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Battle Ground council asks staff to draft revisions to 1995 RV, trailer and boat parking code; moratorium remains
Summary
After a study session and extensive public comment, Battle Ground City Council directed staff to draft ordinance language to update a 1995 municipal code that currently requires trailers, RVs and boats to be parked behind the front of a house. Council kept a moratorium in place while code language, definitions and safety/sight‑line limits are refined.
City council members in Battle Ground asked staff to draft changes to the city’s 1995 RV, trailer and boat parking ordinance and confirmed a moratorium will remain in effect until revised language is returned for public hearing.
The directive followed a detailed study-session presentation by Police Chief Dennis Flynn and extensive public comment. Flynn said the standing code, last amended in 2004, currently states that an RV, boat or trailer "is to be behind the front of your your house," with no driveway, street or grass/front‑yard parking permitted under the present text. He described enforcement as largely complaint‑driven and gave the council a breakdown of recent casework: "out of the 427" complaints logged, "359 of them had multiple issues," 326 were solely driveway complaints (about 76% of the total), and outreach in Q4 produced 127 warnings that led to 65 compliant properties, 48 pending follow‑ups and 14 deemed noncompliant…
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