3.17.6 Property Development Standards

The following development standards shall apply to the individual RV or camping sites. Plans and elevations for the RV Park or Campground and any buildings or structures proposed for location therein shall be submitted with the application for a conditional use permit. The plans shall be in conformance with the following general development standards: 1. Each site shall be marked and numbered for identification and shall meet all requirements of this Code. 2. Each RV or camping site in a park shall have an area of not less than one thousand five hundred (1,500) square feet. 3. Each site shall have an average width of twenty-five (25) feet. Trailers shall be separated from each other and from other structures by at least fifteen (15) feet. Any accessory uses such as attached awnings or steps, shall, for the purposes of this separation requirement, be considered to be part of the trailer. 4. Each site shall abut directly upon a park street for a minimum distance of twenty (20) feet. Alignment and gradient shall be properly adapted to topography and provisions shall be made for proper drainage. 5. Not more than one (1) RV shall be placed on a RV site. 6. Each RV site shall provide sufficient parking and maneuvering space so that the parking loading or maneuvering of trailers incidental to parking shall not necessitate the use of any public street, sidewalk, right-of-way, or any private grounds not part of the RV parking area. 7. There shall be provided guest parking in each RV or camping park at the ratio of one (1) parking space for each ten (10) RV or camping sites within the park. 8. All open areas except driveways, parking areas, walking ways, utility areas, or patios shall be maintained with landscaping in accordance with a detailed landscaping plan to be approved in conjunction with issuance of a conditional use permit. There shall be at least one (1) tree per camping site. 9. Streets shall be at least twenty-five (25) feet wide. Parking shall not be allowed on park streets. The park streets shall be paved in accordance with Town standards and shall provide concrete curb and gutter if applicable in current standards. Curb and gutter may be of a "roll" type to provide convenient access to trailer sites. 10. A central recreation area shall be established in all RV parks which shall be easily accessible from all trailer sites. The size of such recreation areas shall be not less than ten (10) percent of the gross site area of all RV spaces, or three thousand (3,000) square feet, whichever is greater. 11. RV or camping parks may have one (1) or more laundry rooms. Outdoor laundry drying lines shall not be permitted on any RV or camping sites. 12. Restrooms, including toilets, showers, and lavatories, shall be provided within a RV or camping park to conveniently and adequately serve said park. 13. All utility distribution facilities, including television antenna service lines serving individual RV sites, shall be placed underground. The owner is responsible for complying with the requirements of this section, and shall make the necessary arrangements with each of the public serving utilities for installation of said facilities. Transformers, terminal boxes, meter cabinets, pedestals, concealed ducts, and other necessary appurtenances to such underground facilities may be placed above ground. All RV sites must be served with water and electricity. Tent only campgrounds shall only be serviced with water to each site or group of sites. Natural gas hookups shall not be provided to individual RV or camping sites. 14. There shall be no open storage of personal belongings within a RV or camping site, nor shall there be an accessory building, shed, or cabinet placed upon or erected upon an individual RV or camping site for the storage of materials or personal belongings. 15. All fuel tanks maintained within a RV site must be mounted securely upon or attached to the RV or recreation vehicle which they serve. No such tanks shall be larger than fifty (50) gallon capacity. 16. There shall be no removal of axles, wheels or tires from a RV or other vehicle located within a RV or camping park, except for emergency, temporary removal to accomplish repairs. 17. There shall be no separate mail boxes, separate street address designations, or other similar accessories which would give the appearance of "permanence" to occupants of a RV site. 18. RV Parks and Camp Grounds shall be subject to the infrastructure review set forth in section 1.13.