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Cameron Parish jury advances Chandandy Acres RV conversion to voting agenda amid fence and drainage concerns
Summary
Applicants asked to convert 51 vacant manufactured-home lots at Chandandy Acres into RV spaces; jurors conditioned moving the proposal to the voting docket while urging a privacy-fence requirement, clearer ordinance language and drainage checks for an 18,000-gpd sewer system potentially near 17,500 gpd.
Lex Connor, representing Shane and Tammy Connor, asked the Cameron Parish Police Jury on June 8 to allow Chandandy Acres RV Park in Grand Lake to convert 51 vacant manufactured-home lots into RV accommodations, which would increase the park from nine occupied manufactured homes to about 110 RV spaces once fully converted. Connor said staff had already issued permits for 24 RV spaces but that a new procedure requires jury review for proposals exceeding 25 spaces.
The jury moved the application to the voting agenda for today’s session but instructed members to include any conditions in the motion. Jurors raised three primary concerns: privacy fencing adjacent to residences, the time frame for installing required improvements, and drainage and sewer capacity.
One juror urged a uniform parish standard, proposing a six-foot privacy fence of wood or decorative metal on sides adjacent to separately owned residences. Connor said phased installation could be necessary—applicants suggested a three- to six-month window to install fencing as revenue comes in—but jurors warned against open-ended delays and noted prior permits had left fence responsibilities ambiguously assigned to joint landowners.
Jurors also questioned infrastructure capacity. Staff and applicants said the park operates on an 18,000-gallon-per-day sewer system and estimated treated discharge could reach roughly 17,500 gpd if the conversion proceeded as proposed. Jurors asked the applicants to coordinate with adjacent landowners and the parish drainage board to clean ditches and confirm the receiving channels’ capacity before additional RV permits are approved.
Several jurors recommended the parish adopt consistent RV-park ordinance language rather than negotiating bespoke conditions at each hearing. One juror suggested forming a committee to review and tighten ordinance language for issues such as trash pickup, fencing and sewer-discharge limits.
The matter was added as an add-on to the voting agenda; the jury requested that whoever makes the motion when the item is called include any stipulations (for example, fence placement only where adjacent to separately owned residences and a reasonable completion timeframe). No final vote on permit approval was recorded in the agenda-review session.
Next steps: the Chandandy Acres permit will appear on the voting agenda where jurors indicated they will take a formal motion and vote and may include conditions requiring fence installation adjacent to residences and confirmation of drainage/sewer mitigation.
