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Enforcement

The San Luis Obispo County Code enforces the regulations and ordinances of in order to maintain a healthy, safe and clean living environment for the citizens of the county. The Code Enforcement Unit of the Department of Planning and Building is responsible for enforcing land use and local environmental laws in the unincorporated areas of the County of San Luis Obispo.  Land use laws are sometimes called zoning laws, and include regulations on storage, parking, construction, substandard and dangerous structures, mining, resource removal, signs, area standards and noise.

 

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Code Enforcement at Work

Responding to complaints, County Code Enforcement staff confirmed that a recreational vehicle was being used for residential purposes in violation of San Luis Obispo County Code.  The San Luis Obispo County Code restricts recreational vehicle use:

"Stored RVs are to be the property of the owner or tenant of the site intended for storage. RVs may not be used for living, sleeping or housekeeping when stored.

It shall be unlawful and a violation of this code for any person to use a travel trailer or recreational vehicle for residential purposes, except in an approved campground or recreational vehicle park ."

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 In less than 3 months,  the occupants were relocated and the recreational vehicles removed resulting in the violations being resolved.