A.
Minimum development area. A campground or recreational
land development shall have a gross area of at least five (5) contiguous
acres of land in single ownership or under unified control.
B.
Screening requirements. All campgrounds shall provide
and maintain a vegetative screening strip of planted or natural growth
along all property boundary lines. Such screening shall be at a depth
of not less than twenty (20) feet to effectively screen the area within
a reasonable [five (5) to ten (10) years] time period. A planting
plan specifying types, size and location of existing and proposed
plant material shall be required and approved by the Borough Council.
C.
Lot and siting requirements.
(1)
Recreational land development lots or camping sites
shall be at least fifty (50) feet wide and one hundred (100) feet
deep [a minimum of five thousand (5,000) square feet in area] and
shall not exceed eight (8) per acre in density. Frontages on culs-de-sac
may be varied.
(2)
Individual recreational land development lots or camping sites shall be separated from service building structures and other occupied buildings and structures by a minimum distance of fifty (50) feet. Also, notwithstanding the requirements of Subsection B above, no recreational vehicle or tent platform shall be located closer than twenty-five (25) feet to the street right-of-way, closer than twenty-five (25) feet to any other recreational vehicle or tent platform or two hundred (200) feet to any adjacent property line.
D.
Off-street parking requirements. At least two (2)
off-street parking spaces shall be provided for each site. At least
one (1) such off-street parking space shall be provided on each lot
as required.
E.
Streets.
(1)
Nontransient recreational land developments. The residential street design standards contained in Article III of this chapter shall apply to streets within nontransient recreational land developments.
(2)
Transient recreational land developments. Transient
recreational land development streets shall be not less than fifty
(50) feet in right-of-way width and shall be cleared, graded and constructed
as required by the Borough Council upon recommendation of the Borough
Engineer, based upon the size of the development, site conditions
and type of development proposed [i.e., primitive tent camping or
recreational vehicle (RV) camping].
F.
Sewage and water supply. No individual on-site sewage
or water supply shall be permitted, and all community systems for
the common use of campsite occupants shall fully comply, as evidenced
by approved plans, with the standards imposed by the Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental Resources and Matamoras Borough.
A.
The following additional regulations shall apply to
all recreational land developments:
(1)
Appurtenances. No permanent external appurtenances,
such as carports, cabanas or patios, may be attached to any travel
trailer or other recreational vehicle parked in a recreational land
development, and the removal of wheels or placement of the unit on
a foundation in such a park is prohibited.
(2)
Location. A recreational land development shall be
so located that no entrance or exit from a park shall discharge traffic
into a densely populated residential area exceeding one (1) dwelling
unit per acre, nor require movement of traffic from the park through
such an area to obtain access to a public highway. A minimum of one
hundred fifty (150) feet of frontage on a state or Borough highway
shall be required.
(3)
Common use areas. A minimum of ten percent (10%) of
the gross site area of the recreational land development shall be
set aside and developed as common use areas for open and enclosed
recreational facilities. No recreational vehicle site, required buffer
strip, street right-of-way, cartway, storage area or utility site
shall be counted as meeting this requirement.
(4)
Entrances and exits. Entrances and exits to recreational
land developments shall be designed for safe and convenient movement
of traffic into and out of the park and to minimize marginal friction
with free movement of traffic on adjacent streets. All traffic into
or out of the park shall be through such entrances and exits. No entrance
or exit shall require a turn at an acute angle, for vehicles moving
in the direction intended, and the radii of curbs and pavements at
intersections shall be such as to facilitate easy turning movement
for vehicles with trailer attached. No intersection of an entrance
and/or exit with a state or Borough highway shall be located where
less than five hundred (500) feet of sight distance exists in either
direction along the state or Borough highway, nor shall such intersection
be located within one hundred forty (140) feet of any other intersection.
(5)
Parking areas. In connection with the use of any recreational
land development, no parking, loading or maneuvering incidental to
parking or loading shall be permitted on any public street, sidewalk,
required buffer, right-of-way or any public grounds, or any private
grounds not part of the recreational land development unless the owner
has given written permission for such use. Each recreational land
development operator shall provide off-street parking, loading and
maneuvering space located and sealed so that the prohibitions above
may be observed and shall be responsible for violations of these requirements.
