Parking Rules in Clackamas County, OR (2026)
6 rules for unincorporated Clackamas County, Oregon.
Verified from official government sources
RV & Boat Parking
On county roads, a trailer, boat trailer or RV trailer must stay hitched to a vehicle able to tow it; leaving one parked unattached is a citable offense. Living or camping in any vehicle or trailer parked on a county road in a residential, commercial or industrial area is separately banned outright.
RV, Trailer and Boat Parking Rules in Clackamas County
Some RestrictionsClackamas County Code § 7.01.020(C) and (L)
C. No trailer shall be parked upon any County highway unless it is attached to a motor vehicle by which it may be propelled or drawn. This paragraph shall not apply to trailers which are disabled to such an extent that the driver cannot avoid temporarily leaving the disabled trailer on the highway, provided that the trailer must be removed within seven days. This paragraph also shall not apply ...
Commercial & Oversized Vehicles
On county roads, an oversized vehicle must still leave at least 18 feet of unobstructed roadway and cannot block traffic or fire access (Code 7.01.020). In residential zones, a truck over 11,000 pounds GVW requires county approval.
Oversized vehicle parking limits
Some RestrictionsClackamas County Code 7.01.020(J)
No vehicle shall be parked where it is impeding or likely to impede the normal flow of vehicular, bicycle, or pedestrian traffic; where it is a hazard or is likely to be a hazard to vehicular, bicycle, or pedestrian traffic; or where it is obstructing the required width of a fire apparatus access road. K. No vehicle shall be parked or operated on a highway when the vehicle registration as ...
Street Parking Limits
Parking your car on a county road in unincorporated Clackamas County is illegal if it leaves less than 18 feet of clear roadway for other traffic to pass, under Code Section 7.01.020(F). Deputies can cite you for that alone or stack it with mailbox, curb, sign and disabled-permit violations in the same chapter, and unpaid fines double after 14 days.
Street Parking Width Rules in Clackamas County
Some RestrictionsClackamas County Code § 7.01.020(F)
F. No vehicle shall be parked upon any County roadway in a manner such that less than 18 feet of unobstructed roadway width is left available for the passage of other vehicles. ... A person commits the violation of illegal parking, stopping, or standing if: 1. The person parks, stops, or leaves standing a vehicle in a place where such action is prohibited by this chapter; or 2. The person is th...
Overnight Parking
Leave a vehicle parked on a county highway in unincorporated Clackamas County for more than 72 hours without moving it at least three car lengths, and it's a citable violation under Code Section 7.01.020(I). The same fine and hearing process used for every other parking citation in Chapter 7.01 applies, and repeat citations can escalate to a tow.
72-Hour Parking Limit Rules in Clackamas County
Some RestrictionsClackamas County Code § 7.01.020(I)
I. No vehicle shall be parked on any County highway for more than 72 hours without moving at least three vehicle lengths away. ... VEHICLE means every device in, upon, or by which any person or property is, or may be, transported or drawn upon any street or highway, and includes any hulk or component thereof, including, but not limited to campers, recreational vehicles, motor homes, pickup truc...
Abandoned Vehicles
Storing an inoperable vehicle anywhere but inside a permitted structure is a public nuisance in unincorporated Clackamas County. Owners get one exception: up to two inoperable vehicles per premises may sit behind a code-compliant sight-obscuring screen where the road and neighbors cannot see them.
Abandoned and Inoperable Vehicle Rules in Clackamas County
Some RestrictionsClackamas County Code § 10.03.060(B)(11)
11. Storing any inoperable vehicle or vehicles unless said vehicle or vehicles are housed within a permitted structure or development, except up to two vehicles per premise may be stored behind a sight-obscuring screen, in accordance with 10.03.060 C, and shall not be visible from the road or surrounding properties. For purposes of this Subsection 11, two or more contiguous tax lots that are un...
Curb Color Rules
Residents cannot paint their own curb to create parking restrictions. Yellow-curb and no-parking markings on county roads are valid only where authorized by the Department of Transportation and Development, and parking against an authorized yellow curb violates Code 7.01.020(E).
Curb painting and colored curb rules
Some RestrictionsClackamas County Code 7.01.020(E)
No vehicle shall be parked upon any County roadway adjacent to any yellow curb, where the Director of the Clackamas County Department of Transportation and Development, or designee, authorizes such curb. F. No vehicle shall be parked upon any County roadway in a manner such that less than 18 feet of unobstructed roadway width is left available for the passage of other vehicles. G. No vehi...
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