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Person County approves special-use permit for two-site RV park with condition limiting sites to two
Summary
The Person County Board of Commissioners approved a special-use permit for an 11.02-acre property to host two RV sites, adding a condition that limits the parcel to two camper/RV locations. Neighbors presented a signed memorandum from the property owner agreeing to the two-site limit; the board added that limit as a formal condition.
The Person County Board of Commissioners on Sept. 2 approved a special-use permit allowing an RV park of two sites on an 11.02-acre parcel at 1676 Zion Level Church Road, with a condition limiting the property to two camper/RV locations.
Planning staff described the parcel as previously developed with a single-wide mobile home and with an existing well and septic permit dated 2012. The director noted that under state environmental-health guidance a bedroom is treated as equivalent to an RV unit for septic planning, and that the 2012 permit corresponded to two bedrooms (and thus two units). The director said the sites would use the existing well and septic and include required parking and perimeter buffer standards.
Neighbor Ken Dickinson read a memorandum of agreement that he said was signed by the property owner and submitted to the county the day of the hearing. The memorandum states the owner intends the property to contain only two camper/RV locations and asks the board to include a limiting provision if it grants the permit.
County counsel advised the board that making a permanent, deed‑binding restriction might raise due‑process and ownership-transfer issues, but said the board could include the two-site limit as a condition of the special-use permit if it wished.
After the public hearing, commissioners moved to grant the special‑use permit with the requested condition limiting development to two RV camper locations. The board voted to approve the permit; the meeting transcript records the motion and that “the ayes have it” but does not list a roll-call tally in the record.
The permit application was filed as SUP-2-25 and references tax map A1447. Planning staff said the property is zoned R (residential, one-acre minimum) and that bulk requirements for an RV park—minimum lot size, undisturbed perimeter buffer and stabilized parking surfaces—would apply. The board indicated that any future application to expand beyond two sites would require a new application or modification to the permit.
The decision concludes the quasi‑judicial hearing portion of the meeting for this item; the record includes the planning director’s presentation, the neighbor’s memorandum, and attorney commentary on the legal scope of conditions.
