§ 18.3.1. Permits, applicability, plot plans and nonconforming uses.

A.

Construction, alteration, extension, maintenance or operation of a recreational vehicle park requires a valid recreational vehicle park permit issued by the planning director and a county health department sanitation permit.

B.

A recreational vehicle park must have an area of at least five acres and sites for at least 15 recreational vehicles.

C.

All types of recreational vehicles and tents may be accommodated in a recreational vehicle park.

D.

Except as otherwise expressly stated in this Code, application for a recreational vehicle park permit must be made to the planning director prior to any construction, alteration, extension, maintenance or use of the recreational vehicle park. The application must include a plot plan drawn to a scale of one inch equals 50 feet or one inch equals 100 feet upon a reproducible medium and contain the following information:

1.

Legal description of the site; dimensions of the site perimeter; north point; and total land area within the site perimeters;

2.

Date of preparation and name and address of the applicant;

3.

Location and width of all roads within the site perimeters, together with the location and type of proposed accessory uses; the location of the entrance to the recreational vehicle park; the location of existing and proposed utility, water and sewer lines; and the location of comfort stations and outside water outlets;

4.

Location and dimensions of proposed parking areas and location of the total number of proposed recreational vehicle sites;

5.

Ownership of the recreational vehicle park and the immediately-adjoining property;

6.

Description of the adjoining land use and topography and illustration of watercourses or bodies of water on adjoining property within a distance of at least 300 feet from the boundaries of the recreational vehicle park;

7.

Existing zoning district of the recreational vehicle park and existing zoning districts adjacent to the site for a distance of 600 feet from the site perimeter;

8.

Vicinity sketch map drawn to a scale of at least one inch equals 600 feet and illustrating street and highway locations in the recreational vehicle park vicinity; [and]

9.

Landscaping plan that complies with section 8.5 of this Code.

E.

The plot plan and the landscaping plan must comply with this Code and all other applicable laws and regulations. After review of the application and plot plan for compliance, a building permit will be issued for construction of the recreational vehicle park. After construction of the recreational vehicle park and final inspection and approval by the planning director, a recreational vehicle park permit will be issued.

F.

After the effective date of this Code, no recreational vehicle park permits will be issued for new recreational vehicle parks, unless the property where they are to be situated is zoned for recreational vehicle park use and that zoning is recorded with the county clerk and recorder, and the use has been approved under the special review process described in section 4.5 of this Code.

G.

Recreational vehicle park permits are transferable to subsequent owners of the site and remain valid as long as the recreational vehicle park for which such permit is issued is constructed within the time designated on the permit and remains in existence and complies with this Code.

H.

Any expansion or extension of a nonconforming recreational vehicle park must comply with this Code.

(Res. No. R-02-73, 4-15-2002)

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TABLE 18.3.2.I

Sites	Toilets		Urinals	Lavatories		Showers
	Male	Female	Male	Male	Female	Male	Female
15	1	2	1	1	1	1	1
16—30	1	2	1	1	1	1	1
31—45	2	3	1	3	3	1	1
46—60	2	4	2	3	3	2	2
61—80	3	5	2	4	4	2	2
81—100	3	5	2	4	4	3	3

 

For every 30 additional sites in excess of 100 sites, one additional male toilet, female toilet, male lavatory and female lavatory must be provided. For every 40 additional sites in excess of 100 sites, one additional male shower and female shower must be provided. For every 100 additional sites in excess of 100 sites, one additional urinal and one female toilet must be provided.

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