Staff, emergency managers align on occupancy, egress and communications for draft camping/lodging code
County staff reported alignment with emergency managers on draft moratorium and code changes for campgrounds and lodging: possible occupancy caps (32 in backcountry, 100 for semi-developed sites), required secondary egress for constrained sites, and satellite communications where cell service is unreliable.
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Planning staff said meetings with emergency-management providers and the fire district produced near-term alignment on several draft standards for campgrounds, lodging and certain temporary event uses. For remote "semi-primitive" backcountry uses staff said they were reviewing a 32-person occupancy cap; emergency managers indicated that semi-developed campgrounds should not exceed 100 people on-site at one time in hard-to-reach areas. Staff emphasized the need to define benchmarks for when a secondary means of egress is required and to coordinate those tests with the fire department.
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