The joint session between the City Council and Planning Commission will discuss regulations regarding recreational vehicle (RV) parks in San Angelo. Currently, RVs are allowed for temporary use but the ordinance does not provide guidance for longer-term or permanent living. The meeting will review current rules and address concerns over clarifying the different types of RV placement, including for temporary stays, permanent living in parks, and residential/non-residential areas. Other cities' RV regulations will also be discussed to inform potential amendments to San Angelo's zoning ordinance.

1. NOTICE OF A PUBLIC MEETING
AN AGENDA OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
AND PLANNING COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF SAN ANGELO, TEXAS
9:00 A.M. - Tuesday, April 2, 2013
McNease Convention Center, South Meeting Room
500 Rio Concho Drive
San Angelo, TX 76903
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I. OPEN SESSION (9:00 A.M.)
A. Call to Order
II. SPECIAL AGENDA: PUBLIC HEARING AND COMMENT
1. Discussion and possible action on matters related to the Planning Commission and the City of San
Angelo’s Zoning Ordinance
(Presentation by Interim Director of Development Services AJ Fawver)
2. Adjournment
Given by order of the City Council and posted in accordance with Title 5, Texas Government Code, Chapter 551,
Wednesday, March 27, 2013, at 5:00 P.M.
/s/________________________
Alicia Ramirez, City Clerk
City Council Agenda Page 1 of 1 April 2, 2013

2. City of San Angelo
Memo
Meeting Date: April 2, 2013
To: Mayor, City Council members, & Planning Commission
members
From: AJ Fawver, Interim Director of Development Services
Subject: Joint session regarding RV parks
Contacts: AJ Fawver, Interim Director of Development Services
657-4210
Caption: Discussion and possible action on matters related to the Planning
Commission’s regulation of recreational vehicle parks
Summary:
In response to the Planning Commission's request, staff has put together a joint session for
both the City Council and the Planning Commission to discuss RV parks and the
mechanisms for regulating placement of these throughout the city limits.
A summary of the current regulations was provided to the Planning Commission at their
meeting in January, and provides an appropriate starting point for discussing what
regulations do not currently address or which might need to be amended in some way.
What is a Recreational Vehicle (RV)?
To begin, recreational vehicles are defined in Section 804 of the Zoning Ordinance as: "a
vehicular type of portable structure without permanent foundation, which can be towed, hauled
or driven and is primarily designed as temporary living accommodations for recreational,
camping and travel use and including but not limited to travel trailers, truck campers, camping
trailers and self-propelled motor homes."

3. RV Placement for Temporary Living
Recreational vehicles are addressed in the Zoning Ordinance under the use category
"Campground/Recreational Vehicle Park" in Section 314.C. This section states the following:
"C. Campground/Recreational Vehicle Park
1. Characteristics
Campgrounds and recreational vehicle parks are intended for camping units
or recreational vehicles (of the general public) occupied as temporary living
quarters for recreational, educational or vacation purposes.
2. Accessory Uses
Accessory uses include laundry facilities, convenience groceries,
indoor/outdoor games and boat rental.”
This use category (intended for housing which is solely temporary in nature, and for educational,
recreational, and vacationing) is allowed only through the approval of a Special Use, which
requires the action of both the Planning Commission and the City Council. A application for
Special Use for "Campground/Recreational Vehicle Park" is allowed for the following zoning
districts:
• Ranch & Estate (R&E),
• Manufactured Housing Parks (MHP),
• General Commercial (CG),
• General/Heavy Commercial (CG/CH),
• Heavy Commercial (CH),
• Office Warehouse (OW),
• Light Manufacturing (ML), and
• Heavy Manufacturing (MH).
The use category of "Retail Sales & Service" addressed in Section 314.H.3 talks about short-term
stays, as an example of an "Entertainment-Oriented" use within "Retail Sales & Service", as shown
below. However, staff has consistently interpreted requests for recreational vehicle parks as falling
within the "Campground/Recreational Vehicle" category. The alternative would treat it as a
restaurant, deli, bar, gym, and other types of uses which are clearly not equivalent. This would
also appear to circumvent the original intent of establishing a category solely for
"Campground/Recreational Vehicle" usage.
"c. Entertainment-Oriented:
Restaurants, cafes, delicatessens, bars and taverns; indoor continuous
entertainment activities such as bowling alleys and ice rinks; dance halls;
theaters, health clubs, gyms, membership clubs and lodges; hotels, motels,
campgrounds, recreational vehicle parks and other temporary lodging
with an average length of stay of less than 30 days."
The "Retail Sales and Service" category is allowed by right in the following zoning districts:
• Central Business District (CBD),
• Neighborhood Commercial (CN),
• General Commercial (CG), and
• General Commercial/Heavy Commercial (CG/CH).

