Davis, CA Parking Rules: RV & Boat Parking (2026)

312 of the Davis Municipal Code, titled 'Recreational vehicles used as dwellings,' addresses a specific problem: people living inside a camper, camp trailer, tent trailer, or motorhome rather than parking it as a vehicle. The section prohibits using any of these vehicle types 'for living or sleeping purposes for more than seven consecutive days,' whether the vehicle sits on a public street or on private property, such as a driveway or side yard. The only exemption is for a vehicle in a lawfully operated mobile home park, travel trailer park, or campground, where overnight and extended stays are the licensed use of the site.

This section does not regulate simply parking or storing an unoccupied RV, boat, or trailer, which falls under the city's separate off-street parking and vehicle storage rules; it targets occupancy, the act of sleeping or living in the vehicle, once that occupancy exceeds a week. 010, and separately requires that a mobile home or trailer's wheels not be removed except for repairs, so the unit stays capable of being moved. Read together, the two sections make clear that Davis treats an RV as a vehicle, not a permanent residence, unless it sits in a properly licensed park.