RV owners want revisions in parking law

Mike Thibodeau

     Town councillors will have to make some detailed decisions on what they want in a bylaw that controls recreational vehicle parking on residential lots.

     Last week council heard from about 15 RV owners who expressed concerns with some of the limitations already present in the town bylaw.

     The meeting was a session for public input and council will now weigh what it has heard, and what its staff will recommend.

     There is a bylaw but following a complaint early this year council learned there are problems with enforcing it.

But Mayor John Paterson told the meeting that staff have in fact "had many complaints over the years, not just one."

RV owner Dean Gow told the meeting that one of the first issues with the present bylaw that allows storage on lots in certain areas, is the limit on length at 8.2 meters.

     You can buy them now up to 34 feet because of the light material used in construction.

     Other owners also felt that the 1.5 meter limit on distance to a lot line was too onerous as well.

     In the old neighbourhoods the driveway is right on the property line, said Bruce King.

Rick Goyeau told the meeting that people opposed to trailers parked at homes is a subjective view. To read more go to www.leamingtonpostandshopper.com.