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CON2017-00007 - A COUNTY CONDITIONAL USE REQUEST FOR A ONE-VEHICLE RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARK ON PROPERTY ZONED RR RURAL RESIDENTIAL ('RR'); GENERALLY LOCATED EAST OF HILLSIDE AVENUE NORTH, ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF 85TH STREET NORTH (DISTRICT 4).
Presented by: Dale Miller, Director of the Metropolitan Area Planning Department.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the Conditional Use, subject to the conditions recommended by the Metropolitan Area Planning Commission (MAPC), adopt the findings of the MAPC and authorize the Chairman to sign the prepared resolution.
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Background: The applicant is seeking Conditional Use approval for a “recreational vehicle campground” (RV campground) on the approximately 4.61-acre, RR Rural Residential (RR) zoned un-platted subject site. It is the applicant’s intention to place a single recreational vehicle on the site and use it in lieu of a permanent structure. In short, the RV will substitute for a building and will be used as a residence. A recreational vehicle campground is permitted in the RR district with Conditional Use approval.
The site is located one-half mile west of North Oliver Street (47th Street East) on the south side of East 85th Street North. Access to the site is from a gravel drive from 85th Street. RR zoned county properties completely surround the 4.61-acre tract. Large lot residential sites, pasture and agriculture uses are predominant within a two-mile radius of the property.
The UZC permits consideration of Recreational Vehicle Campground as a Conditional Use in the RR zoning district. The site is not located within any Urban Area of Influence.
Analysis: The applicant was advised to apply for a conditional use to permit a single-vehicle “recreational vehicle campground” because the applicant has constructed a residence of less than 500 square feet on an approximately eight-foot by sixteen-foot four-wheeled trailer and proposes to leave the unit on the wheeled trailer. The proposed re...
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