Clallam County planning commission refines RV and ADU rules, schedules public hearing

Clallam County Planning Commission members met May 7 to review a draft of proposed zoning changes aimed at clarifying rules on recreational vehicles and accessory dwelling units and to set a public hearing on the package.

Staff summarized multiple edits to county code, including clarifying the meaning of “stable source of power,” adding an occupancy limit of 180 days within a 12-month period for RV habitation, and changing language so that properties may have one visible RV while additional RVs must be stored out of sight (for example, inside a garage) or screened. The draft also removes a prohibition on renting an RV pad under the cited code provision and proposes that one occupied RV is allowed per parcel, with two occupied units triggering standards that define an RV park.

The proposal would retain the county’s owner-occupancy requirement for ADUs in rural areas while allowing two ADUs in urban growth areas (UGAs), consistent with recent state direction to expand ADU use in UGAs. Staff also…