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Kingsford Heights adopts ordinance banning RVs and tents as residences with narrow emergency exception
Summary
The council unanimously adopted Ordinance 2025‑010 prohibiting the use of recreational vehicles and tents for residential occupancy inside town limits, adding a limited exception for emergency circumstances such as a house fire.
The Kingsford Heights Town Council voted unanimously Oct. 14 to adopt Ordinance 2025‑010, which prohibits recreational vehicles and tents as a means of residential occupancy within town limits. The council approved the measure on its second reading by title and then again on its third and final reading.
The adopted ordinance includes a new sentence allowing the council to grant a time‑limited exception in emergency circumstances (for example, when a house fire leaves a resident temporarily displaced and a temporary trailer is provided). The chair read the revision aloud and noted that the change was intended to allow narrowly tailored, council‑approved exceptions.
Council members questioned whether small outbuildings sometimes called 'she‑sheds' or very small structures could fall under the ordinance or be governed by existing building codes; members agreed building‑code requirements (square footage, water/sewer/electric hookup) would likely address such cases. The council said the ordinance was adopted to clarify residential occupancy rules and to provide a process for short‑term emergency relief when appropriate.
The ordinance passed unanimously on the council floor.
