Parking Rules in St. Charles County, MO (2026)
7 rules for unincorporated St. Charles County, Missouri.
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RV & Boat Parking
St. Charles County caps residential lots to one RV, trailer, or boat outdoors, requires side/rear-yard storage, and limits driveway parking to 48 hours.
RV, Trailer & Boat Parking Rules St. Charles County
Some RestrictionsSt. Charles County Code § 405.420(A)(2)-(3)
On any lot or parcel with a dwelling, no more than one (1) trailer or item of recreational equipment shall be parked or stored outside a fully enclosed structure, nor shall such trailer or recreational equipment stored outdoors exceed twenty-four (24) feet in length or eight and one-half (8.5) feet in width... No trailer or recreational equipment shall be parked or stored on any driveway, stree...
Driveway Rules
St. Charles County requires driveways and parking areas to be paved, with a narrow all-weather-surface exception for small lots in agricultural and residential districts.
St. Charles County Driveway Paving Rule
Some RestrictionsSt. Charles County Code § 405.440(F)
All parking areas, including driveways and aisles, shall be paved and striped. Such paving shall consist of Portland concrete, an asphaltic overlay or permeable pavement alternative. In the A and R districts, where the required number of parking spaces for the use is two (2) spaces or less and where a lot or parcel is one (1) acre or greater in size, the parking area and drive shall be an all-w...
Commercial & Oversized Vehicles
In St. Charles County's residential and agricultural districts, most commercial vehicles must be garaged or carported: parking one in the driveway or on the street is against the zoning code.
St. Charles County Commercial Vehicle Parking Rules
Significant RestrictionsSt. Charles County Code § 405.420(C)
C. Commercial Vehicles. The following shall only apply in "R" and "A" Districts: 1. Any commercial vehicle shall be parked and/or stored in a private garage or completely covered by a carport, unless it is a vehicle: ... b. Licensed as a commercial vehicle at twelve thousand (12,000) pounds or less ... but not if it exceeds twenty-four (24) feet in length. ... 5. Commercial vehicles shall not b...
Street Parking Limits
St. Charles County enforces on-street stopping, standing, and parking rules through Missouri's Model Traffic Ordinance, adopted by reference for all unincorporated roads, with violations charged as misdemeanors carrying up to a $1,000 fine and a year in jail.
St. Charles County On-Street Parking Rules
Some RestrictionsSt. Charles County Code § 300.001
St. Charles County adopts by reference the State of Missouri's Model Traffic Ordinance, Revised Statutes of Missouri ("RSMo."), as amended ("Model Traffic Ordinance"). ... A violation of the Model Traffic Ordinance adopted by this Section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or by imprisonment in the St. Charles County Jail for a term not to ex...
Overnight Parking
St. Charles County has no blanket overnight parking curfew. Instead, the County Council designates specific roads as posted no-parking zones, and some of those carry overnight hour windows, like Cedar Grove Court.
St. Charles County Overnight Parking Rules
Light RestrictionsSt. Charles County Code, Ch. 300, Schedule III, Table III-A (No Parking Zones)
No Parking Zones are hereby established for the following streets: ... Cedar Grove Court, between 12:00 P.M. and 6:00 A.M. ...
Abandoned Vehicles
St. Charles County bans keeping unlicensed, unregistered, disassembled, or dismantled vehicles on any premises; the county can declare the vehicle a nuisance and order it towed off private property.
Junked Vehicle Ban in St. Charles County
Significant RestrictionsProperty Maintenance Code § 302.8 (St. Charles County Code § 500.500)
302.8 Motor vehicles and trailers. Except as otherwise provided in this Subsection, no motor vehicle or trailer may be parked, kept or stored on any premises, if such motor vehicle or trailer is unlicensed, or unregistered, or in a state of disassembly or disrepair, or in the process of being stripped or dismantled. After issuance of a notice of violation of any provision of this Section, such ...
Loading Zones
St. Charles County requires off-street loading spaces of at least 600 square feet, measuring 12 feet wide by 50 feet deep with 14 feet of vertical clearance, located inside the main building or on the same lot as the use they serve.
St. Charles County Off-Street Loading Rules
Some RestrictionsSt. Charles County Code § 405.440(B)
For the purpose of these regulations, a loading space is a space located within the main building or on the same lot, providing for the standing, loading, and unloading of trucks, having a minimum area of six hundred (600) square feet, a minimum width of twelve (12) feet, and a minimum depth of fifty (50) feet, and a vertical clearance of fourteen (14) feet.
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