Aliso Viejo, CA Parking Rules: Driveway Rules (2026)

The front-yard rule in the City of Aliso Viejo is written as a nuisance definition. Section 8.24.010(E)(1) lists trailers, campers, boats or motor vehicles present on vacant property or in front yard areas of developed lots other than driveways. The driveway is the exception: a boat or camper on the driveway is outside this item, while the same boat on the lawn or planter strip of the front yard is inside it. The text covers motor vehicles as well, not only recreational ones.

Item E(2) widens the rule to every part of a lot. Inoperative, abandoned, wrecked or dismantled vehicles are a nuisance on any property, with one exception: vehicles or parts of vehicles completely enclosed within a building. The code borrows the definition of vehicle from California Vehicle Code Section 670.

Item E(3) covers broken or discarded furniture and household equipment, such as stoves, refrigerators and water heaters, stored on vacant property or in front yards or side yards visible from a public street on developed lots for more than seven calendar days.

The street is governed by a separate section. AVMC 9.04.050 bars camping or lodging in a vehicle on any city street, bars repair or mechanical work on a vehicle, trailer, camp car or recreational vehicle on any city street except a tire repair or emergency repair to move it, and bars leaving a detached trailer, nonmotorized vehicle or camper on a public street for more than two hours for loading or unloading. A trailer counts as detached if safety chains or power cords are disconnected or the ball latch is not securely fastened.

Section 8.24.020 places responsibility on any person who owns, leases or otherwise controls the property, with punishment under Chapter 1.06. Section 9.04.070 separately authorizes removal of a vehicle parked or left standing for 72 or more consecutive hours.