Wednesday, August 21, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
CAMPING: City is
enforcing regulations
during festival
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city streets as well as on City
property, including parks and
the City right-of-way (ROW),
over the years enforcement
of those policies has been
lax or non-existent. Now
that the SFF attendance has
reached about 4,000 each
year, officials believe con-
sistent enforcement of the
no-camping regulation has
become necessary to maintain
the livability factor for Sisters
residents during the festival.
The City ROW is defined
as the space between the
street and adjoining property
line. In a large number of
locations around Sisters, the
ROW is the gravel shoulder
where a sidewalk may even-
tually be built.
<Sisters Folk Festival is
working to find a solution
that works for our patrons,
the residents, and the City
during our events,= said
SFF Creative Director Brad
Tisdel. <We are working in
partnership with the City of
Sisters and the Sisters School
District to provide an alterna-
tive at SPRD and Sisters High
School for camping in RVs.=
The SFF has notified its
patrons that, although over
the years these spots in the
ROW have been tempting
locations to park a trailer or
RV for the weekend, this year
the City has indicated they
may ticket any vehicles with
persons camping in the ROW.
Additionally, parking and
RV camping violations on
vacant lots around Sisters will
be strictly enforced by the City
of Sisters during the festival.
<If you do not have permis-
sion from a property owner
to park or camp, you do so
at the risk of being ticketed,=
SFF patrons were warned.
Motel rooms, short-term
rentals, and spaces in the
Creekside Campground are
booked a year in advance
for the SFF weekend. People
with RVs, campers, and tents
can utilize the National Forest
lands that surround Sisters.
In response to the enforce-
ment policy, SFF has arranged
for an overnight RV camping
location in a portion of the
Sisters High School parking
lot as an option during the
weekend. Space is very lim-
ited and requires an advance
parking/camping pass, avail-
able through the SFF website
for $100. Campers must also
have an All-Events Pass to
the 2019 SFF. With the loca-
tion being about a mile from
Village Green Park, biking
and/or walking are reason-
able and encouraged. . There
le buses
will also be free shuttle
scheduled a few times s a day
ool and
between the high school
ng pass
the park. The parking
ights of
includes up to three nights
ay). RV
camping (Friday-Sunday).
etween
campers must arrive between
11 a.m. and 9 p.m. on Friday,
arantee
September 6, to guarantee
their spot and be off the e prop-
nday.
erty by 9 a.m. on Monday.
Vs up to 36 feet in length
RVs
can be accommodated. The
onsid-
parking lot option is consid-
here are
ered dry camping, so there
ookups
no power or water hookups
available.
ugget,
Tisdel told The Nugget,
nse has
<Thus far the response
pprecia-
been favorable and apprecia-
ernative
tive that there is an alternative
to parking in the right-of-way
throughout town.=
Quiet hours in the parking
lot will be from 10 p.m. to 7
a.m. Generators are allowed
(outside of quiet hours) but
campers are encouraged
to keep generator use to a
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minimum in consideration of
other campers. Well-behaved
dogs are welcome, although
they are not allowed in fes-
tival venues unless they are
registered service animals.
Pets must be on leash at all
times in the camping area.
Campers are reminded to
clean up after their dogs.
SFF patrons were told,
<We appreciate your under-
standing of the City of Sisters
municipal codes, and we want
to be respectful of property
owners, neighbors, and busi-
nesses as we continue to pro-
duce the Sisters Folk Festival,
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Stage9.=
For more information on
the City9s camping and park-
ing regulations visit the City9s
website at www.codepublish-
ing.com/OR/Sisters/, by con-
tacting City Hall at 541-549-
6022, or in person at Sisters
City Hall located
at 520 E.
Cascade
Ave.
The camping pass for
Sisters High School park-
ing lot is available through
the SFF website at www.
sistersfolkfestival.org
under RV Camping, Get
Your RV Camping Pass,
Tickets.
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RV parking and camping in
the City of Sisters FAQ
Q: Can I camp/stay over-
night in an RV parked on the
street?
A: No. City regulations
prohibit overnight camping
on City property, includ-
ing parks and the right-of-
way (with the exception of
Creekside Campground).
SMC 4.05.020(13)
Q: Can I park my RV on a
City street overnight, even if
I9m not camping in it?
A: Overnight RV park-
ing in the right-of-way is
only allowed where spe-
cifically designated through
RV striped parking spaces
and/or signage. Designated
RV parking is located on
the south side of East Main
Avenue between North
Cedar Street and
North Locust
Street
(north
of City
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Hall). SMC 4.05.020(13)
Q: Is RV camping allowed
on an undeveloped or vacant
parcel?
A: Only if a Temporary
Use Permit (TUP) has been
issued. (Available at City
Hall) SMC 2.15.1900
Q: Can I stay overnight
in my own RV or allow a
guest to stay overnight in
their own RV on my property
for a few days?
A: Temporary use of
a single RV for overnight
camping is generally con-
sidered a permitted acces-
sory use and is allowed as
follows:
" When located on a
developed lot containing
an occupied
occupied, single-family
dwelling;
" When p parked in a legal
parking space (i.e. driveway)
and fully si
sited on private
property; and
" Maximu
Maximum of one RV
allowed per l lot.
Use of th
the RV and prop-
erty is subje
subject to all other
rules and res
restrictions in the
Siste
Sisters
Municipal
Code (i.e. noise) and
Sister Development
Sisters
Code
Code.
to Sisters,= (The Nugget,
August 14, page 1) stated
that the event was pre-
sented by the Rotary Club of
Sisters. Sisters Rotary was
a presenting sponsor of the
event.