Planning & Zoning Commission (linked)

Golden Trails LLC
Proposed Zoning Text Amendment
May 2025
SECTION 1 - DEFINITIONS
Campground:
A parcel of land used to provide overnight campsite accommodations
to persons engaged in recreational camping using portable structures, shelters and
vehicles such as, but not limited to, tents, tepees, yurts, and recreational camping
vehicles that have no permanent
electrical
wiring and no permanent
drainage
plumbing.  
SECTION 6 - RURAL RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT (RU-120)
6.2 USES PERMITTED IN THE RU-120 DISTRICT SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF
A SPECIAL PERMIT
6.2.11 Campgrounds subject to the provisions of Section 
3.45 of these Regulations.
3.45 CAMPGROUNDS
Campgrounds shall be permitted uses within the RU-120 District subject to the
approval of a Special Permit provided they meet the requirements of the Connecticut
Public Health Code, Connecticut Fire Safety Code, and the Connecticut Building Code
and further meet the following additional conditions :
3.45.1 Minimum Size and Density. Campground s shall only be located on parcels with
a minimum size of twenty (20) acres.
No more than fifteen (15) campsites shall be
provided for each gross acre of overall parcel area. 
3.45.2 Campsites. Campsites within a campground may be occupied by tents, tepees,
yurts, recreational camping vehicles, and other similar rental accommodation s, but not
by any permanent type of building or manufactured home. 
3.45.3 Access and Parking.
Notwithstanding
the requirements of Section 3.14,
campgrounds shall not be required to have frontage on a street but shall provide
adequate ingress, egress, and maneuvering for both regular and emergency vehicles
by way of an interior road system connected to one or more state highways or
approved streets within the Town of Waterford or an adjacent municipality. Any access
provided through an adjacent municipality shall be subject to the review and approval
of the Commission to ensure public safety. Off-street parking shall be provided on the
basis of one (1) space per campsite provided that a campsite for a recreational
camping vehicle shall not require any additional parking. No parking shall be permitted
along any interior service road, access driveway  or street.
3.45.4 Water and Sewer. A campground that is not served by public water and public
sewer shall provide an adequate water supply and a sanitary sewage disposal system
approved by the health department.  

Golden Trails LLC
Proposed Zoning Text Amendment
May 2025
3.45.5 Buffers. Where a campground abuts any other use, a one hundred (100) foot
landscaped and/or natural vegetated buffer, which may include necessary interior
service roads or access driveways , shall be provided along the property line. Where a
landscaped or natural vegetated buffer is required, such buffer shall provide complete
visual screening between the different uses. Notwithstanding the above, no campsite
shall be situated closer than three hundred (300)  feet to any adjacent property line .
3.45.6 Accessory Uses.
A campground may include certain accessory uses and
permanent
structures
providing
amenities
to only patrons
of the campground.
Permitted accessory uses and permanent structures may include supply stores,
bathrooms, snack bars, swimming pools, golf courses, tennis courts, recreation
pavilions, trails, and any other similar customary accessory uses or permanent
structures associated with recreational camping activities.
Within any supply store,
items for sale shall be limited to groceries, gifts, beer, and camping supplies.
3.45.7 Storage.
Unoccupied
recreational
camping
vehicles
may be stored
in
campgrounds. Campgrounds shall not be subject to the provisions of Section 3.22 of
these Regulations.