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Council considers ordinance to restore pre‑2022 boat and RV parking rules in residential areas
Summary
City staff presented an ordinance to clarify recreational vehicle and boat parking standards after a 2022 land‑development code update had unintentionally loosened rules; the amendment would reinstate prior surface and setback requirements for boats and trailers in residential zones.
City staff on June 12 presented an ordinance to reinstate former standards for boat and recreational‑vehicle parking after language changes in the 2022 land‑development code update inadvertently relaxed long‑standing rules.
Staff said the 2022 code revision omitted sections that previously limited where and how boats and other recreational vehicles could be parked in front yards. The proposed ordinance restores pre‑2022 language requiring that boats heavier than 200 pounds be parked on a paved or hard‑packed driveway and be located at least 15 feet back from the edge of the travel surface of the road; utility trailers and other recreational vehicles would generally be required to be parked in a garage or behind the front line of the house.
City staff described the change as a cleanup that clarifies what surface materials qualify as paved or hard packed and restores the prior intent of the code. The ordinance text included a cross‑reference to Article 5, Section 5.204 (general parking and loading standards) of the land‑development code. A council member moved to approve Ordinance 1445 amending the parking section; the meeting record includes the motion but does not show a completed roll call for final adoption at the time of the transcript excerpt.
Staff: “What this amendment will do is essentially reinstate the standards that have been in place for over 20 years in the city, with the clarification on what the surface is can and cannot be.”
The measure is intended to resolve enforcement ambiguity that arose after the 2022 rewrite and to provide clearer standards for code enforcement and residents.
