Burien, WA Parking Rules: RV & Boat Parking (2026)

BMC 10.15.060 is the street-parking section in the City of Burien, King County, Washington, that names recreational vehicles. It bars any vehicle exceeding 90 inches in width, measured from the widest points, from parking on a public street right-of-way or alley, and lists trucks, tractor-trailers, vans and tractors as examples. Recreational vehicles are excluded from that width ban, along with government and public vehicles used for official purposes, emergency vehicles, undisputable emergencies and standing during short-term deliveries. The exemption is narrow. BMC 10.15.080 bars any vehicle from staying on a street or public street right-of-way for a period exceeding 24 hours, regardless of any other regulation, and a vehicle left longer is deemed a hazard, obstruction or abandoned vehicle that can be impounded.

Moving a vehicle a minimal distance does not reset the clock: minimal distance means at least 30 feet between the closest bumper positions. Enforcement can be by ticket, towing, booting or any other lawful method. BMC 10.15.100 adds that no one can park on a roadway, public street right-of-way or public property for the principal purpose of camping as defined by BMC 9.85.150, displaying the vehicle for sale, or washing, greasing or repairing it. On a private lot, Chapter 10.11 BMC caps motor vehicles at four per residential lot, each currently licensed and operable, and says it does not address zoning parking requirements, which sit in Chapter 19.20 BMC.

Chapter 10.11 does not mention boats or trailers. BMC 8.45.020(5)(c)(iv) separately classes a wrecked, inoperable, abandoned or disassembled trailer, house trailer or boat as a junk vehicle nuisance.