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Commissioners direct staff to remove recreational-vehicle parks from rural residential and agricultural zoning tables
Summary
After public comment and board debate, Bonner County commissioners directed planning staff to prepare a zoning-code amendment to disallow RV parks and campgrounds in agricultural forest, rural residential and rural service-center zoning districts.
After a public hearing with dozens of residents and business owners, the Bonner County Board of Commissioners voted to direct planning staff to draft a code amendment that would remove recreational-vehicle parks and campgrounds from the county's residential and agricultural use tables.
The motion directs staff to amend Bonner County zoning code so RV parks and campgrounds are no longer permitted uses (including by conditional-use permit) in Agriculture-Forest, Rural Residential (R-5) and Rural Service Center zoning districts. Planning staff and speakers at the hearing said the change is intended to preserve rural character and prevent campground and RV-park-style density in areas without sewer, fire mitigation, and other infrastructure.
Speakers for the amendment included landowners and long-time rural residents who said RV parks introduce…
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