Planning Commission approves amended site plan for Glampers Inn with occupancy and parking conditions

The Hurricane City Planning Commission approved an amended final site plan for Glampers Inn (AFSP 25-01), a commercial recreational development at 505 South Sand Hollow Road, but required conditions to limit occupancy and to ensure adequate parking.

Scott, representing the applicant (Blow Sand LLC), told the commission the 53-acre site includes an RV resort and a water-park amenity. Gary, a city planner, summarized the staff review and noted the applicant asked for a parking modification that would allow unused RV spaces to count toward day-use parking needs.

Gary described the requested exception: the applicant proposed to use vacant RV stalls for day-use customer parking by allowing several automobiles to park in each RV space. The planning staff and applicant provided a traffic and parking study showing existing permanent stalls and the number of additional stalls required. Gary said the parking study required a guaranteed set of RV spaces to be kept available to meet a target of 547 parking stalls for the water amenity; the applicant currently has 191 dedicated stalls and would make up the remainder by reserving RV stalls as day-use parking.

Commissioners raised operations and safety questions. Commissioner Brad asked whether vehicles parked end-to-end in RV spots would block other users; others asked how the applicant would manage peak days. The applicant said the site includes more than 600 parking spaces in total once areas under development are included and that the operator would reserve and guarantee spaces to meet the parking study’s requirements.

Commission discussion also covered an occupancy cap for the water park. City staff noted health-code calculations indicated the park could hold up to 2,280 people, but recommended a lower occupancy limit to mitigate impacts; the commission discussed setting the approved occupancy at 1,641 people and tying that cap to the parking guarantees.

After discussion the commission voted to approve the amended site plan “subject to staff and JUC comments.” Commissioners asked staff to incorporate a condition that occupancy for the water-park amenity not exceed the approved level unless additional approvals are obtained.

Staff said the approval will be conditioned on a parking guarantee and the applicant’s performance in providing the spaces described in the parking study. Final permitting and engineering conditions remain.