7 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 3 cities in Pasco County, Florida.
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Pasco County Land Development Code Section 530.5 allows recreational vehicles (including boats, campers, trailers, and jet skis) on residential lots under one acre only in the side or rear yard, never in the front yard or front driveway except temporarily for loading, and they must be set back at least five feet from side/rear lines and screened by an opaque six-foot fence or vegetation.
Pasco County Land Development Code 530.5(B) (Parking or Storing of Recreational Vehicles)
B. On residentially zoned property less than one (1) acre in size, or on E-R Estate-Residential zoned property of any size, RVs are subject to the following regulations: 1. RVs may be parked or stored in the side yard or rear yard provided that: a. No more than one (1) side yard on any property is used for such purpose. b. No part of the RV may be parked or stored in front of the principal buil...
Pasco County requires all vehicles to be registered and operational unless stored in a fully enclosed structure. Vehicles must be parked on improved surfaces. Non-operative vehicles visible from the street are a code violation.
Pasco County Land Development Code Section 530.16 prohibits parking or storing commercial vehicles and commercial equipment in nearly all residential zoning districts (including R-1 through R-4, mobile-home, multi-family, estate-residential, agricultural-residential, and PUD districts) unless the vehicle is part of a business lawfully operating there, with exemptions for deliveries, enclosed storage, agricultural property, and certain commons areas.
Pasco County Land Development Code 530.16(A)
530.16. Parking and Storage of Commercial Vehicles and Commercial Equipment in Certain Residential Areas Prohibited. A. No commercial vehicles and no commercially related equipment shall be permitted to park or be stored in any areas of the unincorporated County which are zoned R-1 Rural Density Residential, R-2 Low Density Residential, R-3 Medium Density Residential, R-4 High Density Residenti...
Pasco County has no general overnight on-street parking ban in unincorporated residential areas, but Florida Statute 316.1945 prohibits stopping, standing, or parking in specified places (sidewalks, intersections, crosswalks, in front of driveways, within 15 feet of a fire hydrant, and where signs prohibit parking), and the County may post no-parking zones enforced as a Class I violation.
Fla. Stat. 316.1945(1)(a)-(c) (2024)
316.1945 Stopping, standing, or parking prohibited in specified places. - (1) Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic, or in compliance with law or the directions of a police officer or official traffic control device, no person shall: (a) Stop, stand, or park a vehicle: 1. On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street. 2. On a sidewalk....
Unincorporated Pasco County imposes no general overnight on-street parking ban for ordinary vehicles, but Land Development Code Section 530.5 makes it unlawful at any time to use a parked RV for residential purposes (including sleeping overnight) on residential property, and no RV may be stored on the right-of-way.
Pasco County Land Development Code 530.5(C)(4)
4. RVs shall not be connected to water, sewer, or electric lines, except that properly parked or stored RVs may be connected to battery chargers. It shall be unlawful, at any time, to use RVs parked or stored on property zoned A-C, AC-1, A-R, AR-1, AR-5, AR-5MH, ER-2, and residentially zoned property for residential purposes ... the use of RVs for activities, such as sleeping, housekeeping, liv...
Pasco County permits residential and commercial EV charging installations via standard electrical permits. FL §163.04 prohibits HOAs from banning EV chargers. Florida Building Code governs station placement and ADA access.
Fla. Stat. § 163.04 (Energy devices based on renewable resources)
F.S. 163.04 Energy devices based on renewable resources. (1) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or other provision of general or special law, the adoption of an ordinance by a governing body, as those terms are defined in this chapter, which prohibits or has the effect of prohibiting the installation of solar collectors, clotheslines, or other energy devices based on renewable resour...
Pasco County prohibits abandoned, wrecked, or inoperable vehicles on public or private property. Vehicles without current registration or left 72+ hours on public ROW may be tagged, towed, and disposed of under FL §715.05 and county code.
3 cities in Pasco County have their own parking rules rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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