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Durham commissioners unanimously adopt minor UDO change to allow limited RV parking on driveways
Summary
After a staff presentation and no public comment, the Board of County Commissioners unanimously adopted a text amendment to the Unified Development Ordinance that lets recreational vehicles park on a driveway if the vehicle is at least 25 feet from the public right of way; the board also approved a required statutory consistency statement.
Durham County commissioners voted unanimously to adopt a narrow amendment to the county’s Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) that will allow recreational vehicles to be parked on residential driveways if they are at least 25 feet from the public right of way.
Scott Whiteman, planning and development department staff, told the board the amendment (text amendment case TC250020) is a staff-initiated, minor change to UDO vehicle-parking rules intended to reduce enforcement of a provision that the new UDO will remove. "Staff is recommending a minor text amendment that would allow RV parking on a driveway if it is at least 25 feet from the public right of way," Whiteman said during the public hearing.
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