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Subject: Arizona commission allows RVers to camp on private property
PRESCOTT, Ariz. -- The Yavapai County Planning and Zoning Commission voted unanimously to recommend allowing residents to camp temporarily in recreational vehicles and travel trailers on private parcels of 10 acres or more.

It would limit camping to 10 consecutive days as many as three times a year. The vehicles may not connect to utilities and owners may not rent them to other campers. The Board of Supervisors votes on the commission's recommendation at its Nov. 5 meeting in Prescott.

Current zoning ordinances do not allow the public to camp on private property in RVs and travel trailers.



Commissioner Curtis Lindner wondered why the ordinance amendment specified 10 acres instead of five or fewer. Land Use Manager Steve Mauk said that he thought 10-acre parcels would have the least amount of visual impact on neighbors.

"This is a first step; let's give it a go," Commissioner Tom Reilly said. "We can always come back and re-address it."

Commissioners discussed, but did not vote, on two zoning ordinance amendments: the dark sky ordinance and allowing park model trailers as dwellings. Commissioners re-hear and could vote on the proposed amendments at their Oct. 21 meeting in Cottonwood.

The amendment to the dark sky ordinance would allow certain lighting systems that the current ordinance restricts. Restrictions now allow for low-wattage holiday and landscape light systems; motion-sensor security lights that do not shine onto adjacent parcels; and flagpole lights that are fully shielded.

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