Fort Lauderdale, FL Parking Rules: RV & Boat Parking (2026)

Two codes govern recreational vehicles and boats. Code of Ordinances Section 26-131 ('House trailers, buses, recreational vehicles and truck tractors-In beach area'), as amended by Ordinance C-14-50, prohibits parking any house trailer, bus, recreational vehicle unit, or truck tractor (with or without a trailer) in any public place within the defined 'beach area' (bounded by the Atlantic Ocean, Intracoastal Waterway, the city's northern limit, and Port Everglades Inlet), except in city-posted authorized parking areas. A 'recreational vehicle unit' means any vehicle designed or primarily used for recreational, camping, or travel use as temporary living or sleeping quarters; ordinary vans and pickups are excluded unless equipped for living/sleeping. For private property, the Unified Land Development Regulations (ULDR) sec. 47-34.4 prohibit parking or storing recreational vehicles, boats, boats on trailers, and boat trailers on residentially zoned property between 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. unless inside an enclosed garage/carport or screened from view by landscaping or fencing, and it caps such vehicles at 35 feet on RS-4.4 zoned lots. Section 26-131.1 separately limits boat-trailer length at the Cox's Landing 15th Street Boat Launch.