Lake County, CA Parking Rules: Oversized Vehicle Parking (2026)

For oversized vehicles such as large RVs, trailers, and trucks, unincorporated Lake County relies on the California Vehicle Code and posted weight or size limits for on-road regulation rather than a distinct local oversized-vehicle code. State law allows local authorities to set and post weight and parking restrictions (e.g., Veh. Code 22507), and any vehicle left on a county road for 72 or more consecutive hours is removable under Veh. Code 22651(k) and County Code Sec. 13-31. On private property, the Zoning Ordinance addresses large vehicles through parking standards: a required recreational-vehicle parking space must be at least 10 feet wide by 20 feet long when in a parking lot, or provide a minimum of 325 square feet per space in a separate storage lot that is fenced and screened by solid fencing or landscaping (Sec. 46.11(h)). Where an off-street loading space is required, each loading space must be at least 35 feet long, 12 feet wide, with 14 feet of overhead clearance (Sec. 46.17(c)). The county's vehicle-removal code applies its broad "vehicle" definition (Sec. 13-28.1.a) to large vehicles, so an abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or inoperable oversized vehicle on private property is a public nuisance (Sec. 13-3.1.e(13)) subject to abatement; storing it enclosed in a building or behind a six-foot solid fence out of view is exempt (Sec. 13-29.1).