ORD-2025-01 Development Code Effective January 25, 2025

5 CHAPTER

Use Regulations

B. Traveler Trailers/ RVs Use Standards

7.6.1.1, toilets, urinals, washbasins, slop basins, showers or baths, water faucets or spigots in accordance with the following: a. One toilet or stool for the female sex for every ten units or fractions thereof. b. One toilet or stool and one urinal stall for the male sex for every 20 units or fractions thereof. c. One lavatory or washbasin for each toilet room having three toilets or fractions thereof shall be provided. d. One shower or bathtub shall be provided for each sex for each ten units or fractions thereof. e. All toilets, basins and showers shall be placed in properly constructed buildings located not more than 300 feet from any recreational vehicle unit served. f. Buildings shall be well lighted at all times, day and night, well ventilated with screened openings, and constructed of moisture-proof material to permit rapid and satisfactory cleaning, scouring and washing. g. The floors shall be of concrete or other impervious material, elevated not less than four inches above grade, and each room shall be provided with floor drains. h. Slop sinks or basins with water supply shall be provided to serve each four units and shall be constructed in accordance with design, size and material approved by the health officer. 7. Toilet and Bathing Facilities. Toilet and bathing facilities shall be in separate rooms or partitioned apart in any manner as to provide privacy and promote cleanliness. Each toilet provided in a community toilet house shall be partitioned apart from any other toilet in the same room. The floor surface around the commode shall not drain onto the shower floor. 8. Materials and Cleanliness Requirements. Toilet and bathroom floors shall be of impervious white or light colored material, and shall be kept clean at all times. Shower stalls shall be of tile, plaster, cement or some other impervious material and shall be kept clean at all times.

1. Size and Marking of Units or Sites. Each unit or site reserved for the accommodation of any recreational vehicle shall have an area of not less than 576 square feet, exclusive of driveways, and shall be at least 24 feet wide. It shall be defined clearly by proper markers at each corner, shall be level, paved, and well drained. Any area in the city limits proposed for use as a recreational vehicle park must be zoned for a district that permits the use of land for a recreation vehicle park. 2. Location. No recreational vehicle shall be placed or erected closer than five feet from the property line separating the recreational vehicle park from adjoining property, measuring from the nearest point of the recreational vehicle. 3. Drainage. All land used as a recreational vehicle park shall be located on well-drained sites of ample size, free from heavy or dense growth or brush or weeds. The land shall be free from marsh and shall be graded or storm sewered to ensure rapid drainage during and following rain. 4. Water Supply. Each site used as a recreational vehicle park shall be provided with a connection and an adequate supply of water of safe, sanitary quality, approved by the environmental health department. Where water from sources other than the municipal supply is proposed to be used, the source of the supply shall first be approved by the environmental health department. 5. Collection and Removal of Waste and Garbage; Wastewater System. Each recreational vehicle park shall be provided with safe and adequate facilities for the collection and removal of waste and garbage and shall provide a proper and acceptable wastewater system, either by connection to the city wastewater system where it is available or to a septic tank, all of which shall comply with all on-site sewage facility rules. If individual wastewater connections at each park space are not provided, then a centralized dump station for disposal of waste and garbage shall be provided. 6. Sanitary Facilities. Each recreational vehicle park upon which two or more recreational vehicles are placed and where private conveniences for each space are not provided shall provide, at locations described in Section

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Amended: January 21, 2025 San Marcos Development Code