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Murray City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 17

28 RECREATIONAL VEHICLE AND TRAVEL TRAILER PARKS

17.28.010: PURPOSE:

To permit development of facilities for recreational vehicles and travel trailers in appropriate districts and to require that travel trailer accommodations will be of such character as to promote the objectives and purposes of this title, to protect the integrity and characteristics of the districts contiguous to those in which travel trailer parks are located, and to protect other use values contiguous to or near travel trailer park uses. (Ord. 07-30 § 2)

17.28.020: LOCATION AND USE:

   A.   No travel trailer as herein defined shall be located, placed, used, or occupied for residential purposes in any district except within approved and licensed travel trailer parks and except as otherwise provided herein.
   B.   Travel trailer parks shall generally be located:
      1.   Adjacent to or in proximity to a major traffic artery or highway;
      2.   Near adequate shopping facilities.
   C.   No individual space in a travel trailer park shall be used by one individual trailer for more than thirty (30) consecutive days, nor shall such space be rented or leased to any one individual for a period longer than thirty (30) days.
   D.   Travel trailers may be stored, but not used for permanent living quarters.
   E.   Travel trailers 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. (Ord. 07-30 § 2)

17.28.030: DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS:

Travel trailer park developers shall submit a plan for review and approval by the planning commission according to the following requirements:
   A.   Be located on a parcel of land containing not less than two (2) acres.
   B.   Contain not more than twenty (20) units per acre. The spaces may be clustered, provided, that the total number of units does not exceed the number permitted on one 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 landscaping, park, playground, or service areas for the common use and enjoyment of occupants of the development and of visitors thereto.
   C.   Each recreation space shall consist of an area not less than two thousand (2,000) square feet for travel trailer coaches or for motorized homes, and not less than an area of one thousand five hundred (1,500) square feet for pickup coaches or campers or travel trailer tents. Twelve thousand (12,000) square feet shall be the minimum area required for a tent pitching area.
   D.   Pads for travel trailers and motorized homes shall not be less than ten feet by thirty feet (10' x 30'), and constructed of concrete at least four inches (4") thick with adequate expansion joint. Pads for pickup coaches or campers shall not be less than ten feet by twenty feet (10' x 20') and constructed of concrete at least four inches (4") thick. Walkways constructed of asphalt or concrete not less than four feet (4') wide shall be provided from every mobile home space or trailer space of any type to the service buildings.
   E.   All developments shall be provided with ten feet (10') of landscaping and a six foot (6') opaque fence along the property line separating the development from other zones or uses in compliance with fencing regulations.
   F.   The following landscaping provisions shall apply in all travel trailer developments and must be shown upon the plans submitted to the planning commission:
      1.   All open areas except driveways, parking areas, walkways, utility areas, improved decks, patios, or porches shall be maintained with landscaping as approved by the planning commission and city forester;
      2.   Trees of a substantial type, size, and interval approved by the planning commission and city forester shall be planted along the street frontage of any private or public street within the development and around the periphery of a travel trailer development;
      3.   Paved streets constructed within a travel trailer park shall be provided in such a pattern as to provide safe convenient traffic circulation within said park.
   G.   Recreational vehicles shall not be parked within the twenty foot (20') corner side yard area contiguous to a street.
   H.   All travel trailer developments shall have a water distribution and sewage collection system approved by the city engineer.
   I.   The travel trailer developments shall have a storm drainage plan approved by the city engineer.
   J.   The travel trailer developments shall provide electrical service in compliance with the provisions of the city power department.
   K.   All utility distribution facilities, including electrical service and television antenna services within travel trailer parks, shall be placed underground. Transformers, terminal boxes, meter cabinets, pedestals, and other such necessary appurtenances to the underground facilities may be placed aboveground.
   L.   Every travel trailer park shall include a permanent building for office and administrative use. Said building may include a single-family dwelling for the exclusive use of the owner or manager.
   M.   A service building with separate restroom facilities shall be provided in compliance with the building and health codes.
   N.   A full service dump station shall be provided. (Ord. 07-30 § 2)

17.28.040: APPLICATION FOR PERMIT:

   A.   Application for recreational travel trailer development shall be filed with the planning department.
   B.   The application shall be in writing, signed by the applicant, and shall include the following:
      1.   The name and address of the applicant;
      2.   The location and legal description of the recreation development;
      3.   A complete plan of the development in conformity with the requirements of this title, international building code, and state and county health code regulations;
      4.   Detailed landscape plan;
      5.   Plans and specifications of all buildings, improvements, and facilities constructed or to be constructed within the recreation development;
      6.   Such further information as may be requested by the planning commission to enable it to determine if the proposed development will comply with legal requirements. (Ord. 07-30 § 2)