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Council introduces zoning amendment to allow accessory outdoor RV and boat storage in Rancho Arroyo Business Park
Summary
Council introduced (first reading) an amendment to the Rancho Arroyo PCD to permit outdoor RV (and boat) storage as an accessory use on certain parcels, adding performance standards for screening, lighting and vehicle condition and limiting the change to specified parcels rather than a citywide allowance.
The City Council voted to introduce a zoning amendment that would allow outdoor recreational‑vehicle and boat storage as a permitted accessory use in the Rancho Arroyo Business Park planned community development (PCD).
Planning staff explained the amendment is limited to parcels within the Rancho Arroyo PCD and is intended to allow under‑utilized parking areas (for example, the former athletic‑club parking lot adjacent to a proposed self‑storage conversion) to provide secured and screened RV/boat storage under conditions that require vehicles to be drivable, registered and non‑derelict. Staff noted the change would prevent conversion of vacant industrial land into storage‑only uses and would impose operational standards for hours, setbacks, screening and nuisance mitigation.
Council members asked staff to clarify the specific parcels included, enforcement authority for existing facilities, and potential environmental impacts if future sites were paved. Staff said any future development that added new impervious area would trigger review and mitigation under CEQA and that existing and future operators would be subject to the city’s code enforcement regime and the PCD’s operational standards.
Councilmember Quint moved to introduce the ordinance on first reading; the motion passed unanimously. Staff said the text could serve as a template for broader zoning reform to allow similar accessory storage in other appropriate industrial areas after public review.
