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Staff previews Toscana request to use RV as permanent residence in Red Lake area
Summary
Planning staff previewed a proposed conditional use (CB 2513) to allow a fifth‑wheel RV as a permanent residence on a one‑acre AR‑1 parcel in Red Lake (Wilshire Drive). Commissioners deferred detailed questions to the upcoming hearing.
At a study session, county staff presented CB 2513, an applicant request by Julian Toscana of Buckeye to use a recreational vehicle (fifth‑wheel) as a permanent residence on a roughly one‑acre parcel on Wilshire Drive in the Red Lake area (AR‑1 zoning).
Staff showed a vicinity map locating the parcel in a commercial corridor near existing KOA and convenience store uses and described the site as having a driveway and substantial vegetation. The proposal would place a fifth‑wheel unit in a planned driveway pad; staff said it would be processed as an RV used as a residence under the AR‑1 rules and noted that RVs as residences sometimes require a conditional use procedure in the AR zone.
Commissioners deferred substantive questions on the case until the formal hearing and discussed procedural points such as notifying immediate neighbors and whether any homeowners association (HOA/POA) provisions apply (staff said HOA/POA enforcement is outside county jurisdiction but that staff asks applicants to check with any POA). The item will return to the commission at a public hearing with full materials, outreach summary and any recommended conditions.
Why this matters: The request raises recurring issues for the county about allowing RVs as permanent housing in zones with acreage minimums, local neighbor expectations and whether additional site conditions should be applied.
Next steps: Staff will include CB 2513 in next month’s public hearing packet with the applicant’s site plan and outreach summary.
