Council directs staff to seek hearings-examiner review of Belmont Loop RV Park conditional-use compliance

The Woodland City Council voted to add an action item and later directed city staff to ask the hearings examiner to review whether the conditional use permit for the Belmont Loop RV Park remains valid after repeated noncompliance with permit conditions.

Council added the item to the agenda after a motion by Council member Dowdy and a second by Council member Houston; the initial vote to add the action item (to be listed as action item I) passed 4–2 (Ayes: Dowdy, Freimark, Houston, Friend; Nos: Rounds, Hall). The council later approved the amended agenda and then, after discussion and a staff presentation, voted to direct staff to pursue the compliance review before the hearing examiner.

Travis, planning staff, told council the permit decision was issued by the city’s hearings examiner, Joe Turner, and cited Woodland Municipal Code 17.72.090, which requires annual review by a designated city official to confirm compliance with permit provisions. Travis said staff had sent written notice indicating the permit holder had failed to provide required occupancy reports and other conditions set at approval; he said the current property owner is not the original applicant and staff had attempted written outreach at about six months and again at roughly 14 months after approval.

Travis said the staff action will be to prepare a report to the hearings examiner documenting the permit conditions the city believes have not been met. He said the hearings examiner will hold a public hearing and may revoke the permit under the code, or the permit holder may present reasons at that hearing and the applicant may reapply without prejudice.

City attorney Emily clarified for council that the council itself could not directly revoke the permit that night; the correct procedure is for staff to initiate a compliance review that the hearings examiner will adjudicate. Council members raised questions about which conditions were unmet; Travis said the missing occupancy reporting was the principal example and emphasized staff’s written warnings.

At the close of the discussion, council voted to direct staff to move the matter to the hearings examiner. Miss Hogan called the roll; council members voted Aye to direct staff (vote recorded as unanimous in the meeting record). The motion authorized staff to prepare the file and proceed with the public hearing before the hearings examiner rather than taking revocation action at the council dais.