Parking Rules in Nassau County, FL (2026)
5 rules for unincorporated Nassau County, Florida.
Verified from official government sources
RV & Boat Parking
Unincorporated Nassau County allows major recreational equipment such as RVs, boats and trailers to be parked or stored in a residential side or rear yard, but never in a required front yard and never for living, sleeping or housekeeping use. Section 28.06 of the Land Development Code sets the rule, with a 24-hour exception for active loading and unloading.
Nassau County FL RV and Boat Parking Rules
Some RestrictionsNassau County Land Development Code § 28.06
Section 28.06. - Parking, storage, or use of major recreational equipment. No major recreational equipment shall be used for living, sleeping, or housekeeping purposes when parked or stored in a residentially zoned lot or in any other location not approved for such use. Major recreational equipment may be parked or stored in a required rear or side yard, but not in required front yards; provide...
Driveway Rules
Unincorporated Nassau County requires off-street parking areas to be paved, striped and properly drained, but exempts single-family and two-family homes from the paving mandate. Section 31.03(A)(2) of the Land Development Code lets the Planning and Zoning Board approve an alternative, dust-controlled driveway or parking surface as a conditional use in any zoning district.
Nassau County FL Driveway Paving Rules
Some RestrictionsNassau County Land Development Code § 31.03(A)(2)
(2)All off-street parking areas, except those serving single-family or two-family development, shall be paved, striped, properly drained, maintained and landscaped. All landscaping shall be in accordance with article 37, section 37.05. The Planning And Zoning Board may allow an alternative driveway and/or parking surface as a conditional use in any zoning district. The alternative surface must ...
Commercial & Oversized Vehicles
Unincorporated Nassau County bars parking tractors, trucks and school buses, including vehicles bearing Florida CV, GW, KS and P license classifications, in any residential zoning district. Section 28.05 of the Land Development Code allows only brief exceptions for loading, unloading and active service calls at a dwelling.
Nassau County FL Heavy Vehicle Parking Ban
Significant RestrictionsNassau County Land Development Code § 28.05
Section 28.05. - Parking of heavy vehicles in residential districts. Heavy vehicles such as tractors, trucks and school buses (including CV, GW, KS, and P Florida license classifications) shall not be parked in any residential district except as may be required for normal loading or unloading of such vehicles and during the time normally required for service at dwellings, or at structures or ac...
Abandoned Vehicles
In unincorporated Nassau County, most residential and commercial zoning categories allow only one inoperable vehicle on a property, and only for up to 30 days, unless it's kept fully inside an enclosed building or at a properly zoned junkyard or repair facility. Larger open-rural parcels get a narrow carve-out with distance and screening conditions instead of the flat cap.
Nassau County Inoperable Vehicle Storage Limit
Some RestrictionsNassau County Code § 18¼-4
It shall be unlawful for the owner, lessee, and/or occupant of any real property in the unincorporated areas of the county in the following zoning categories: OR (three (3) acres or less), RS-1, RS-2, RM, RT, RG-1, RG-2, RMH, CN, CG, CI, recreation and open space, and PUD, to cause, permit, and/or have stored thereon more than one (1) inoperable vehicle(s), except for inoperable vehicles stored...
Loading Zones
Unincorporated Nassau County requires businesses to provide off-street loading space sized to a building's floor area under Land Development Code § 28.16.4. Loading facilities must sit on the same lot they serve, or within 400 feet if that's impossible, and each space must connect directly to the building for safe truck access.
Nassau County Off-Street Loading Space Rules
Some RestrictionsNassau County Land Development Code § 28.16.4(D), (M)
(D)Off-street parking and loading—Location. The required off-street parking or loading spaces shall be located on the same lot or parcel of land they are intended to serve, when feasible. If practical difficulties prevent the placing of parking facilities on the same lot with the structure they are designed to serve, such facilities shall be located on another site not more than four hundred (4...
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