4. This same category is allowed through approval of a Conditional Use (the application for which is
heard by the Planning Commission) in the following zoning districts:
• Office Commercial (CO),
• Heavy Commercial (CH),
• Light Manufacturing (ML), and
• Heavy Manufacturing (MH).
As you can see, there is some overlap between the areas which allow for "Retail Sales and
Services" and those that allow for "Campground/Recreational Vehicle". If an amendment is indeed
desired, staff would suggest some clarification about the differences be built into such an
amendment, or that any temporary living in recreational vehicles be managed under one single use
category only, striking the mention of RV parks from the "Entertainment-Oriented" classification.
The requests which staff has been seeing have appeared to be intended for longer-term usage
(over 30 days, with the possibility of permanent living). As such, these requests have been tabled
by the Planning Commission for the time being, as the Zoning Ordinance does not currently give
guidance about this type of campground living on a longer basis.
RV Placement for Permanent Living
Recreational vehicles are also allowed for placement - for permanent living - within Manufactured
Housing Parks (MHP). There is, however, a limit to the number of RV units which can be placed
within these, outlined in Section 413.C.3:
"3. Exceptions
Travel trailers, motorized recreational vehicles and other such relocatable
housing that does not meet the definition of either a "mobile home" or of
"manufactured housing" may be occupied within a manufactured housing
park, provided these types of accommodations do not exceed 30 percent
of the total units in the park."
Article 10.1005 of the city's Traffic Code does also address permanent living in residential districts,
by allowing parking of RVs in residential zoning districts, but goes on to state that:
"(E) Parking is permitted in a residential district, as provided above, only if
the unit is:
(i) Not used for permanent dwelling purposes (unless said right
appears affirmatively from other statutes or ordinances) but may be used
temporarily as guest quarters for a period not to exceed more than fourteen
(14) days in any six (6) month period;"
Lastly, the Zoning Ordinance does not address directly permanent living in recreational vehicles
within non-residential zoning districts. However, household living is a use classification that allows
for occupation of a building (structure built for the support, shelter and enclosure of persons, animals,
goods or movable property of any kind) that is designed and used for residential occupancy by a single
household and includes exclusive sleeping, cooking, and sanitation facilities.

5. "Household Living" is limited to residential structure types within residential zoning districts; however, in
non-residential zoning districts, the structure type is not specified. Recreational vehicles are structures
built to enclose persons which include exclusive sleeping, cooking, and sanitation facilities, so this might
be another area of consideration in formulating any type of amendment. The intent of placement of
recreational vehicles in non-residential districts should probably be clarified. At this time, "household
living" is allowed by right in the Central Business District (CBD), and through application of a Conditional
Use (requiring hearing by the Planning Commission) in the following districts:
• Neighborhood Commercial (CN),
• Office Commercial (CO),
• General Commercial (CG),
• Heavy Commercial (CH),
• General/Heavy Commercial (CG/CH),
• Office Warehouse (OW),
• Light Manufacturing (ML), and
• Heavy Manufacturing (MH).
Other Discussion
City staff members from the Planning, Engineering, Fire Prevention, Permits, MPO, GIS, 911
Addressing, and Storm Water work groups met to compile a listing of other areas of concern which they
anticipating in regulating RV parks. Also, the Planning Commission asked Planning staff to put together
some information regarding regulations from other cities around the state. Staff presented this
information for additional discussion by the Commission members. This information from other cities
included the zoning requirements, platting requirements, density regulations, screening and setback
requirements, among others. Lastly, staff made some suggestions for how the ordinance might be
amended to meet the community's needs. In asking the Commission for further direction on how they
would prefer to move forward, the Commission requested the joint session be held with the City Council.
Attachments: N/A
Reviewed by: AJ Fawver, Interim Director of Development Services