Larimer County |
Code of Ordinances |
LAND USE CODE |
Appendix 18.0. MANUFACTURED HOMES, MANUFACTURED HOME PARKS, RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARKS AND CAMPGROUNDS |
Appendix 18.3. RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARKS |
§ 18.3.3. Density, roads, setback requirements, signs and outdoor recreation areas.
A.
The maximum density in a recreational vehicle park is 20 sites per acre.
B.
Access to a recreational vehicle park must not be through any developed residential area or land platted for residential subdivision, unless the plat has been recorded with the county clerk and recorder for more than three years and no residential buildings have been constructed on any platted lots.
C.
Road systems within a recreational vehicle park are required. Road systems must form a loop system only and be constructed in the same manner and to the same standards as an access road. If a road system is for one-way traffic only, directional signs must be installed.
D.
Access roads to recreational vehicle parks must be 16 feet wide for one-way traffic and 24 feet wide for two-way traffic. The roads must be surfaced with granular material of no greater than 1½-inch grade.
E.
Entrances into recreational vehicle parks or onto recreational vehicle park access roads off state or federal highways must be rounded by at least a 40-foot radius arc to provide convenient and safe ingress and egress to those highways without traffic obstruction. Intersections must also be maintained free from visibility obstruction for a distance of 125 feet along the access road or entrance from its intersection with the highway.
F.
Sites in a recreational vehicle park have the following recreational vehicle minimum setback requirements:
Description Setback From the perimeter of the recreational vehicle park 75 feet From existing single-family residences or tourist accommodations, unless the same are accessory uses within the recreational vehicle park 250 feet From the boundary of a public right-of-way 200 feet. G.
Recreational vehicles cannot be parked or attached to the ground or any other parked vehicle within any public right-of-way or within 100 feet of the boundary of any public right-of-way for overnight accommodations.
H.
Roads and pedestrian walkways within the recreational vehicle park, buildings, comfort stations and other areas or facilities with nighttime use must be lighted for safe use.
I.
A minimum of eight percent of the gross area within the perimeters of a recreational vehicle park must be maintained as an outdoor recreation area. Outdoor recreation areas include adult recreation and child play areas and comfort stations but do not include parking areas.
(Ord. No. 09072010R011, Exh. A, 9-7-2010)