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Planning committee advances draft travel-trailer court language, will lean on subdivision code
Summary
Cleveland’s Planning & Zoning Committee continued drafting an ordinance for travel-trailer (motel) units on Feb. 4, agreeing to borrow definitions, enforcement, and permitting language from the town’s subdivision code and examples in Orangeville; no formal vote on an ordinance was taken.
The Cleveland Town Planning and Zoning Committee spent most of its Feb. 4 work session refining draft language for travel-trailer courts, emphasizing where the ordinance should point back to the town’s subdivision code.
Committee members said they have worked on motel- and travel-trailer–unit provisions for months and that the next step is to consolidate a Google Doc containing text pulled from Cleveland’s subdivision regulations and model language from nearby Orangeville. Member (unnamed) said the draft should include a clear purpose and intent section to require safe, sanitary and attractive facilities and to prevent conversion of recreational-vehicle courts into substandard manufactured-home parks. “Travel trailer courts shall be permitted only in the zones in which travel trailer courts are specifically permitted,” the member recited from the model language and recommended Cleveland specify permitted zones rather than leaving the location open to residential use.
The committee identified several drafting priorities: add explicit definitions (for example, travel trailer, camping tent, applicant/owner/responsible party), require an annual operating license issued after inspection by the zoning administrator, and include enforcement language and fines. Member (unnamed) pointed to Orangeville’s approach requiring licenses and allowing revocation after repeated violations, noting an example in the model where revocation is possible after three violations within 12 months. The committee agreed to reference Cleveland’s existing subdivision code for application, plan-review, sign rules, and enforcement provisions rather than rewriting those sections in full.
No formal motion or vote on the ordinance text occurred; instead, the committee directed that the draft be compiled and shared as a Google Doc for further edits. Member (unnamed) said they would pull relevant sections from the minutes and the draft and circulate the document for committee review. The committee’s role is advisory: members reiterated that any recommended ordinance will go to city council, which has authority to accept, amend or reject the proposal.
Next steps: members will review the shared draft and return with detailed language for definitions, permitted zones, signage, licensing, and enforcement. The committee did not set a final hearing or vote date during the meeting.
