Charlotte County code requires boats, RVs, and trailers on a residential lot to sit behind the leading edge of the home or on a paved driveway, not in the street right-of-way or on vacant lots. Port Charlotte deed restrictions often go further.
Under county zoning section 3-9-79.1, boats, recreational vehicles, and trailers on private developed residential property must be parked behind the leading edge of the principal building or within a paved driveway, without encroaching a property line. They cannot be used for living, sleeping, or business, and must be operable, licensed, and registered. Storing a boat, RV, or trailer on any public right-of-way or vacant lot is prohibited, and tandem-axle or dual-rear-wheel trucks and trailers are barred in residential districts. In this canal-boating county, trailered boats fill driveways across Punta Gorda Isles, Burnt Store Isles, and South Gulf Cove, and platted Port Charlotte deed restrictions can prohibit visible storage entirely.
A parking or storage violation brings a county code-compliance notice with a cure period, then daily fines under Florida's code-enforcement law, on top of any private deed-restriction enforcement.
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