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Council hears proposal to allow temporary RV permits for visitors under amended ordinance
Summary
Staff presented draft redlines to allow temporary residential RV permits (14 days) with monitoring and proposed fee updates; councilors asked for clearer electrical-service definitions, generator limits and corrected a numbering error; no motion was taken and staff will return with revised language.
City staff presented proposed amendments to the recreational vehicle ordinance and asked council to consider a temporary permitting pathway that would allow short-term, temporary occupancy of an RV on private property for visitor or emergency purposes.
The draft would permit a temporary siting permit (described as 14 days in discussion) and would expand current allowances rather than change permanent residency rules. Staff said the city’s compliance planner would monitor initial use and that staff would recommend a fee be added to the fee schedule during the budget review if the council moves the change forward. Staff also noted existing code penalties would apply if someone exceeded permitted time.
Councilors focused on technical clarifications: whether generators or battery systems count as acceptable electrical service for the permit, whether plugging an RV into an adjacent house’s service should be allowed as practical temporary power, and how the ordinance should define “self-contained” electrical service. Councilor Edwards identified a numbering/typographical error in the draft (a clause references standards 1–5 but the list contains six items), which staff agreed to correct. Staff said they will return with clarified language, proposed fee updates and monitoring suggestions.
Next steps: staff will revise the draft ordinance text to clarify electrical-service language and numbering errors, propose a fee schedule update during the budget process, and report back to council with corrected redlines and monitoring recommendations.
