Elko County, NV Parking Rules: RV & Boat Parking (2026)

Elko County Code § 4-2-5(C)2 is the operative rule for the AR-CRD-1 district, and § 4-2-6(C)2 repeats the same wording for AR-CRD-2. Both are rural large-parcel zones in unincorporated Elko County, Nevada. AR-CRD-1 parcels run between two and one-half (2.5) and five (5.0) acres with a minimum width of three hundred feet (300'), and AR-CRD-2 parcels run between five (5) and ten (10.0) acres with a minimum width of four hundred feet (400').

The ownership test is strict. A camper, boat or recreational vehicle qualifies for storage only if the property owner both owns it and holds its license, so a neighbor's boat or a relative's trailer cannot sit anywhere on the lot. Storage also has to respect the district yards. In both districts the printed yards are fifty feet (50') in front, thirty feet (30') in the rear and twenty feet (20') on the side, and no structure sits closer than fifty feet (50') to the right of way of any state, county or federal highway. Subsection (H) of each section adds that all vehicles must be parked off the street.

The denser residential districts use different wording. Under § 4-3-2(C)2 in the R1 district, not more than one mobile home or sports camper shall be stored on any lot, and no vehicle so stored shall be occupied or be stored in the open except in an area where accessory buildings are permitted. The R2 district (§ 4-3-3(C)) and the R3 conservation reserve district (§ 4-3-4(C)) both adopt the R1 accessory-use rules.

Enforcement runs through § 4-9-13. The code enforcement officer for the division of planning and zoning can give an oral or written warning, serve a written citation, and ask the owner to correct the problem. The listed corrective actions include removal of personal property such as vehicles and ending the use of a camp trailer as an unauthorized dwelling.