Federal Way, WA Parking Rules: RV & Boat Parking (2026)

260, a residentially zoned lot may keep no more than one recreational vehicle, one utility trailer, and one boat stored outside a fully enclosed structure at a time (subsection (3)). The RV, trailer or boat must not intrude into the right-of-way or block sight visibility from driveways or street intersections (subsection (1)), and it cannot sit in the front yard unless topography or another physical condition leaves no reasonable side- or rear-yard access (subsection (2)). It must be currently licensed and operable (subsection (5)), and it has to be owned by, or in the case of an RV occupied by, a resident or owner of the property (subsection (6)).

290, which otherwise caps occupancy at 14 days in any 180-day period. The section makes a standing exception for temporary loading and unloading, allowed regardless of the other placement rules. 290 separately lets the community development director approve up to 12 months of RV occupancy, extendable once, when a resident's house is unsafe after a fire, earthquake or similar disaster or is mid-remodel under an active building permit; that RV cannot sit in a side or rear setback and cannot run a generator. The rule was last amended by Ordinance No. 24-991, adopted September 17, 2024, replacing the 2009 version, and traces to Code 2001 section 22-1177.