Commissioners approve reduced buffer and 8‑ft fence to resolve longtime Southern Oaks RV encroachment

Sep 15, 2026

To resolve a decades‑old noncompliance, commissioners approved reducing a required 25‑ft buffer to 5 ft along part of the Southern Oaks RV park provided the owner installs an 8‑ft privacy fence (no earthen berm) and pursues required BOA variances for existing structures.

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The board unanimously approved a staff‑negotiated solution to a long‑standing buffer noncompliance at Southern Oaks RV. Growth Services staff recounted that the RV park was approved in 2003 with a 25‑foot buffer and a 6‑ft wood privacy fence that, staff said, either was never installed or later deteriorated. Over the years, structures — some permitted, many not — have encroached into the buffer.

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