Lynn Haven delays new RV parking ordinance after wide public pushback; attorney to draft narrower rewrite

The Lynn Haven City Commission on Tuesday postponed a final vote on a proposed amendment to the Unified Land Development Code that would revise where residents may store “major recreational equipment” such as RVs, campers and boats, directing the city attorney to prepare a narrower rewrite for a future meeting.

The ordinance under discussion, listed in the meeting materials as Ordinance 11-77, would have changed how many and where major recreational equipment items could be parked on residential lots. Commissioners and dozens of residents debated safety, property rights and code-enforcement capacity for more than two hours before the commission decided not to adopt the proposal and instead asked staff to return with a new draft labeled 11-77R.

Supporters of keeping tighter restrictions — including Commissioner Vandegrift, who introduced an amendment limiting counts and removing storage on vacant lots — said sight-line safety and neighborhood…