Montesano City Zoning Code

Recreation vehicle parks shall connect to city water and sewer systems in accordance with applicable codes and design standards.

Water service shall be supplied through a master meter and approved backflow prevention device. All water distribution piping downstream of the master meter shall be owned and maintained by the RV park property owner. The water distribution system for an RV park shall be constructed and maintained in accordance with all applicable state and local codes and regulations. Fire protection measures shall be provided as approved by the city fire department.

The RV park property owner shall provide easements for STEP tanks and pressure piping from the STEP system(s) in the standard form as provided by the city. Tanks and pressure piping shall be constructed by the property owner in conformance with city standards and owned and maintained by the city. All gravity collection piping to the STEP tanks shall comply with city standards and be owned and maintained by the property owner.

Each RV space within the RV park shall be provided with a separate sewer, potable water and electrical "hook-ups." Central sewage disposal sites or "dump stations" within an RV park shall not be permitted.

Every RV park shall contain at least one public bathroom and laundry facility. A shower, lavatory and sink shall be provided for each increment of ten spaces. Hot and cold running water shall be provided. Toilets shall be water flush type. One washer and dryer per twenty RV spaces or fraction thereof shall be provided.

All utilities shall be underground.

Central trash collection and storage areas shall be provided and screened. Trash containers shall be located within three hundred feet of every RV site and enclosed with a solid wood or masonry fence six feet in height.

Electrical Supply System. Each RV park space shall be provided with an underground electrical system (thirty-amp minimum) which shall be installed and maintained in accordance with all applicable state and local codes and regulations. Use of private generators shall not be allowed after ten p.m.

Each space for each RV camping party unit shall not be less than one thousand two hundred fifty square feet. Each space for a camping party without water, sewer and electrical hook ups shall not be less than one thousand square feet. Recreational vehicle spaces shall contain an asphalt pad that is ten feet by forty feet. Spaces shall be so designed as to allow ten-foot widths between successive RVs. Front, rear and side setbacks are required for RVs. Placement of RVs on lots to provide setbacks of varying depths is encouraged. Minimum front, rear and side yard recreational space setbacks shall be ten feet.

All RVs shall have direct and free access to roads within the park. No more than one RV may occupy an RV space, with the exception that two tents, or one tent and one RV, may occupy an existing space provided clearances to adjoining vehicle spaces are maintained.

Common facilities such as service buildings, sanitary sewage disposal facilities including sewage tanks, recreation space, open space, roads, paths, permanent buildings, and facilities for other general purposes shall be designed commensurate to the level of full use of the campground development.

At least twenty percent of the total land area within an RV park shall be set aside for open space. The amount of open space shall not include roads, but may include land devoted to common facilities or land left undeveloped or preserved.

No less than ten percent of the total land area shall be provided as defined recreational space. This limitation shall not include any open land less than ten feet wide between sites or include public facilities, sanitary facilities, etc., in its total. The recreational space shall be easily accessible and shall be improved and maintained in such a manner so as to provide adequate recreational facilities for the residents of the RV park. Park owner-constructed fire pits may be allowed in the area(s) defined as recreational space if approved in writing by the city fire department. Recreation equipment, such as a pool, playground, and picnic tables, and a service building, including toilets, showers, and laundry, can be located within the recreational areas.

A total of not more than twenty thousand square feet may be used to provide space to accommodate the residence of the park owner/custodian and his family, storage area and required maintenance facilities. All setbacks and separations applicable to the R-1 zone shall apply for a single-family dwelling and accessory buildings for custodial use.

Off-Street Parking. A minimum of one off-street parking space shall be required within each space. In addition, one off-street parking space per every four spaces shall be required for guest parking. The guest parking spaces shall be grouped and distributed evenly throughout the park.

All setbacks from streets and other areas in an RV park not used for driveways, parking, buildings, and service areas shall be landscaped in accordance with the conditions of the conditional use permit. Walls, earthen berms and landscaped buffer strips shall be used wherever possible to minimize noise from highway sources.

Adequate lighting shall be provided for all walkways, streets, parking areas, sanitary facilities, storage areas and recreational facilities. No lighting shall be constructed or positioned so as to cause direct or undesirable illumination of adjacent property or RV spaces within the park.

Access and circulation shall be designed with appropriate consideration for existing and projected roads, anticipated traffic patterns, topographic and drainage conditions, public convenience and safety, and the proposed use of the land served.

Recreational vehicle parks shall have an access road connecting to an existing public road. Such access roads shall be designed in accordance with the applicable city road standard.

Access. An RV park containing more than four RV lots shall have at least one interior road having direct access to either a primary or a secondary arterial having a minimum right-of-way width of sixty feet. If located on a secondary arterial, the park, regardless of the number of lots contained therein, shall not be more than one-half road mile from a primary arterial.

Pedestrian Walkways. Pedestrian walkways having a width of not less than four feet shall be provided from the RV spaces to all service buildings and facilities, refuse collection areas and recreation areas. The walkways shall be hard surfaced, well drained and well lighted. Paths or trails to common facilities shall not interfere with or cross a camping vehicle site, and shall be designed for safe pedestrian use at those points where the trails or paths intersect roads.

All roads in an RV park shall be private roads, owned and maintained by the owner of the park. Roads within the RV park shall be paved to city standards. No two-way road shall be less than twenty-six feet wide within the park. One-way roads may be eighteen feet in width.

Security fences or other means may be employed to ensure the use of private roads by appropriate parties.

Screening and landscaping areas shall be established with a minimum width of twenty feet along all boundaries of the land of the RV park.

Such areas shall not contain any constructed facilities, erected or placed, with the exception of utility lines, fencing, or security posts.

Such areas shall be left in their natural state or supplemented by plants and trees as approved on the site plan.

A screening wall of eight feet in height shall be provided to effectively screen the park from adjoining land uses and to ensure privacy of patrons and adjacent residences.

All signs and advertising devices shall be prohibited in an RV park except: