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Home outside a home ... is this the way to go?
March 27, 2013
In a world where free camping seems to be becoming increasingly difficult, it?s interesting to note that one local authority in New Zealand seems determined to buck the trend.
Rather than bowing to caravan park pressure and clamping down on ?freedom? campers, Tauranga City Council instead looks set to open up the number of places where self-contained motorhomes can stop overnight.
A council workshop has looked at allowing motorhomes and campervans to legally park in some Tauranga residential areas, provided they are not directly in front of houses. It?s a move that might be of real interest to some?budget-minded Australian grey nomads.
The council in the North Island community backed moves to allow motorhomes weighing less than 3.5 tonnes to freedom camp on residential streets that had marked car parks. A draft bylaw on the issue will likely now go out for public consultation
Council transportation operations manager Martin Parkes told the Bay of Plenty Times that overnight parking was not allowed on highways and busy arterial roads, and he warned that opening up city streets without marked car parks could lead to safety issues.
However, he left it to the councillors to decide whether they backed overnight parking within marked car parks on busier collector streets and quiet neighbourhood streets. They did.
The council workshop also supported expanding the number of reserves where freedom camping is permitted, from the existing five reserves and 15 motorhomes to the new proposal of 28 reserves and 90 motorhomes.
Council bylaws monitoring officer Brian Jupp said he had not been getting many complaints about freedom campers.
Nonetheless, councillor Larry Baldock opposed allowing parking in residential areas, saying most people would be upset to wake up at 5am and see a mobile home outside their house.
Would you object if a motorhome parked outside your house overnight? Is allowing ?residential? camping for self-contained rigs a good idea? Comment below
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Source: http://thegreynomads.com.au/2013/03/is-residential-camping-the-way-of-the-future/
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