Grayson County officials are weighing a response to the rapidly growing prevalence of RV parks in the county.
There are 18 RV parks open, more than 12 of which have gone up within the past three years, Clay Barnett, Grayson County engineer, said.
“Some of them are very nice, but some of them are just throwing down gravel and putting a water line in without any consideration about how we might get a fire truck or ambulance in there, or how the sewage is going to be taken care of,” Barnett said.
Some concerns about the parks are from local school officials who said resources are strained by the increase of students. Septic and environmental issues caused by unauthorized RV parks are also causing concern.
There may be little help for counties right now because there is no oversight of such entities, Grayson County assistant district attorney Craig Price said. Counties are unable to enforce RV-applicable regulations because they are unable to legally define an RV park or name someone a resident of one. Cities, however, are able to do so. But the county will likely be met with legal challenges from RV park owners if it tries to do so, Price said.
Grayson County Judge Bill Magers encouraged county officials to open the line of communication with RV park owners, who noted that a shortage of affordable housing in Grayson and Collin counties has led to the increase of RV parks.
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