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Kenai staff seek clearer rules for tents, RVs and other temporary dwelling units
Summary
Planning staff proposed detailed definitions and possible 5–7 day time limits for temporary dwelling units, recommended keeping sanitary/refuse requirements and using conditional-use permits for commercial campgrounds; staff will return with revised definitions and land‑use mapping.
Planning Director Butner told the Planning and Zoning Commission on Jan. 28 that staff are revising municipal code language to close gaps that allowed what neighbors described as temporary “fish camps” to appear on vacant lots.
“Right now the only thing we really had to stand on for any kind of enforcement was the sanitary facilities,” Butner said, noting that when porta-potties and dumpsters were provided earlier this year the city lacked other legal grounds to prohibit a short-term campground use.
Butner proposed substituting the word “camping” with a more precise term and creating a…
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