Coconut Creek, FL Parking Rules: RV & Boat Parking (2026)
Key Facts
- Motorhome, camper, boat size limit
- Prohibited if over 8 feet wide, 22 feet long or 10 feet tall
- Utility trailer and off-road limit
- Prohibited if over 8 feet wide, 22 feet long or 8 feet tall
- Screened carport exception
- Carport screened on three sides, meeting Chapter 13 setbacks
- Side yard
- Five feet behind front setback, five-foot opaque screening
- Front of home
- Temporary parking, four hours before or after use
- Trailer length allowance
- Trailer can exceed the vehicle length by 25 percent
Summary
In the City of Coconut Creek, Florida, parking a boat, utility trailer, mobile home, camper or other recreational vehicle in a residentially zoned area is unlawful unless § 19-37 allows it. Recreational vehicles taller than 10 feet, or wider than 8 feet or longer than 22 feet, are prohibited outright unless kept in a screened carport.
It shall be unlawful for any person to park or cause to be parked any automobile, van, boat, horse or utility trailer, mobile home, house trailer, pickup truck, or slide-in truck camper in any residentially zoned areas within the city. ... c.Recreational vehicle shall mean any vehicle listed below and which may be further defined by reference to the Florida Statutes as a: ... f.1.All passenger, commercial and recreational vehicles, as enumerated in (c)6.—10., wider than eight (8) feet, longer than twenty-two (22) feet, or taller than eight (8) feet, are prohibited from parking in any residentially zoned district.2.All recreational vehicles, as enumerated in (c) 1.—5., wider than eight (8) feet, longer than twenty-two (22) feet or taller than ten (10) feet are prohibited from parking in any residentially zoned district. ... Recreational vehicles shall be permitted to ... be temporarily parked in the front of single-family homes for a time period not to exceed four (4) hours prior to or after the recreational vehicles have been used by the resident.
Full Breakdown
Section 19-37 of the Coconut Creek Code of Ordinances opens by making it unlawful to park an automobile, van, boat, horse or utility trailer, mobile home, house trailer, pickup truck or slide-in truck camper in residentially zoned areas of the city, then permits parking only as the section sets out. It defines recreational vehicle to include a mobile home, travel trailer, camper trailer, motorcoach or motorhome, boat and boat trailer, personal utility trailer not tied to a commercial use, ultralight aircraft, airboat, horse trailer and off-road vehicle.
Size caps are numbered. Under § 19-37(2)(f), the mobile home, travel trailer, camper trailer, motorhome and boat and boat trailer group is prohibited from any residentially zoned district if wider than 8 feet, longer than 22 feet or taller than 10 feet. The personal utility trailer, ultralight, airboat, horse trailer and off-road vehicle group is prohibited if wider than 8 feet, longer than 22 feet or taller than 8 feet. An oversized vehicle from the first group is still permitted if parked entirely within a carport screened on three sides that meets the minimum structural setbacks in Chapter 13. Width is measured on the permanent sides, length bumper to bumper, height from level grade to the highest permanent point, and a trailer carrying a recreational vehicle can exceed its length by up to 25 percent.
Within RS-3, RS-4, RC-5, RC-8 and the matching PUD and MH-1 areas, a recreational vehicle can be parked entirely in a garage or carport, or in the side yard at least five feet behind the front building setback line and one foot from side property lines. It must be opaquely screened on three sides by a wall, fence or hedge at least five feet high, or six feet in a street side yard. Recreational vehicles can be parked temporarily in front of a single-family home for no more than four hours before or after the resident uses them. In A-1 and RS-1, all vehicles are allowed on areas that meet required yard setbacks regardless of height, width or length. In multi-family districts, they belong in paved, screened areas fixed by the approved site plan.
Repairs involving removal of the motor, drive train, brake drum or axles must be done in a residential garage, carport or licensed place of business. Enforcement follows Chapter 2, with fines under the schedule in § 1-8.
Violations & Fines
Section 19-37(5) routes enforcement through Chapter 2 of the Code of Ordinances (code compliance), and fines follow the § 1-8 schedule. Parking a boat or trailer in the front yard past the four-hour loading window, or a recreational vehicle above the size limits outside a screened carport, violates § 19-37(2). Every vehicle must also hold a current license and registration and be in mechanical working order.
Frequently Asked Questions
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