The Baileyton (Tenn.) Board of Mayor and Aldermen, after hearing concerns from campground owners, postponed approving a new ordinance regulating campgrounds and RV parks in town when it met Tuesday (Feb. 10) evening, according to The Greeneville Sun.
During a public hearing that preceded an expected second and final reading on the ordinance, the owners of the KOA Campground, Robert and Karen Clouser, along with their son Chris Clouser, raised objections about the new ordinance that stated long-term stays as being eight or more days.
The amendment to Baileyton’s municipal zoning ordinance was crafted by the planning commission and town officials in meetings and workshops in recent months.
It was seen as the first step towards counting scores of people who allegedly live at the Around Pond RV Park on Van Hill Road for long periods of time as unofficial permanent residents, building decks and sending their children to local schools.
Karen Clouser stated she was concerned the ordinance might be a step toward future taxation on guests at the KOA Campground.
“The guests I have are guests, not residents,” she said, but cited, as an example, nurses who stay temporarily for several months to work, and others who come for longer stays for vacations or to visit family members.
