Lazy Acres RV Park in Seeley Lake

Lazy Acres RV Park is proposed as 14 acres to be subdivided into three lots and 70 RV park spaces. The currently vacant property is located on the east side of Highway 83 in Seeley Lake, near the Riverview Drive intersection. Open space consists of three parks total: two 0.94-acre parks along the western edge of the property and one 1.05-acre park in the southeast corner of the property. Several gravel roads would provide access to RV park spaces, with trails for pedestrians or bikes located within the park, as well. The Seeley Lake Water District would provide water, and there would be a shared drainfield along the eastern edge of the property.

Per Missoula County zoning, RV park proposals fall under subdivision review, which means County staff review aspects of a project that deviate from the subdivision regulations, commonly known as variances. The variances from the subdivision regulations requested by the applicant for this park are for:

• One-way roads that do not meet the 26-foot standard
• A road easement less than 60 feet wide
• Trails that serve the RV park but are not alongside each interior road (two separate variances)
• The width between RV park spaces being 25 feet rather than the required 30 feet

The developer brought this project to Missoula County a few years ago when the Seeley sewer project was moving forward. When the sewer project now stalled, the applicant decided to move forward with a project redesign that included a shared septic system.

The Missoula Consolidated Planning Board conducted a public hearing on this proposal at 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 25, at the City Council Chambers at 140 W. Pine St. in Missoula, and approved the item.

The Board of County Commissioners conducted a public hearing on this proposal at 2 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 10, in the Sophie Moiese Room of the Missoula County Courthouse Annex, 200 West Broadway in Missoula, and also approved this item. Watch the full meeting on the County's YouTube channel.