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Clayton planners consider temporary variances to allow RV occupancy for urgent housing needs
Summary
The Planning Commission discussed draft changes to the Unified Development Ordinance to allow limited, temporary RV occupancy on residential lots in extreme circumstances, with proposed variance procedures, monthly permit fees and indemnity language to address fire-safety and liability concerns.
The Clayton Planning Commission spent significant time debating whether to permit temporary RV occupancy on residential lots as an exception to the town’s Unified Development Ordinance. Under the current UDO language discussed at the meeting, one recreational vehicle may be stored on a residential property; an additional visiting RV may stay up to seven days at a time and no more than 14 days per year, and RVs may not be occupied for living, sleeping or housekeeping purposes except as the visitation rule allows.
Commission staff, citing research into other towns’ regulations and fire-safety guidance, said a key reason many municipalities…
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