HomeMy WebLinkAboutMHP2007-00001 RV Park, multi parcels - MHP Letters / Memos - 4/16/2009 MASON COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
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April 16, 2009
Gregg Paisley
4919 Lakeridge Drive East,
Lake Tapps, WA 98391
RE: yo er da ri13, 2009 requesting cancelation of MHP 2007-00001 for parcels # 32135-31-
0000 32135-34-00080 32135-34-0
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At your request we are canceling your Mobile Home—RV Park—Campsite permit application
#MHP2007-00001, which covers the parcels listed above. From this request we understand that you are
no longer proposing to have a campsite, RV park and/or mobile home park at your property.
You also requested that we pass your SEPA on to Michael MacSems so he can process your proposed
Forest Practices Permit-we will do so. You will need to work directly with Michael on the forest
practice process.
Please also be aware that no activities would be allowed within the 90-foot stream buffer, in compliance
with Mason County Resource Ordinance Chapter 17.01.110 Fish and Wildlife Habitat Management
Areas. For example,any proposal to improve or widen your access road in the buffer, and/or alter the
existing stream crossings, would require prior County review. At minimum this would include review
and approval of a Mason Environmental Permit, Habitat Management Plan, and a SEPA which
specifically addressed the project(s).
The decision about which County permits and/or review would be required-is made at such time as we
have an application for a specific project. Please note that it is the County who makes the determination
as to the applicability of regulations and necessary reviews, rather than the applicant.
We are providing a copy of this letter to Forest Practices Planner Michael MacSems. His direct contact
information is 360-427-9670 ext. 571.
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Pam ennett-Cumming, Senior Planner
Cc: Michael MacSems
Monty Cobb, Mason County Deputy Prosecuting Attorney
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Gregg Paisley
4919 Lakeridge Drive East,Lake Tapps,WA 98391 253-709-1887
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RE: Permit: Permit MHP2007-00001 &SEP2008-00060
Please cancel permit MHP2007-00001. It sat for over a year with no action taken by Planning on it,but
now is being used as an impediment to our SEPA process.
I have made numerous efforts in writing to explain to Planning that I don't want defined,fixed-location
campsites(like a KOA or state park,for example)but am only interested in primitive,transitory,infrequent
camping. The County has told me on numerous occasions that it does not regulate primitive camping on
private property,and there is no language in County Codes or Regulations that says otherwise.
Yet Planning persists in trying to apply an antiquated Mobile Home Park ordinance to a usage that clearly
does not apply. No one closely reading the MH/RV Ordinance can credibly argue that it applies to
camping-only—the Ordinance obviously never contemplated that someone would build a campground that
didn't also accommodate RVs.
ORDINANCE 118-91 MOBILE HOME AND RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARKS
Section 1.01.020.Purpose.The purpose of this ordinance is to regulate mobile home and recreational vehicle(RV)
parks in the unincorporated areas of Mason County.
Section 2.01.040.Campground.See Recreational Vehicle Park.
Section 2.01.190 Recreational Vehicle.Means a vehicular type unit primarily designed for temporary occupation such
as recreational camping,travel,or seasonal use which has its own motive power or is mounted on or towed by another
vehicle.
Section 2.01.200.Recreational Vehicle Park A tract of land that is occupied or designed for occupancy by two
(2)or more recreational vehicles for transient dwelling purposes in accordance with this ordinance(including
campgrounds). Note:the term "including campgrounds"obviously means that campgrounds that allow RVs fall
under the Ordinance. It cannot possibly mean that a campground with no RVs falls under the Ordinance since the
purpose of the ordinance applies only to RVs. The Ordinance says"a Campground=an RV Park It DOES NOT
say a"campsite=an RV"—that would be illogical as well as absurd.
In any case,primitive camping isn't regulated by the County. So best to eliminate this permit from the
process so we can stop arguing about it. If in the future I want to build something that does fall under the
Ordinance,I will reapply at that time.
Thanks,
Gregg Paisley
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