Vernon considers bylaw change to stop permanent RV setups on city streets
Global News
In what may be another symptom of the region's housing crunch, there has been a proliferation of people living out of RVs on 25 Avenue in Vernon.
In what may be another symptom of the Okanagan’s housing crunch, there has been a proliferation of people living out of RVs parked along 25 Avenue in Vernon, B.C.
The situation has resulted in tension between RV residents and some of the businesses they park in front of and has the city considering a bylaw change to prevent those parked RVs from becoming too permanent.
One of those living in an RV in the area is Bill (he declined to provide his last name to Global News), a grey-haired man with two dogs, who says he has found a sense of community parking on 25 Avenue.
He recently acquired a second RV and is getting ready to sell his old one.
For Bill, living in RVs is a lifestyle choice, but parking his vehicles on a Vernon street is a financial necessity.
“If life was beautiful, we’d all have money, I’d be able to probably afford to pay $1,400 for the luxury of parking in some swanky second-rate … local campground site. I don’t have that. I’m on disability, obviously, because of my health,” Bill said.
Bill says he aims to park on 25 Avenue within the limits of the law, which requires vehicles to be moved every 48 hours.
“There are seven of us now and we all are like a community here,” Bill said.