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Escalante City Zoning Code

10.30 Recreational

Coaches And Recreational Coach Parks

10.30.010 Purpose

To permit development of facilities for recreational coaches in appropriate districts and to require that accommodations will be of such character as to promote the objectives and purpose of this Ordinance, to protect the integrity and character of the district contiguous to those in which recreational coach parks are located, and to protect other use values contiguous to or near recreational coach park uses.

10.30.020 Location And Use

  1. No recreational coach as herein defined shall be located, placed, used, or occupied for residential purposes in any district except within approved and licensed recreational coach parks and except as otherwise provided herein.
  2. Recreational coach parks shall be generally located:
    1. Adjacent to or in close proximity to a major traffic artery or highway.
    2. Near adequate shopping facilities.
    3. Within or adjacent to a mobile home park.
  3. No individual space in a recreational coach park shall be used by one individual coach for more than one hundred eighty (180) consecutive days, nor shall such space be rented or leased to any one (1) individual for a period longer than one hundred eighty (180) days without obtaining an extended stay permit.An extended stay permit shall be good for one (1) year after approval or on a case to case basis per ordinance 10.18.100thandays 100.
  4. Recreational coaches may be stored, but not used for permanent living quarters.
  5. Recreational coaches may be stored, displayed, sold, and serviced, but not used for living quarters, in a sales lot in a Commercial or Manufacturing district when such use is a permitted or a conditional use.
  6. Recreation coaches may be accommodated in an approved and licensed mobile home park, provided that:
    1. The recreational coach park portion of the development is separated by barriers, screens, or some other measure from the area of mobile homes.
    2. The recreational coach use area shall have direct access to a collector or arterial street.
    3. Separate ingress and egress shall be provided for recreational coaches when required by the Planning Commission.
  7. Recreational coach parks shall be connected to the municipal facilities of Escalante City.
  8. Park Models PMRVs occupied for transient accommodation purposes shall be permitted in an approved RV park in a commercial zoning district and shall be prohibited in all other zoning districts. PMRVs occupied for permanent residential living within an RV Park shall only be permitted if placed on a permanent foundation and approved by the Garfield County Building Official.
HISTORY
Amended by Ord. 2022-05 on 4/19/2022
Amended by Ord. 2024-04 on 2/6/2024

10.30.025 Exemption To Location And Use

  • The Planning Commission and City Council may grant a Permit to allow occupancy of a Recreational Vehicle for uses such as construction of a permanent dwelling with proof of an active building permit. A permit shall be good for one (1) year after approval or on a case to case basis per ordinance 10.18.100. 

HISTORY
Adopted by Ord. 2021-13 on 12/7/2021

10.30.030 Approval

A recreational coach park may not be constructed unless approved by the Escalante City Council, after review of plans for said park by the Escalante City Planning Commission which ensures that the proposed development will:

  1. Be in keeping with the general character of the district where it is proposed to be located.
  2. Be located on a parcel of land containing not less than two (2) acres, unless attached to a mobile home park, in which case no minimum area is required.
  3. Have at least five (5) spaces ready for occupancy before first occupancy is permitted.
  4. Meet all standards and requirements of this Ordinance and of the Recreational Coach Park Ordinance upon its adoption.
  5. Meet all requirements of the State of Utah Code § 16-15-2 of Camp, Trailer Court, Hotel Motel and Resort Sanitation Regulations, which are intended to apply to trailer, camper, and tent camps as defined in such Code.
  6. Be designed by a qualified designer or design team. The determination of qualifications of such required professional individuals or firms shall be made by the Escalante City Planning Commission.
  7. Contain no more than twenty (20) units per acre. The spaces may be permitted on one (1) acre, multiplied by the number of acres in the development. The remaining land not contained in individual trailer spaces, roads or parking, shall be set aside and developed as park, playground, or service areas for the common use and enjoyment of the occupants of the development and of visitors thereto.

10.30.040 Application

  1. An overall plan for development of a recreational coach park shall be submitted to the Escalante City Planning Commission for review. The plan shall be drawn to a scale not smaller than one (1) inch to fifty (50) feet.  At least six (6) copies of the plan shall be submitted. The Plan shall show:
    1. The topography of the site, when required by the Escalante City Planning Commission, represented by contours shown at not greater than ten (10) foot intervals.
    2. The proposed street and trailer or coach space pad layout.
    3. Proposed reservations for parks, playgrounds and open spaces, and tabulations showing the percent of area to be devoted to parks, playgrounds and open space, trailer spaces, and total area to be developed.
    4. Proposed location, number and design of parking spaces.
    5. Generalized landscaping and utility plan, including location of sewer, water, electricity, gas lines, and fire hydrants.
    6. Any other data the Escalante City Planning Commission may require.

2022-05

2024-04

2021-13