Avondale, AZ Parking Rules: RV & Boat Parking (2026)
Key Facts
- Front yard storage
- Prohibited citywide
- Side/rear yard surface
- Must be dust-proof
- Screening requirement
- Solid opaque fence or wall
- Screening exemption
- AG, RR-43, RR-18 Districts
- Effective date
- Nov. 1, 2010
Summary
In Avondale's residential zoning districts, recreational vehicles, boats and trailers may not sit in the front yard at all, per zoning ordinance section 28-162(e). They can go in the side or rear yard on a dust-proof surface as long as solid, opaque fencing or walls screen them from the street, unless the lot sits in the AG, RR-43 or RR-18 district.
(e)Within residential zoning districts, recreational vehicles, boats and trailers shall not be stored in the front yard of a lot. Such vehicles, boats and trailers may be stored in the side or rear yard of the lot on a dust proof surface, provided they are screened from street view by solid (opaque) fencing or walls in accordance with article 12 of this ordinance. Solid screening is not required in the AG, RR-43, or RR-18 Districts.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 38 Update 1).
Full Breakdown
Section 28-162(e) of the Avondale Zoning Ordinance governs where residents can keep an RV, boat or trailer. Front-yard storage is banned outright in every residential zoning district. Side- or rear-yard storage is allowed, but the vehicle must sit on a dust-proof surface and be screened from street view by solid, opaque fencing or walls built to article 12's fence and wall standards; that screening requirement drops away only in the AG, RR-43 and RR-18 districts, Avondale's most rural residential zones. The same section, subsection (d), separately limits commercial vehicle parking in residential districts to one vehicle with a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating no greater than 10,000 pounds, except in the AG District, where commercial vehicles and farming equipment tied to an AG-permitted use are allowed.
These general parking standards, adopted under Ordinance No. 2045-1220 and applicable citywide from and after November 1, 2010 per section 28-161(b)(1), apply to every residential property regardless of when it was built, unlike some of the article's other parking-area design rules, which are grandfathered for pre-2010 sites.
Violations & Fines
Code enforcement can cite a property owner for storing a boat, RV or trailer in a required front yard, or for leaving one unscreened in a side or rear yard outside the AG, RR-43 or RR-18 districts, as a zoning ordinance violation. Curing the violation requires moving the vehicle behind the front building line or erecting compliant opaque screening under article 12 before the citation is closed.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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