Parking Rules in St. Joseph County, IN (2026)
6 rules for unincorporated St. Joseph County, Indiana.
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RV & Boat Parking
St. Joseph County limits where a stored recreational vehicle, trailer or mobile home can sit on residential and agricultural lots and caps a visiting guest's RV stay at 72 hours in any 30-day period. Zoning ordinance § 154.079 requires the vehicle to belong to the resident, be screened or set back, and never be used as a dwelling.
St. Joseph County RV and Trailer Parking Rules
Some RestrictionsSt. Joseph County, Ind., Zoning Ordinance § 154.079(C)-(D)
(C)Recreational vehicles shall be subject to the following development standards:(1)Stored on real estate occupied by the owner of the trailer;(2)Shall be located:(a)Inside a permanent fully enclosed structure;(b)Behind the front building line; or(c)Between the front building line and minimum front yard, screened from view from the right-of-way with type 2: full screening landscaping as defined...
Driveway Rules
St. Joseph County requires every off-street parking area and connecting driveway to be hard surfaced with asphalt, concrete, pervious pavement, pavers or an equivalent dust-free material meeting the county engineer's specifications, under Zoning Ordinance § 154.419(B). Individual single-family and two-family dwellings, and agricultural uses, are exempt from the hard-surface mandate.
St. Joseph County Driveway Surface Requirements
Some RestrictionsSt. Joseph County, IN Zoning Ordinance § 154.419(B)
(B)Surface materials. Except for agricultural uses or individual single family dwellings, all required off-street parking areas and any driveway, interior access driveway or interior access drive to and from such off-street parking areas shall be hard surfaced with asphalt, concrete, pervious pavement, pavers or other material to provide a durable, dust-free surface, which meets or exceeds the ...
Commercial & Oversized Vehicles
St. Joseph County bars parking any tractor, tow truck, dump truck, flatbed, semitrailer or similar vehicle of one and one-half tons or more, or with a bed longer than eight feet, in a residential district. Zoning ordinance § 154.074(1)(d) carves out only school buses and vehicles used for the owner's personal commute to work.
St. Joseph County Large Vehicle Parking Ban
Significant RestrictionsSt. Joseph County, Ind., Zoning Ordinance § 154.074(1)(d)
(d)Large vehicles.1.No tractor, trailer, tractor-trailer combination or vehicle (including but not limited to a tow truck, dump truck, flatbed truck, semitrailer and the like) equal to or in excess of one and one-half tons capacity, or which has a bed more than eight feet long, may be parked upon any land or premises in any residential district. However, the foregoing shall not apply to:a.Schoo...
Street Parking Limits
In unincorporated St. Joseph County it is illegal to park or stop on the traveled portion of any road except for traffic control, an officer's direction, a turn in progress or an emergency. Roadside parking is barred too, unless the road is at least 26 feet wide in a residential area, and only after a no-parking sign is posted.
St. Joseph County Street Parking Restrictions
Some RestrictionsSt. Joseph County, Ind., Code of Ordinances §§ 71.01, 71.02
No person shall park or stop a motor vehicle on the traveled portion of any roadway or highway except in compliance with a traffic-control device, or in compliance with the instructions of a law enforcement officer, or in preparation of turning his or her motor vehicle off the traveled portion of the highway or onto another highway, or in case of emergency. ... No person shall park a vehicle on...
Abandoned Vehicles
Under Indiana Code 9-13-2-1 a vehicle is abandoned once it sits on public property for 24 hours, blocks traffic, or remains on private property without the owner's consent for more than 48 hours, after which it may be towed.
St. Joseph County Abandoned Vehicle Ordinance
Some RestrictionsInd. Code § 9-13-2-1
"Abandoned vehicle" means the following: (1) A vehicle located on public property illegally. (2) A vehicle left on public property without being moved for twenty-four (24) hours. (3) A vehicle located on public property in such a manner as to constitute a hazard or obstruction to the movement of pedestrian or vehicular traffic on a public right-of-way. (4) A vehicle that has remained on private...
Loading Zones
St. Joseph County requires every commercial, mixed-use or industrial development needing an improvement location permit to provide off-street loading spaces at least 12 feet wide by 60 feet long with 14 feet of vertical clearance, opening onto a 35-foot aisle with 105 feet of total maneuvering room, under Zoning Ordinance § 154.437(B).
St. Joseph County Off-Street Loading Space Rules
Some RestrictionsSt. Joseph County, IN Zoning Ordinance § 154.437(B)
(B)The following standards shall apply to the design of off-street loading areas.(1)Loading space dimensions. A required or excess off-street loading space shall be at least 12 feet in width by at least 60 feet in length, exclusive of aisle and maneuvering space, and shall have a vertical clearance of at least 14 feet.(2)Minimum aisle width. Each required off-street loading space shall open dir...
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