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Germantown board amends Moose Lodge conditional-use permit, limits overnight parking to eight campers plus one vehicle each
Summary
The village board approved amendments to the Moose Lodge conditional-use permit, eliminating a staff-proposed permanent indoor facility requirement and clarifying overnight parking limits to eight campers plus one associated vehicle per camper; sanitation and a shipping-container removal condition remain part of the record for follow-up.
The Germantown Village Board approved an amended conditional-use permit (CUP) for the Moose Lodge that modifies the rules for overnight parking and camp-style stays on the lodge property.
Staff presented plan-commission recommendations that would have revised the prior three-day limit to a maximum 15-day cap and added conditions addressing sanitation, a permanent indoor bathroom/shower requirement and removal of a shipping container currently on site. Moose Lodge representative Dan Honer told trustees the lodge restricts stays to self-contained motor coaches and fifth wheels, charges a suggested $20 daily donation for members, does not allow tent camping and would discontinue on-site dumping.
Trustees amended the plan commission draft: they removed a proposed condition requiring a permanent, 24/7 indoor bathroom and shower facility (finding the requirement duplicative given self-contained vehicle rules) and clarified overnight parking to a maximum of eight campers plus one associated vehicle per camper on the property at any given time. Trustees also required verification on sanitary disposal (Washington County signoff if required) and set a timetable for addressing the shipping container.
Why it matters: The decision formalizes an existing member-only overnight-parking practice but imposes clearer limits and conditions intended to address village sanitary code concerns. Trustees balanced lodge operational flexibility with public-health and code compliance expectations.
What was said: Dan Honer described lodge operations and offered that campers generally have fully self-contained systems; he said the lodge proposed a $20-per-day donation for member overnight stays. Staff emphasized the need to ensure compliance with Washington County sanitary code and to remove the nonconforming shipping container.
Next steps: The village will require sanitary-permit verification before allowing on-site dumping and will track the shipping-container removal timetable; the amended CUP was approved by the board at tonight's meeting.
