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Council tables mobile‑home/ RV zoning change, asks staff for alternatives
Summary
After a lengthy public hearing with park managers and residents, council voted to table Bill 2101 — the proposal to allow RVs as a permitted use across the MP zoning district — and directed staff to explore narrower alternatives such as parcel rezoning; one council member abstained due to a disclosed conflict.
Boulder City Council on May 12 voted to table a proposed text amendment (Bill 2101) that would permit recreational vehicles and fifth wheels as a permanent use within the city’s MP (mobile home park) zoning district.
The proposal, advanced by the owner/managers of the city’s mobile home parks, sought to formalize long‑standing practice in some parks where travel trailers and fifth wheels are already present. Park managers and residents told the council that allowing RVs helps preserve affordable lots, keeps rents lower and prevents displacement, and described long histories of travel‑trailer occupancy dating to the 1940s.
Council discussion focused on reconciling the ordinance change with the city’s original intent that RV zones should remain transient. Council members expressed concern about making a citywide zoning change that affects multiple parks and noted an existing code provision limiting RV occupancy in RV zones to 180 days. Several council members suggested narrower, site‑specific options — for example rezoning a limited parcel to an RV designation rather than changing the MP code citywide.
After asking staff to return with alternatives and with public testimony from managers at Moores, El Dorado and other parks, the council voted to table the text amendment and direct staff to prepare options; one member abstained due to a disclosed management relationship with an affected park.
Next steps: Staff will develop alternatives (rezoning a smaller parcel, conditional‑use paths, or other tailored measures) and return to council with the options and recommended language.
