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Cameron Parish jury votes to advertise RV-park ordinance change after extended debate on sewer, trash and lot-size issues
Summary
The police jury voted to advertise an ordinance amendment to remove an 'owner-occupied' requirement and to change how many RVs may be placed on residential lots (discussion focused on a proposal to allow up to four RVs on a residential lot, sewer sizing under LDH rules, and trash-can allocation). The vote to advertise carried after extended debate and clarification requests.
The Cameron Parish Police Jury voted Oct. 6 to advertise an amendment to the parish's RV-park ordinance that would remove an "owner-occupied" requirement and change the numeric threshold used to define an RV park on residential property.
Staff presented a draft prepared after prior direction to remove the owner-occupied requirement. Jurors then debated whether to change the numeric threshold from 2 to 4 RVs on a residential lot (some discussion referenced treating 5 or more as an RV park for permitting purposes). Jurors raised four principal concerns: sewer-system sizing (Louisiana Department of Health or LDH guidance on minimum septic/sewer capacity), the lot-size constraints in places such as Holly Beach, how a change would affect trash-can allocation by the parish's waste contract, and enforcement of multiple 911 addresses or parcel splits.
On technical capacity, staff and jurors discussed LDH sizing standards. One juror noted the smallest approved sewer system is 500 gallons and said that system could be sized to allow four RVs in certain configurations; another juror summarized the practical constraint in Holly Beach: lot sizes there are too small to physically accommodate four RVs. On waste collection, jurors debated whether trash cans are issued per 911 address (two cans per residential address under existing practice) and how expanding the number of permitted RVs might increase trash service costs.
To accommodate the jury’s concerns the motion to advertise the ordinance was made with the numeric change included; members clarified the advertisement would be for public notice only and an adoption vote would come at a subsequent meeting. After discussion the roll call returned majority 'Aye' and the chair stated the motion carries.
Quotes from the meeting capture the technical focus: a juror asked whether LDH confirmed the sewer sizing (“the minimum the smallest sewer is 500 gallons”), and staff restated that LDH must approve any permit on the lot. The jury also discussed options to limit trash-can impacts — for example, indicating that a parcel with four or fewer RVs could still receive two trash cans in the county’s existing operational model.
What’s next: The ordinance will be advertised for public notice with the numeric change specified; the jury will consider final adoption at a later meeting where any further clarifications (trash-count rules, lot-size exceptions, or LDH approvals) can be included or modified.
