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Commission approves Mohave Valley RV storage rezone allowing limited overnight stays
Summary
The planning commission approved a rezone to allow a commercial open-lot RV storage project with covered garages and limited overnight 'dry camping' in Mohave Valley, despite commissioners’ concerns that the use could become an RV park.
The Mohave County Planning and Zoning Commission on May 14 approved a rezone for assessor parcel numbers to allow a special development commercial (SDC) use permitting an RV storage facility with covered garages and limited overnight parking in the Mohave Valley area.
Applicant representatives described the project as primarily an RV storage and garage facility in which individual spaces would include a garage plus a covered parking area. Beau Cooper, entitlement director for United Engineering Group, said the development would permit owners to “dry camp” overnight for a night or two if needed but that the intent was not to operate a campground.
Commissioners and members of the public questioned how the site would be regulated to prevent it from becoming a de facto RV park. Commissioner Kevin Hazard, expressing skepticism, said such projects “tend to turn into an impromptu RV park” and asked about utilities and duration of stays. Project manager Red Harrington said the site would include electric, water and a single dump station but that no restroom or sink facilities would be provided inside the garage structures; Harrington described the proposal as a hybrid intended for periodic stays by owners.
Staff and the applicant discussed possible ownership and lot-division approaches. Staff said similar projects have used condominium-style plats rather than traditional subdivisions; that route allows individual ownership of storage/airspace parcels through a condominium plat process after county site-plan approval. Cooper and Harrington said the developer anticipates using land-lease or condominium instruments and would include CC&Rs or similar controls to limit use and set standards for maintenance, noise and length of stay.
Commissioners also debated the degree of on-site amenities. Cooper said the site would include required open space and a single dump station but not a clubhouse or restrooms in the garages. Commissioner Morris raised concerns and opposed the application at the vote; other commissioners supported staff recommendations. The transcript shows the motion to approve carried with opposition recorded from at least one commissioner.
The approval is subject to the standard conditions of the county and to the site-plan and subdivision/condominium processes that will govern final configuration, access and public improvements. If the developer pursues a condominium-style plat, staff said the parcel would need a site-plan approval before condominium platting.
Speakers during the hearing included the applicant’s representatives and several commissioners; specific operational details such as long-term rental terms and CC&R enforcement were described as matters to be handled at the site-plan and plat stage.
