City Code prohibits parking a recreational vehicle on any public right-of-way (street, alley, or roadway) longer than the time needed to load or unload, citywide; violators face tickets and impoundment. On private residential property, RVs and boats must be stored in a side or rear yard or on a driveway set back at least ten feet from the sidewalk, on an improved surface.
Under City Code section 10.25.101 and 10.25.102, as amended by Ordinance No. 18-131 (adopted March 2019), it is a parking offense to park a recreational vehicle 'on a public right of way ... for a period of time greater than that necessary for the expeditious loading and unloading of passengers or property,' and Ordinance 18-131 extended that ban from residential areas to 'any street or highway, alley, public roadway, or other public right of way' across the entire City. City Code section 10.1.202 defines a 'Recreational Vehicle' to include camping trailers, fifth-wheel trailers, motor homes, travel trailers, truck campers, watercraft and snowmobiles, so boats on trailers fall within the rule. On private property, City Code section 9.6.504(G) requires RVs and similar vehicles in residential zones to be parked or stored in the side or rear yard, or on a driveway at least ten feet back from the inside of the sidewalk, on an improved surface of concrete, asphalt, or gravel. Front-yard driveway storage is allowed only if the side or rear yard cannot accommodate the vehicle or access to it, and where more than one is stored in the side or rear yard, all but one must be screened by a six-foot opaque screen.
RV right-of-way violations are cited under 10.25.102 as Illegal Parking - Recreational Vehicle (10.25.102(A)(12)); the Municipal Court payable schedule is $75 (1st), $100 (2nd), $125 (3rd), with the 4th offense non-payable and a fine not to exceed $500; the vehicle may also be impounded. Private-property storage violations under 9.6.504(G) carry fines up to $100.
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