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Kenilworth council tables proposal to expand allowable RV size after safety and neighborhood concerns
Summary
The Borough Council paused consideration of an ordinance that would raise allowable recreational-vehicle dimensions to 38 by 15 feet and require RVs to fit entirely on a homeowner's permitted parking space, citing driveway depth, sidewalk gaps and sight-line safety. The ordinance will be revised and returned for further review.
The Kenilworth Borough Council voted to table an ordinance that would have increased the municipality's allowable recreational-vehicle (RV) size to 38 feet long by 15 feet high and clarified that RVs must be parked wholly within a homeowner's permitted parking space and not extend into sidewalks or the street.
The ordinance sponsor told the council the current limits (noted in the code as roughly 18 feet by 10 feet) no longer reflect common vehicle sizes and sought a revision so residents would not inadvertently violate the law when buying modern RVs or large van conversions. "We were trying to have the ordinance match what average RVs actually are," the sponsor said, arguing the…
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