(1) 
Water supply adequate for fire protection is required and shall be consistent with the International Fire Code, fire district recommendations, and applicable state and local laws.
(2) 
An approved firefighting vehicle and/or other permanent firefighting devices or equipment shall be installed within the confines of recreational vehicle parks or campgrounds when required by either the Washington State Department of Natural Resources, the U.S. Forest Service, the appropriate local fire district, or county fire marshal.
(3) 
No more than one fire pit per campsite is allowed. See Figure 1 of this section.
(a) 
The fire pit must be no wider than three feet in diameter and have a ring constructed of metal, concrete, stone, or brick at least eight inches above ground grade.
(b) 
There must be an additional area surrounding the fire pit with a minimum two-foot width constructed of noncombustible material, such as concrete, rock, brick, or cement blocks.
(c) 
All fire pits must be equipped with a spark arresting screen or similar device.
(d) 
Trees, tree limbs and shrubs must be cleared within 10 feet in all directions around a fire pit.
Figure 1: Minimum Fire Pit Dimensions
(4) 
Fire break trails shall be provided around the periphery of the development when required by either the Washington State Department of Natural Resources, the U.S. Forest Service, the local fire district, the county fire marshal or hearings examiner.
(Ord. 1348 (Exhs. F, G), 2023)
No recreational vehicle park or campground shall be serviced by overhead utilities, and all electrical utilities associated with or incidental to the development of camping sites or other facilities and accessory uses shall be designed, installed and maintained in conformance with the rules, regulations, and standards of the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries.
(Ord. 1348 (Exhs. F, G), 2023)
The purpose of screening and buffering is to protect the adjacent properties or roadways from unsightliness, visual distraction and/or noise impacts. The buffer area may be reduced where it can be demonstrated that alternative screening can adequately accomplish the purposes stated in this subsection.
(1) 
Screening and buffering areas shall be established with a minimum width of 25 feet along all exterior property lines. If a recreational trail is included in the buffer, the minimum width must be no less than 50 feet along all exterior property lines that contain such a trail.
(2) 
Screening and buffering may include fences, vegetation, earth berms, waterbodies or a combination of these methods.
(3) 
The screening shall be at least six feet high and shall obscure at least 80 percent visibility of all structures and improvements as seen from rights-of-way and adjacent properties, except when the buffer or a portion of the buffer is comprised of a waterbody, then the waterbody may be considered screening.
(4) 
Screening and buffering areas shall not contain any constructed facilities or structures, erected or placed, with the exception of utility lines, fencing, security posts or trails.
(5) 
Setbacks from adjacent resource lands must be in conformance with Chapter 17.30 LCC, Resource Lands.
(Ord. 1348 (Exhs. F, G), 2023)
Common facilities such as service buildings, water systems, septage facilities, roads, paths, trails and other facilities shall be designed to accommodate maximum demand and occupancy.
(1) 
Potable water shall be available within 200 feet of each camping site. Adequate disposal for faucet overflow shall be provided at each distribution point.
(2) 
Service buildings containing toilet and handwashing facilities shall be available within 400 feet of each camping site.
(3) 
Common facilities must connect to a designed septic system when required by Lewis County public health and social services.
(Ord. 1348 (Exhs. F, G), 2023)
Access and circulation within a recreational vehicle park and campground shall be designed to accommodate maximum demand and occupancy, and with appropriate consideration for existing and proposed lanes of vehicle travel, anticipated traffic patterns, topographic and drainage conditions, pedestrian access and safety, and the proposed uses of the land served.
(1) 
Lanes of vehicle travel within the confines of a recreational vehicle park or campground shall provide for access to each camping site, and ease of vehicular movement within the development. Lanes of vehicle travel shall be named and identified with appropriate signs approved by the county building official.
(2) 
Traffic signs and safety devices shall be provided and installed by the applicant in accordance with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.
(3) 
Common use facilities, such as potable water or toilet facilities, shall have pedestrian access by path or trail from each camping site to the facility and all of the following shall be met:
(a) 
Each path or trail shall be at least five feet wide;
(b) 
Paths or trails shall not interfere with or cross camping sites; and
(c) 
Paths and trails shall not be co-located within a lane of vehicle travel. Paths and trails may cross a lane of vehicle travel if the path or trail is clearly marked.
(Ord. 1348 (Exhs. F, G), 2023)