Jacksonville Beach, FL Parking Rules: Driveway Rules (2026)

The front-of-lot parking rule is in § 34-728(b), headed Within the setback area from a street right-of-way. It bars specified vehicles from being parked or stored, in whole or part, within the required setback area from a street right-of-way or approved private street easement on residentially zoned property or residentially used property in an RD or PUD district. The words in whole or part matter: a trailer with its tongue or rear overhanging into the setback is covered the same as one parked entirely inside it.

The listed items are no more than two (2) boats per residential lot; any boat which measures in excess of twenty (20) feet in length; any hauling trailer, except trailers mounted with boats twenty (20) feet or less in length; and travel trailers, motor homes and camping trailers. Items (5) and (6) add semi-trailer trucks or cabs and commercial vehicles over the 20 foot, 7 foot width and 7 foot height size test. On a double frontage lot, § 34-723(b) requires the front yard on each street, so the setback rule applies along both.

A trailer or camper parked there cannot be occupied, except for repair or maintenance, which includes electrical, water, sewer or telephone connections. Major repairs are barred and only minor repairs of up to 48 hours are allowed. An owner who wants temporary occupancy needs a city permit from the planning and development department, issued for no more than thirty (30) consecutive calendar days and no more than thirty (30) calendar days a calendar year for the same property, and only where active permitted construction is taking place at the occupied residence.

Subsection (g)(3) removes the grandfathering argument: parking of vehicles, boats and trailers on these properties is subject to the restrictions regardless of the date such parking commenced and is not an allowable nonconforming use under section 34-1101.