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Parowan planning commissioners recommend loosening 29-day RV limit, propose 9‑month cap and 30% long-stay cap
Summary
The Parowan Planning and Zoning Commission voted to recommend that City Council amend Title 15, Chapter 56 to allow stays longer than 29 days at RV parks by conditional use, limit such stays to 9 months and cap long-stay slots at 30% of a park’s spaces.
Parowan Planning and Zoning commissioners voted March 19 to send a recommendation to City Council to amend Title 15, Chapter 56 to let RV parks allow stays longer than the current 29‑day limit, provided longer stays are authorized by conditional use, limited to nine months and restricted to no more than 30 percent of a park’s spaces.
The recommendation grew from a public presentation by the RV-park operator, who said the 29‑day rule made the local park uncompetitive. “So currently we have the 29 day restriction on stays at the RV park. And that's proved to be quite a challenge because I think I mentioned we called every city and county from St. George to Heber City and there's not a jurisdiction that has any kind of a restriction like that,” the operator told commissioners.
City planning staff told the Commission the change must come through code amendment. “No. So the code is actually the thing that's restricting it. Okay. And so we need to modify the code,” Dan, a planning staff member, said during the discussion.
Commissioners debated limits meant to protect nearby residents while allowing the park to operate year-round. Commissioner Weston urged a flexible approach: “I don't see a problem with 9 months and conditional sounds good to me. That way the city can still choose whether they wanna allow it or not in the future.” Other commissioners proposed tying any allowance for stays longer than 29 days to a conditional use permit that would restrict the share of long-term spaces (committee members discussed 20–30 percent during deliberations).
After discussion the Commission moved, seconded, and voted to send a positive recommendation to City Council that: (1) stays over 29 days be allowed only by conditional use permit, (2) conditional-use long stays be limited to nine months, and (3) no more than 30 percent of a park’s spaces be used for long‑term occupancy. Commissioners said the conditional‑use pathway would allow City Council discretion and written conditions to limit impacts such as screening, fencing and the number of long‑stay spaces. The Commission closed by directing staff to place the amendment on the City Council agenda; commissioners said the item will go to council the following Thursday.
Next steps: the recommendation goes to the City Council for public hearing and final action under the city’s code-amendment process.
