The hearing to appeal the denial of a 249-site RV park is set for November 19 before the Board of County Commissioners.

Developers had requested to build the large RV park in the Lake Avalon Rural Settlement, and was denied by the Board of Zoning Adjustment.

A law firm representing the developers submitted the appeal letter arguing that the Special Exception request was improperly denied, stating in part:

In particular, the RV Park use is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan designation as a rural settlement. The County specifically included property used as RV Parks in at least three (3) of the County’s Rural Settlements created in 1991. Furthermore, the proposed RV Park is adjacent to an active landfill which is not a resident use. It is also adjacent to the County’s water treatment cells which are not residential uses.

The Owner has worked with the Lake Avalon Rural Settlement HOA Board in order to maintain these ~80 acres as agriculture and silviculture. The intent is to avoid this property being turned into another large lot urban sprawl subdivision.

The developer is claiming that the RV park is compatible with other similar uses in the area and is adjacent to non-residential properties such as a landfill and water treatment cells.

The Board of Zoning Adjustment found the project incompatible and inconsistent with the Comprehensive Plan during a September hearing.