Council seeks direction on RV-parking rules for front and side yards

City staff presented proposed amendments to Greenfield municipal code sections 10.12.030 and 17.58.040 Sept. 22, seeking council direction on how the city should regulate recreational vehicles parked on private property.

The staff member said the draft would allow RVs to be parked in sideyards and front yards under certain conditions and walked the council through approaches used by other cities, including distance-based rules and outcome-based rules that protect ingress/egress and emergency access. "We are looking at uh amending its RV parking ordinances to allow RVs to be parked on private property in um sideyards, front yards," the staff member said. Council members and public commenters noted the city's housing stock varies by era and lot configuration and favored language that focuses on not impeding safe entry or exit rather than a uniform distance rule.

The council asked staff to draft ordinance language reflecting an outcome-based standard (no impeded safe entry/exit or emergency access) and return the item for formal adoption at a future meeting; staff said it would incorporate examples from other cities and the council's direction into a revised draft.