With input coming from community owners as well as residents, many resisted a proposal limiting to 180 days the time an RV could remain in an MHC, as well as a provision that would prevent MH and RV from being in the same community.
Principal Planner Charles Bloom said staff drafted new ordinances removing the 180 day restrictions and allowing intermingling of MH and RVs in manufactured home communities (MHC). Secondly, city code was changed in its definition of MH to allow for the integration of RVs into the communities.
“Essentially what it does is allows for up to 30 percent of spaces within a manufactured home community — so a community that is primarily manufactured homes — to be occupied by recreational vehicles, subject to a couple different requirements,” Bloom said. “In smaller parks where you might only have four or five units, we set it up so you can have two spaces occupied by recreational vehicles.”
The new ordinance requires an enclosed storage space of 48 feet if an MHC converts a site to RV usage, plus the RV must have hook-ups for water, sewage and electricity. The same standards would also apply to a tiny home if it should be sited in an MHC.
Additionally, skirting would be required on any RV that moved into an MHC, it should match the color scheme and be attached to the RV, according to laramieboomerang. The RVs registration and licensure must also be current, as dictated by local regulations.
Concerned that unscrupulous community owners might take advantage of the looser regulations surrounding RVs, Councilor Andi Summerville made a motion that would prevent RVs from being rented, which was seconded by Councilor Bryan Shuster. Another motion requires skirting to be administered to new RVs moving in within 14 days.
Both amendments passed, as did the ordinance rescinding the 180 day restriction and allowing for the intermingling of MH and RVs. ##
(Photo credit:laramieboomerang/Shannon Broderick–Mountain View Estates)
