Location: California
My friend lives in unincorporated San Diego County on a double lot, half with a house and the other half level and compacted with stone and used as parking for decades. They, and the previous owner, have rented space to store RV’s, boat and work trailers and enclosed cargo trailers on their property for more than 15 years.
They recently received a letter from the County indicating that only one “trailer coach”, owned by the landowner, is allowed. The letter discussed trailer coaches (which seem to be defined as those that may be occupiable or habitable) and inoperative vehicles explicitly and does not address the other types present. None of the vehicles are inhabited and none have any hookups, though the letter gives them 10 days to remove all hook ups and remove the vehicles or large fines will accrue.
They have a parking lot. It has *always* been a parking lot. The written process for applying for a Major Use Permit as suggested to them in the letter and as outlined on the county website will be a major burden for them and seems excessive as it applies to Major land use issues like building a house or a radio tower, so I am curious to hear from this sub as to whether they have any other options and/or if there is a reasonable chance the permit would be granted to allow the lot to remain an unpaved parking lot. Seems a pretty minor use change to permit the lot to remain a storage lot for vehicles.
Relevant: https://www.sandiegocounty.gov/pds/zoning/formfields/PDS-313.pdf
PS. I park an enclosed cargo trailer there and have for 12 years, so that’s my skin in the game.