Farmersville, TX Parking Rules: RV & Boat Parking (2026)

Section 71-167 defines vehicle broadly for this division to include boats, recreational vehicles, trailers, fifth-wheel trailers, campers, camper shells, wheeled towing frames and mobile homes, along with cars, trucks and farm machinery. Section 71-169(a) then bars stopping, standing, storing or parking any such vehicle within the restricted parking area of an improved or unimproved residential single-family or duplex lot. The restricted parking area is defined in Section 71-167 as the open space on the lot that sits outside the driveway, loop driveway, and any attached parking pad, carport or garage that Section 71-168 or an approved site plan allows to be paved.

Subsection (b) gives owners a defense to prosecution: a stored boat, RV or trailer is allowed if it is fully concealed from every public street right-of-way by a solid, opaque screening fence or wall at least six feet tall, by a solid evergreen hedgerow at least six feet tall, or by a combination of the two that achieves full concealment at that height. In practice this means a homeowner can keep a boat or camper in the side or back yard without violating Section 71-169, but not visible on the driveway apron or front lawn, where it sits outside any exception.