Chapter 18.26
REGULATIONS FOR R3-RV – RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARK ZONING DISTRICTS
Sections:
18.26.070 Recreational vehicle park design standards.
18.26.080 Recreational vehicle site design standards.
18.26.010 Application.
The regulations set forth in this chapter apply in all R3-RV zoning districts. (Zoning Ord. § 13-1).
18.26.020 Intent.
This zone is intended to:
(a) Provide adequate sites for temporary parking of recreational vehicles whose occupants are visiting or passing through the area of Santa Clara.
(b) Minimize the adverse impacts between a recreational vehicle park and surrounding land uses.
(c) Provide health and safety standards to protect both the users of the park and the community. (Zoning Ord. § 13-2).
18.26.030 Definitions.
(a) “Recreational vehicle” is a motor home, travel trailer, truck camper, or camping trailer with or without motive power designed for human habitation for recreational or emergency occupancy.
(b) “Recreational vehicle park” is any property where one or more lots are rented to users of recreational vehicles and which are occupied for temporary purposes.
(c) “Recreational vehicle site” is a plot of ground within a recreational vehicle park for one recreational vehicle, automobile and camping party.
(d) “Camping party” is a person or group of not more than ten persons occupying any site within a park for not more than thirty (30) days annually. (Zoning Ord. § 13-3).
18.26.040 Permitted uses.
(a) Recreational vehicle parks and accessory uses limited to a permanent residence for the manager, vending machines and recreational facilities for the exclusive use of the park occupants.
(b) Supportive housing, if contained within a recreational vehicle or the permanent residence for the park manager.
(c) Transitional housing, if contained within a recreational vehicle or the permanent residence for the park manager. (Zoning Ord. § 13-4; Ord. 1935 § 12, 1-13-15).
18.26.050 Conditional uses.
The following conditional uses may be established only by first securing a use permit as provided in Chapter 18.110 SCCC.
(a) Any commercial activity to and necessary for the operation of the park. No signs advertising the presence of such commercial activity shall be visible from a public street. (Zoning Ord. § 13-5).
18.26.060 Occupancy.
Occupancy of each site is limited to one recreational vehicle and one automobile or truck, accommodating one camping party. The length of stay is limited to a maximum of thirty (30) days in any twelve (12)-month period.
No buildings or storage sheds are permitted on the recreational vehicle sites. (Zoning Ord. § 13-6).
18.26.070 Recreational vehicle park design standards.
(a) Minimum lot size: three acres.
(b) Minimum lot width: one hundred (100) feet.
(c) Minimum setbacks:
(1) Front yard: fifteen (15) feet.
(2) Street side yard: fifteen (15) feet.
(3) Interior side yard: five feet.
(4) Interior yard adjacent to any R district: thirty (30) feet including five feet of landscaping adjacent to property line and a twenty-five (25)-foot drive.
(d) Landscaping.
(1) Front and street side yards.
(2) Five-foot strip adjacent to any R district to be planted with trees of a species which will form a screen.
(e) Fences. A six-foot high solid fence or architectural control committee-approved alternative is required on all interior property lines and on the front and street side yard setback lines. On property lines adjacent to any R district the fence shall be masonry.
(f) Parking. One visitor parking space shall be provided for every fifteen (15) recreational vehicle sites or fraction thereof.
(g) Facilities.
(1) Recreation. A recreation area of at least five thousand (5,000) square feet shall be provided in addition to the required landscaping. Recreation equipment, such as a pool, playground, and picnic tables, and a service building, including toilets, showers, and laundry, can be located within the recreation area.
(2) Sanitation.
(A) A minimum of one toilet and one lavatory for each sex shall be provided for the exclusive use of the park occupants. An additional toilet and lavatory for each sex shall be provided for each fifteen (15) sites or fraction thereof which is not provided with a water connection and a three-inch drain inlet for connection to a vehicle equipped with a toilet.
(B) A minimum of one shower for each sex and one washer and dryer is required.
(C) Trailer sanitation stations designed to receive the discharge of sewage holding tanks for self-contained vehicles shall be installed in an accessible location in every recreational vehicle park in which there are sites not provided with drain inlets designed to receive the discharge of toilets. Trailer sanitation stations shall be provided on the basis of one station for each one hundred (100) such sites or fraction thereof.
(D) Trash containers shall be located within three hundred (300) feet of every recreational vehicle site and enclosed with a solid wood or masonry fence six feet in height. (Zoning Ord. § 13-7).
18.26.080 Recreational vehicle site design standards.
(a) Minimum site size: one thousand two hundred (1,200) square feet.
(b) Separation. Recreational vehicle parking pads shall be located to maintain a ten-foot separation between recreational vehicles.
(c) Landscaping. At least twenty-five percent (25%) of each site shall be landscaped and shall include a nondeciduous tree of at least fifteen (15)-gallon size.
(d) Parking. Each site shall include parking space for one automobile.
(e) Access. Each site shall have direct access to a driveway designed in accordance with Chapter 18.74 SCCC. (Zoning Ord. § 13-8).
18.26.090 Public notice.
Notice of the time and place of the public hearing considering a rezoning for a recreational vehicle park shall be given at least two weeks before the hearing and shall be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation. Such notice shall include a general explanation of the matter to be considered and a general description of the area affected. (Zoning Ord. § 13-9).