SANDRA M STANWAY
Brooks Bulletin
The county’s Municipal Planning Commission (MPC) has denied a request for a variance for an Aimoto subdivision resident who wanted permission to have three additional RVs on his property.
MPC was told that there are currently five RVs on the property and two will be removed but Gordon Fingler, who lives in a rural residential district, wanted a variance to allow three RVs to remain.
He told MPC the RVs are for visitors and visiting family members.
“My concern with giving a variance is that if all of the parcels all around there, like all of those acreages, did the same thing we would basically have a campground at Aimoto Acres,” said councillor Lynette Kopp.
Councillor Kelly Christman said the vehicles are visible from Highway 550 and there are many neighbours in the subdivision.
“If we were to vary it would be or could be a very difficult situation,” she said.
MPC agreed that the vehicles should be removed.
Staff told council there would be no option to convert one of the units into staff housing since there is no staff and an RV cannot be used as a home.
“An RV cannot be used as a dwelling so that wouldn’t work,” said Maria Jackson, planning and development supervisor.
Fingler will be allowed to keep one RV.
