A Conditional Use Approval for a commercial recreational vehicle (RV) park or campground facility must be issued in accordance with the provisions of this Code and this section. In addition to conditions as may be required upon the issuance of a Conditional Use Approval for a RV park or campground, all RV Parks or campgrounds shall be built to the standards set forth in this Code. RV shall mean recreational camping type vehicles, travel trailers as well as tent trailers or tents if applicable.

RV parks or camping facilities shall contain at least five (5) acres.

The following development standards shall apply to RV or camping sites. Plans for the RV Park or Campground and any proposed accessory buildings or structures shall be submitted with the application for Conditional Use Approval. The plans shall be in conformance with the following development standards:

A.

Each RV or camping site shall be plainly marked and numbered for identification and shall meet all requirements of this Code.

B.

Each RV or camping site shall have an area of not less than one thousand (1,000) square feet.

C.

Each site shall have a minimum width of twenty feet (20'). Trailers shall be separated from each other and from other structures by at least ten feet (10'). Any accessory uses such as slide-outs, attached awnings, or steps, for the purposes of this separation requirement, will be considered part of the trailer.

D.

Each site shall abut directly on a park street for a minimum distance of twenty feet (20'). Alignment and gradient shall be properly adapted to topography and provisions shall be made for proper drainage.

E.

Not more than one (1) RV shall be placed on an RV site.

F.

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.

G.

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.

H.

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 Approval. There shall be at least one (1) tree per camping site.

I.

Streets shall be at least twenty-four feet (24') wide. Parking shall not be allowed on park streets. The park streets shall be paved in accordance with City standards and shall provide concrete curb and gutter if applicable according to current standards. Curb and gutter may be of a "roll" type to provide convenient access to trailer sites.

J.

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 percent (10%) of the gross site area of all RV spaces, or three thousand (3,000) square feet, whichever is greater.

K.

RV or camping parks may have one (1) or more laundry rooms.

L.

Restrooms, including toilets, showers, and lavatories, shall be provided within a RV or campground to serve conveniently and adequately said park.

M.

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.

N.

There shall be no open storage of personal belongings within an RV or camping site, nor shall an accessory building, shed, or cabinet be placed upon or erected upon an individual RV or camping site for the storage of materials or personal belongings.

O.

All fuel tanks maintained within an 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.

P.

Any skirting surrounding the open space beneath an RV or other recreation vehicle shall be of the same basic material as the exterior skin of the vehicle and shall have the same color(s) as that of the skin of the vehicle, or complimentary color(s) thereto.

Q.

There shall be no removal of axles, wheels or tires from an RV or other vehicle located within an RV or camping park, except for emergency or temporary removal to accomplish repairs.

R.

There shall be no separate mailboxes, separate street address designations, or other similar accessories which would give the appearance of "permanence" to occupants of a RV site.

No RV or camping site located within a park established under these provisions shall be occupied more than thirty (30) consecutive days by the same user, except for the RV park manager.

Each RV or camping site shall be equipped with a picnic table and benches or equivalent, and an outdoor cooking facility which meets the approval of the North Summit Fire District.

Each RV or camping park shall have facilities for disposal from the holding tanks of trailers and similar vehicles which shall be hooked to the City sewer system, or a wastewater disposal system approved by the City Council and State Health Department. Also, a source of potable water for filling RV, travel trailer or other water tanks shall be required. Proper screened facilities for waste storage, handling and disposal shall also be approved by the Planning Commission.