Ray&JudyC
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Reno cracks down on overnighting in parking lots
Friday, September 19, 2008 12:09 AM CDT
RENO, Nev. (AP) - The city of Reno is cracking down on recreational vehicles that park overnight in casino parking lots, prompting a backlash from RVers who say they'll boycott the city.
City officials said an ordinance on the books since 1996 outlaws RV camping anywhere in the city except in designated parks with water and sewage hookups.
The concerns are health-related, said Alex Woodley, Reno city code enforcement manager.
‘‘I've observed people stepping out of their RV and (urinating) outside the door,'' Woodley told the Reno Gazette-Journal. ‘‘We've had individuals use a Wal-Mart lot and instead of being a good citizen, at 2 a.m. they'll dump their gray water and take off, leaving a hazardous situation.''
This week the city has received about two dozen e-mails from RV owners who wrote of the convenience of overnighting in casino parking lots and patronizing the casino and restaurants as well as other retail establishments.
One letter from Idaho read, “We spend a lot of money there each year. I just cannot believe that you would take this away from us, and your own merchants!
‘‘You should know that there is a campaign that has started via the Internet to boycott Reno as a result of this,'' it warned.
Mayor Bob Cashell acknowledged that only a fraction of the RVers cause problems but added, ‘‘There's always that one-half percent that screws it up for everybody.”
Laughlin went through the same issue during the 2005-06 snowbird season when Clark County Health Department officials cracked down on “dry camping” in casino parking lots. Accommodations were eventually made for RV visitors.
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The_Vintagers
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When a city depends on hotel income to support its residents and hotel taxes to support their municpality, RVs will not be welcomed.
Go to a different city, show your strength with economics, take your dollars out of their city.
OR, OR, OR
get 300-400 RVs to have an impromptu parade on Reno's main street, clogging traffic for days and stopping legitimate customers from rreaching their destinations.
(but PLEASE - nobody is to dump grey water on the WalMart lot in Reno!)
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AntiqFreq
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I guess people who RV get drunk like the regular folks.........
No common sense urinating in public - idiots !
But to throw out the baby with the bathwater makes no sense to me.
Guess it will depend on HOW much the casinos want the business of
the RV'ers to see if they chime in on this situation.
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skipnchar
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I guess that's why so many RVers boycott most of the state of Florida eh?  In case ANYONE is interested in looking at the ACTUAL facts then consider how difficult it might be to stop transients from ALSO camping out (read living) in parking lots. Sure wouldn't make ME want to live near-by.
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MAJESTYPOINTERS
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Ray&JudyC wrote:
The concerns are health-related, said Alex Woodley, Reno city code enforcement manager.
‘‘I've observed people stepping out of their RV and (urinating) outside the door,'' Woodley told the Reno Gazette-Journal. ‘‘We've had individuals use a Wal-Mart lot and instead of being a good citizen, at 2 a.m. they'll dump their gray water and take off, leaving a hazardous situation.''
This always burns me 
These City officals are so stupid. 
Lets see "urinating in public"
Plenty of laws arleady to deal with that "indecent exposure" would be the first thing that would come to mind.
Dumping "holding tanks"
Plenty of laws against that also. If nothing else "littering" but there was a rock band a while back that realy got hit up hard for "ilegal dumping".
All these things are already covered by other laws...We don't need more laws and restrictions.....Lets just start using what we have and quit making more.JMO
Hey maybe some one should check....I'll bet these "City oficals" have intrest in RV parks just outside Reno....
Naw....There probly just stupid....
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edited 09/19/08 08:15am by MAJESTYPOINTERS *
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fchammer1
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So -- tell 'em.
Alex Woodley, Code Enforcement Manager
woodleya@cityofreno.com
Barbara Dicianno, Community Liaison
dicianno@cityofreno.com
Robert Cashell, Mayor
cashellr@cityofreno.com
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The Texan
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Here is the link to the original article in the Reno paper. The slap in the face by the mayor of Reno, "Cashell also downplayed the threat of any lost revenue from an RV boycott, saying, "I'm not sure it wouldn't pay for a light bulb what might not come back.", to all RVers was not called for. However he was an RV park owner so it's easy to see why he is trying to enforce this.
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MAJESTYPOINTERS
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The Texan wrote:Here is the link to the original article in the Reno paper. The slap in the face by the mayor of Reno, "Cashell also downplayed the threat of any lost revenue from an RV boycott, saying, "I'm not sure it wouldn't pay for a light bulb what might not come back.", to all RVers was not called for. However he was an RV park owner so it's easy to see why he is trying to enforce this.
WOW.....
I guess he is not stupid....
But I could be wrong......
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racefan1965
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The city of Sparks has no ordinace huh? Guess I'm going to Sparks instead of Reno from now on.
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Quote:These City officals are so stupid.
Such an intelligent statement.
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