RV group fights to change Pinal County ordinance

By Tanner Clinch | Eloy Enterprise

pinal countyA self-declared “citizens committee” of RVers is going before the Pinal County Board of Supervisors this month to try to change a more than half-century-old recreational vehicle ordinance that is causing many county residents to have illegal dwellings on their property.

According to the county ordinance, it is a violation of zoning to have an occupied motor home outside the primary residence in a residential area.

For Arizona City residents like Rich Wist, who has been working with the county to try to change the ordinance for several years, this means that none of his friends who have RVs can park their vehicles and stay on his property without it being a zoning violation.

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