Caddo Parish, LA Parking Rules: RV & Boat Parking (2026)

Section 8.10 of the Caddo Parish Unified Development Code governs where an RV, camper, boat, or trailer built to haul one can sit on residential property in the unincorporated parish. Subsection A gives a hard three-day cap on parking any recreational vehicle or its transport trailer in a driveway located in the front yard or a corner side yard. Once that clock runs out, subsection B requires the vehicle to move: either into a fully enclosed structure, or into the interior side yard behind the front building line, or into the rear yard.

Vehicles kept in the interior side or rear yard must sit at least five feet from any lot line and be screened from any public right-of-way, excluding alleys, by a solid fence or wall; existing structures or landscaping that already block the view satisfy this without a separate fence. Temporary storage tents built around an RV are flatly prohibited. Subsection C bars using any recreational vehicle for living, sleeping, or housekeeping in any zoning district, and forbids hooking one up to public utilities such as water or sewer, so an RV cannot double as a guest house or rental unit.

Subsection D requires every stored RV to be kept in mobile condition; a unit parked or stored, loaded or not, in a way that lets it tip or roll is treated as a dangerous and unsafe condition regardless of where it sits on the lot. Article 19 places enforcement of the whole Unified Development Code, including Section 8.10, with the Zoning Administrator, who can issue a written compliance order to the property owner or the person responsible for the violation.