10 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Washoe County, Nevada.
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Registered RVs, campers, boats and personal watercraft are exempt from the outdoor-storage nuisance rule and may be kept on your residential parcel. An RV may only be lived in temporarily during construction (with a permit) or to care for an infirm resident; general use as a dwelling is not allowed.
WCC 110.306.35(d)(4)
The following exceptions to the outdoor storage provisions of this section shall be allowed: ... (4) Registered recreational vehicles and campers and items typically associated with and used for personal outdoor recreation. Examples of recreational vehicles and items include, but are not limited to, motorized campers, fifth wheel campers and camper trailers, boats and personal watercraft, and m...
Washoe County's Development Code does not set a blanket rule against parking passenger vehicles in a residential driveway, but items left outside more than 72 hours are 'outdoor storage,' and inoperable or unregistered vehicles kept in public view are treated as a nuisance that must be removed or screened. Registered
WCC 110.306.35(a)
Outdoor storage, as defined in Section 110.902.15 and as further regulated in the Washoe County Nuisance Code (WCC Sections 50.300 to 50.310, inclusive), is the outside placement of items and materials that are incidental to the existing principal use of the property, except as provided for herein under subsection (d), for a period of more than seventy-two (72) consecutive hours.
No storage of commercial vehicles is allowed on any residentially zoned parcel in unincorporated Washoe County. A commercial vehicle is broadly defined (any vehicle for business/construction, more than two axles, or over 8,000 lbs unladen). Limited exceptions cover one home-business delivery vehicle, a limousine, a home-business utility trailer, and construction
WCC 110.306.35(c)
No storage of commercial vehicles shall be allowed on any residentially zoned parcel, unless specifically regulated in another section of this code. (1) Commercial Vehicles Defined. A commercial vehicle is defined as any vehicle designed, maintained or used for business, commercial, construction or industrial purposes... or having more than two axles on the road; or, any vehicle in excess of ei...
On highways under county jurisdiction, the Board of County Commissioners may post signs prohibiting or restricting stopping, standing and parking where it is dangerous or would interfere with traffic, and parking against those posted restrictions is unlawful. Angle parking that extends into the traveled roadway is also prohibited without a
WCC 70.410
The board of county commissioners with respect to highways under its jurisdiction may place official traffic-control devices prohibiting or restricting the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles on any highway where, in its opinion, such stopping, standing or parking is dangerous to those using the highway... It is unlawful for any person to stop, stand or park any vehicle in violation of th...
Washoe County has no blanket overnight on-street parking ban countywide, but during a declared red winter enforcement period it is unlawful to stop, park or leave a vehicle standing on any public road or right-of-way within a designated snow area. Posted county restrictions and the RV-occupancy limits also apply overnight.
WCC 70.425(1)
It is unlawful during a red designated winter enforcement period, for any person operating or in charge of a vehicle to stop, park or leave standing, whether attended or unattended, such vehicle upon any public highway, road, street, pedestrian path, or bike path, including any portion of the right-of-way thereof, within any designated snow area as provided in this chapter, except when necessar...
Washoe County has no dedicated EV-charging parking ordinance in its Development Code for residential unincorporated areas; a home Level 2 charger is an electrical installation requiring a building/electrical permit and inspection under the adopted electrical code (WCC Chapter 100). Nevada state programs, not county code, govern public charging stalls.
Under Nevada law it is unlawful to abandon a vehicle on any public road or on public/private property without the owner's consent. A vehicle on private property becomes 'abandoned' if not reclaimed within 15 days after notice. In unincorporated Washoe County the Sheriff tags suspected abandoned vehicles with a 72-hour
NRS 487.281
1. A person shall not abandon a vehicle upon any public highway or road. 2. A person shall not abandon a vehicle upon public or private property without the express or implied consent of the owner or person in lawful possession or control of the property.
Only the county may lawfully place curb markings and parking signs. It is unlawful for a private person to place, alter, or interfere with any official traffic-control device or marking on a county highway, and every unauthorized sign or marking is declared a public nuisance the county may remove without
WCC Chapter 70 (traffic-control devices)
...no person shall place or maintain nor shall the board of county commissioners permit upon any highway any sign, signal or marking bearing thereon any commercial advertising. Every such prohibited sign, signal or marking is hereby declared to be a public nuisance, and the board of county commissioners may remove it or cause it to be removed without notice.
Washoe County distinguishes 'parking' from temporary standing while loading or unloading. Vehicles otherwise too heavy to park in a residence district may still stop while actively loading or unloading merchandise, and the Board of County Commissioners can post loading and no-parking restrictions on county highways that are enforceable as posted.
WCC 70.085
"Park" or "parking" means the standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading of merchandise or passengers.
No person may park a vehicle over 8,000 pounds unladen weight in any residence district street except while actively loading/unloading or performing service, repair or construction in the immediate area. Oversized commercial vehicles are also barred from being stored on residentially zoned parcels.
WCC 70.545
No person shall stand or park a vehicle in excess of 8,000 pounds unladen weight in any residence district except when actually and expeditiously engaged in the loading or unloading of merchandise or when such vehicle is being used in conjunction with the performance of service, repair, construction or similar essential use within the immediate area.
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