RVs, boats in Overland Park

Overland Park is very close to changing its ordinance (PMV-2577) regarding parking and storage of RVs and boats.

Last summer those of us who are current compliant owners were led to believe that we would be grandfathered in rather easily. One member of the Community Development Committee even said, “We are not outlawing something presently legal.” The latest version of the ordinance is not kind to current compliant owners.

Even though we will be grandfathered, it will be at a great financial burden to comply with the outrageous screening and side yard requirements.

Storage of RVs over 8 feet tall will not be allowed in the side yards any longer. Furthermore, screening to a height of 8 feet or more will be required on three sides of the RVs. Boats will not be allowed to be stored at all on the driveways and all open parts of boats must be covered with covers that are custom fit to the contours of the boat. The custom fit cover must be designed, manufactured and tailored to closely fit the body style and size group of the specific make, model and year of the item to be covered.

There will be a final public hearing on Sept. 10. Please review the proposed ordinance and come to the hearing to make our concerns known.

Sharon Flann
Overland Park

Comments

[jack]

And they will ned a crew of people to go around making sure the boat covers are the right type.

Brilliant!

[T. Hanson]

Wow, talk about a good use of your tax dollars at work. I was honestly worried about seeing too many RV's in Overland Park. That is the whole reason for increased gang activity, low eductation scores, drug usage, murders. Hats off to those board members.