for management and/or staff;
(b) Retail market;
(c) Indoor/outdoor recreational facilities;
(d) Laundry;
(e) Office;
(f) Personal services, including showers and restrooms.
3. Maximum Residency Period: Recreational vehicle parks are intended to provide for the accommodation of visitors to Taft who travel to the community by recreational vehicle and reside in that vehicle for a period not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days.
4. Site Area: The minimum site area for a recreational vehicle park shall be two (2) acres.
5. Lot Area: A minimum of one thousand two hundred fifty (1,250) square feet of lot area shall be provided for each recreational vehicle.
6. Building Height: The maximum building height for all structures in the recreational vehicle park lots is fifteen feet (15'). The maximum building height in all other areas is thirty five feet (35').
7. Setbacks: A recreational vehicle park shall have a landscaped setback of no less than ten feet (10') along all property lines adjacent to streets and residential zoned properties.
8. Walls And Fences: A six foot (6') masonry wall shall be constructed along all property lines to screen the recreational vehicles from adjacent properties. Walls and other screening along street frontages shall be at the discretion of the Planning Commission and can include, but not be limited to, landscape berms, solid walls, wrought iron fencing, or a combination of fencing and landscaping.
9. Open Space: A recreational vehicle park shall provide two hundred fifty (250) square feet of usable open space per lot. The open space area shall be distributed throughout the park as private open space and common open space areas.
10. Interior Streets: The design and layout of interior streets in a recreational vehicle park shall be consistent with the parking lot design provisions of section 6-14-6, "Design Standards", of this title.
11. Parking: Each recreational vehicle lot shall provide one asphalt paved automobile parking space. Guest and employee parking shall be provided at the rate of one parking space for every five (5) recreational vehicle lots. All spaces shall be a minimum of nine feet (9') wide and nineteen feet (19') deep.
12. Lighting: Light standards shall be a maximum of twenty feet (20') in height. Lighting shall be indirect, hooded and positioned so as to reflect onto the access roads and away from the recreational vehicle spaces and adjoining property.
13. Trash/Recycling Facilities: One trash enclosure shall be provided for every twenty (20) recreational vehicle lots.
14. Electrical Service: Each recreational vehicle space shall be provided with electrical service. All electrical, telephone and television services within the recreational vehicle park shall be underground.
15. Water Service: Each recreational vehicle space shall be provided with a fresh water connection.
16. Sewer Service: Each recreational vehicle space shall be provided with a connection to an approved sanitary sewer system. (Ord. 801-13, 9-17-2013; amd. Ord. 832-18, 4-17-2018)