Board backs moving forward with optional AB 518 low-impact camping framework
County staff recommended and the board agreed to pursue the state's optional low-impact camping framework (AB 518): parcels of at least two acres may host up to nine low-impact campsites with a limit of four RVs; the board asked staff to hold a stakeholder meeting and return an ordinance draft if needed.
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County staff described Assembly Bill 518 (AB 518) as an option for Lake County to authorize "low-impact camping" on agricultural and rural parcels. Mireya Turner told supervisors the state law permits up to nine campsites on qualifying parcels (minimum two acres) with a cap of four RVs among the nine sites; counties may adopt the baseline framework and add local restrictions if needed. "The law itself does not make it mandatory that jurisdictions enact this, but it gives the jurisdictions an opportunity to create a framework with baseline regulations," Turner said.
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