Parking Rules in St. Johns County, FL (2026)
4 rules for unincorporated St. Johns County, Florida.
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RV & Boat Parking
St. Johns County bans parking an RV, utility trailer or boat trailer in a required Front Yard on residential property: Section 6.01.03.H.5 confines that major recreational equipment to the Rear or Side Yard. The only Front Yard exception is loading or unloading, capped at 24 hours, and no RV or trailer may ever be used for living, sleeping or housekeeping while parked.
St. Johns County RV & Boat Trailer Parking Rules
Some RestrictionsSt. Johns County Land Development Code § 6.01.03.H.5
No 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, including utility trailers and boat trailers, may be parked or stored in a required Rear or Side Yard but not in required Front Yards; provided however, that such equipment may ...
Driveway Rules
Unincorporated St. Johns County exempts single-family and two-family homes from its off-street parking paving mandate. LDC Sec. 6.05.02.H.1 requires every other parking or vehicular use area to be paved with asphalt or portland cement, but a house or duplex driveway can stay grass, gravel, or coquina with no Special Use Permit.
St. Johns County Front-Yard Unpaved Parking Rules
Few RestrictionsSt. Johns County Land Development Code § 6.05.02.H.1
H. Parking Area Design Standards 1. Except for Single Family and Two Family Dwellings, non-commercial boat docks and piers Agricultural and Related Uses, and those Uses listed under Section 6.08.42, every off-street Parking Area and Vehicular Use Area shall be surfaced with asphaltic or portland cement binder pavement or an equivalent Improvement, so as to provide a durable and dustless surface...
Commercial & Oversized Vehicles
St. Johns County's Land Development Code bars parking or storing any vehicle over 8,000 pounds net vehicle weight in a residential zoning district, unincorporated county-wide. Dump trucks, semitrailers, truck tractors and school buses are named prohibited vehicles under Section 2.04.02. The only exceptions are normal loading, unloading or the time normally needed to service the vehicle at a dwelling or at a use the district already allows.
St. Johns County Heavy Vehicle Parking Ban
Significant RestrictionsSt. Johns County Land Development Code § 2.04.02
Heavy vehicles which are in excess of eight thousand (8,000) pounds net vehicle weight, and are registered on the basis of gross vehicle weight in accordance with Section 320.01 (10) (11) (12), Florida Statutes, shall not be parked or stored 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...
Loading Zones
St. Johns County requires every industrial, commercial or hotel/motel use in the unincorporated county to build on-site loading berths sized to its square footage, from one berth under 8,000 square feet up to five berths over 100,000. Loading space cannot double as parking or storage.
St. Johns County Off-Street Loading Space Rules
Some RestrictionsSt. Johns County Land Development Code § 6.05.02.K & L
K. Off-Street Loading Space, Required 1. Every Use requiring the receipt or distribution, by Vehicles, of materials and merchandise shall have one or more loading berths or other space for standing, loading and unloading on the same or adjoining premises in accordance with the requirements of the table below ... Loading spaces ... shall not be used for the storage of Vehicles or materials, or t...
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