Alameda County Municipal Code Art. VI Combining RV Districts

The district, hereinafter designated as the combining RV (recreational vehicle) district, is established to be combined with residential districts which are characterized by lot sizes, yards, and parking such that properties in these districts can accommodate the parking and storage of personally owned recreational vehicles.

(Prior gen. code § 8-44.11)

In a combining RV district, all regulations shall remain the same as in the residential district with which the RV district is combined, except as to the matters hereinafter specified.

The provisions of Section 17.52.330, Yard regulations, notwithstanding, the parking, storage, and use of a motorhome, recreational vehicle, utility or other trailer, unmounted camper top, or boat shall be permitted as an accessory use in the yard areas of a lot, subject to the following restrictions:

A. Motorhome, recreational vehicle, utility or other trailer, unmounted camper top, or boat shall be parked, stored, or used on a paved surface;

B. The paved area(s) for parking, storage, and use of a motorhome, recreational vehicle, utility or other trailer, unmounted camper top, or boat shall not exceed thirty (30) feet in width, or one-half the lot width, whichever is less;

C. Motorhome, recreational vehicle, utility or other trailer, unmounted camper top, or boat shall have a maximum length of twenty (20) feet, provided that for each one foot in excess of twenty (20) feet by which the proposed parking, storage, or use area extends inward from and generally perpendicular to the frontage, the allowable length of the motorhome, recreational vehicle, utility or other trailer, unmounted camper top, or boat may be an additional one foot in length, however in no case shall the maximum length exceed twenty-five (25) feet;

D. Motorhome, recreational vehicle, utility or other trailer, unmounted camper top, or boat shall not extend over any portion of a public or private right-of-way;

E. Motorhome, recreational vehicle, utility or other trailer, unmounted camper top, or boat shall not block access to required off-street parking;

F. Motorhome, recreational vehicle, utility or other trailer, unmounted camper top, or boat shall have a maximum height including all appurtenances of eleven (11) feet;

G. Motorhome, recreational vehicle, utility or other trailer shall be operable;

H. Motorhome, recreational vehicle, utility or other trailer, unmounted camper top, or boat shall be owned by the occupant of the property upon which it is parked, stored, or used;

I. To the extent reasonably possible, using landscaping and fencing within the allowable height limits contained in this title, motorhome, recreational vehicle, utility or other trailer, unmounted camper top, or boat shall be effectively screened from the view of other properties and the public or private right-of-way.

(Prior gen. code § 8-44.12)