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Oakdale planning panel recommends loosening rules for recreational vehicles
Summary
The Planning Commission voted April 2 to recommend amendments allowing up to four recreational vehicles per lot, a universal 15-foot setback, removal of rear/side hard-surface requirements and a requirement that RVs be free of leaking hazardous fluids.
The Oakdale Planning Commission on April 2 voted to recommend approval of amendments to the city's recreational vehicle zoning rules, expanding the number of allowed recreational vehicles on a lot and changing setback and surface requirements. Planning staff presented the proposal and recommended the changes to the commission.
Planning department staff member Luke told commissioners, “We're proposing increasing the number of recreational vehicles allowed on a given lot from one to four,” explaining that many residents currently violate the one-RV rule when they also store boats, ATVs or personal watercraft. He said the proposal replaces seasonal setback rules with a single 15-foot setback and preserves a 48-hour grace period for loading and unloading.
Staff also proposed removing the rear and side yard hard-surface requirement while keeping a hard-surface requirement in the front yard, to ease burdens on homeowners and to address permeable-surface limits. Luke added the update would include a clarification that any recreational vehicle must be free of leaking hazardous fluids.
Commissioners sought clarifications about how side yards and setbacks are measured for irregular lots and attached garages. Staff answered that measurement is parcel-specific and that corner-lot rules and existing fence regulations still apply; commissioners were advised that unusual lot configurations would be evaluated case by case.
A commissioner moved and another seconded a motion 'as recorded' "to recommend approval of the ordinance amendments to chapter 25 zoning related to recreational vehicle storage." The motion passed on a voice vote; the transcript does not specify the mover or seconder. Four commissioners were recorded present at roll call and three absent; the transcript records the commission voting in favor.
Next steps: the commission's action is a recommendation on a zoning code amendment; the record does not specify a council date or final adoption timeline. The staff presentation packet includes the proposed ordinance language and staff said the item had been discussed previously at a council workshop and originated from code enforcement concerns.
