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Redlands, CA Parking Rules: Driveway Rules (2026)

Some Restrictions
Compiled from the official code textEditor Martyn O'NeillLast verified September 2026

Key Facts

Front yard paving cap
No more than 25% of required front yard
Camper/trailer storage
Barred from driveway or front yard without permit
Permit needed
Minor exception, §§ 18.168.040-18.168.100
Districts covered
A-1, A-2, R-A, R-E, R-S, R-1, R-1-D
Garage requirement
Two covered spaces per single-family dwelling

Summary

Redlands limits paving in front yards to 25 percent of the required area for driveway access, and bans parking on the rest, which must stay landscaped. Detached campers, trailers, boats and mobilehomes cannot sit in a driveway or front yard unless the resident secures a minor exception permit for a hard-surfaced parking area.

B. All detached truck campers, trailers of any type, including, but not limited to, camping, travel and utility trailers, mobilehomes, boats or other types of watercraft, and similar equipment incapable of movement under its own power shall be parked in an approved parking space or stored in an area screened from the street. No parking or storing is permitted in a driveway or front yard area. ... H. ... No parking is permitted in required landscaped front yard areas. I. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection B of this section, a resident of a residential zoned parcel may park a detached camper, trailer, or watercraft in a designated front yard driveway, or other city approved hard surfaced area in the front yard, of said parcel provided that the resident has obtained a minor exception permit in accordance with sections 18.168.040 through 18.168.100 of this title.

Full Breakdown

100(D), part of the off-street parking chapter, caps driveway paving at not more than twenty-five percent of the required front yard area on each street frontage, requiring the remaining front yard to stay landscaped rather than paved. 130 then governs what can sit on that paved area. Subsection B prohibits parking or storing any detached truck camper, trailer of any type including camping, travel and utility trailers, mobilehome, boat or other watercraft, or similar equipment incapable of movement under its own power, in a driveway or front yard area; such equipment must instead sit in an approved parking space or be screened from the street.

Subsection H separately bars any parking in a required landscaped front yard area. 100, and only if there is no more suitable side or rear yard location, a finding the code allows where compliance would require significant remodeling. 050 reinforces the paving limit: whenever a driveway approach no longer serves a covered parking facility it must be removed and replaced with standard curb and gutter, and any paved front-yard surface no longer providing access to covered parking must be torn out and landscaped. 080.

Violations & Fines

Redlands code enforcement staff can require removal of paving that exceeds the 25 percent front-yard limit, or removal of a camper, trailer, boat or mobilehome improperly stored in a driveway or front yard, and can compel restoration of landscaping under section 18.164.050. A resident who parks such equipment in the front yard without first obtaining the minor exception permit required by section 18.164.130(I) is in violation of the zoning code and subject to the enforcement remedies in Redlands' zoning enforcement chapter, 18.208.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I park my RV or boat trailer on my Redlands driveway?
Not without a permit. Redlands City Code § 18.164.130(B) bars parking a detached camper, trailer, mobilehome or boat in a driveway or front yard unless the resident first gets a minor exception permit under sections 18.168.040 through 18.168.100 for a designated hard-surfaced area.
How much of my front yard can I pave for parking in Redlands?
No more than 25 percent of the required front yard area on each street frontage may be paved for driveway access under section 18.164.100(D); the remainder must stay landscaped.
Can I park on my unpaved front lawn in Redlands?
No. Section 18.164.130(H) prohibits parking in any required landscaped front yard area, and paved surfaces that no longer serve a covered parking space must be removed and replanted under section 18.164.050.

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