Inyo County's adopted on-street rule targets tall vehicles (seven feet or more, including any load) near Highway 395 intersections in Lone Pine rather than RVs by name. Most RV, trailer and boat parking on county roads otherwise falls under the California Vehicle Code and county zoning for private property.
Inyo County does not have a county-wide on-street RV or boat-parking time limit comparable to larger jurisdictions. The county's main height-based rule is in Title 10, Chapter 10.36 (Stopping, Standing and Parking) and was adopted in 2017 after complaints about a long-term Airstream vendor on Whitney Portal Road. Per news reporting on the Board of Supervisors' action, in Lone Pine 'vehicles seven feet or more in height can't park within 100 feet of' the designated intersections of East/West Post Streets, Whitney Portal Road, or East/West Willow Streets with Highway 395 'between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m.,' and other vehicles may not park there more than four hours in the same window. The restriction applies only to county rights-of-way, not Highway 395 itself. Many travel trailers, fifth-wheels and boat trailers exceed seven feet in height and are therefore captured at those locations. Elsewhere, parking a trailer, RV or boat on a county road is governed by the California Vehicle Code (including the CVC 22651(k) 72-hour rule). Storing or living in an RV on private land in the unincorporated county is regulated by the Title 18 zoning ordinance and the Title 22 nuisance/code-enforcement provisions, not by Chapter 10.36.
A vehicle parked in violation of the Chapter 10.36 height/time restriction is subject to removal pursuant to California Vehicle Code Section 22651(k) or a successor statute. Inoperable RVs or trailers stored on private property may be abated as a public nuisance under Title 22 or Chapter 10.64.
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