(6)
Occupancy. Campsites shall be used only for camping
purposes. No improvement or any mobile home designed for permanent
occupancy shall be erected or placed on any campsite. All recreational
vehicles in the development shall be maintained in a transportable
condition at all times. Any action toward removal of wheels or to
attach the recreational vehicle to the ground for stabilizing purposes
is hereby prohibited. Moreover, no campsite shall be occupied for
more than twelve (12) consecutive months, and no campsite shall be
the primary and principal residence of the owner or any other occupant,
each campsite to be used and occupied (excepting occasional guests)
for camping and recreational purposes only by a single household.
The Borough may require any owner to remove a recreational vehicle
for a period of twenty-four (24) hours, unless such owner can establish
a prior removal within the immediately preceding twelve (12) months.
These requirements shall be attached to each campsite sale in nontransient
recreational land developments by restrictive covenant.
(7)
Records. The management of every recreational land
development shall be responsible for maintaining accurate records
concerning the occupancy of all campsites. The term "management" shall
include associations of property owners when such are responsible
for maintenance and operation of common facilities. The Borough shall
have access to and the right to inspect records for evidence of permanent
residency or lack thereof. The Borough Council shall, in addition,
have the authority, when any provision of this article is violated,
to prohibit the occupancy of any and all campsites in a recreational
development until the owners and/or management provide evidence of
compliance with these provisions.
(8)
Sanitary waste disposal. No owner or occupant of any
campsite or recreational land development lot shall permit or allow
the dumping or placement of any sanitary or other waste anywhere upon
any campsite or elsewhere within the development, except in places
designated therefor. No outside toilets shall be erected or maintained
on any campsite. Plumbing fixtures within any recreational vehicles
placed upon lots in the recreational land development shall be connected
to the sewage disposal system for the development. Sanitary facilities,
including toilets, urinals and showers, shall be provided within six
hundred (600) feet of each lot or campsite.
(9)
Fences. All property lines within the development
shall be kept free and open, and no fences, except as may be required
by screening sections or may exist naturally, ledges or walls shall
be permitted thereon. This shall not, however, preclude the erection
of fences around the perimeter of the development.
(10)
Nuisances. No noxious or offensive activities
or nuisances shall be permitted on any campsite.
(11)
Animals. No animals shall be kept or maintained
on any campsite, except the usual household pets. Pets shall be kept
confined so as not to become a nuisance.
(12)
Garbage and refuse disposal. No person shall
burn trash, garbage or other like refuse on any campsite. All such
refuse shall be placed and kept in airtight receptacles for the same.
No owner shall permit the accumulation of litter or refuse or junk
vehicles on a campsite.
(13)
Camping accessories. Notwithstanding any provisions
herein contained to the contrary, picnic tables, benches, storage
sheds, fire boxes or fireplaces and similar items of personal property
may be placed on a campsite. All personal property on a campsite shall
be maintained in good condition so as not to become unsightly.
(14)
Ditches and swales. Each owner shall keep drainage
ditches and swales located on his campsite free and unobstructed and
in good repair and shall provide for the installation of such culverts
upon his campsite as may be reasonably required for proper drainage.
He shall also prevent erosion on his campsite.
(15)
Drilling and mining. No drilling, refining,
quarrying or mining operation of any kind shall be permitted, nor
shall drilling for water or digging of water wells be permitted on
any individual campsite.
(16)
Vehicle parking. No recreation vehicle shall
be parked on any street or roadway within the development.
(17)
Fire rims. Each campsite fireplace shall be
provided with a fire rim of concrete construction at least eight (8)
inches in height to contain the fire.
(18)
Water supply. Potable water drinking fountains
shall be provided within three hundred (300) feet of each campsite.
B.
The operational standards contained in this section shall be incorporated in restrictive covenants attached to the deeds for lots in nontransient recreational developments and shall be made part of a management plan for any transient recreational developments, which covenants and/or plan shall be approved by the Borough Council in its review of preliminary and final plans for the recreational development. A management plan shall be required for all recreational land developments and restrictive covenants incorporating the standards of this section shall be required of all nontransient recreational developments. This shall be in addition to the submission requirements contained in Article III of this chapter. A plan or set of covenants which does not adequately provide for conformance with this section shall not be approved. The plan and/or covenant shall also provide the Borough with the option (but not the obligation) of being a party to their enforcement and include a right for the Borough to periodically inspect the development for continued compliance with the plan and/or covenants.
