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

The Fort Myers Land Development Code permits a boat trailer or recreational vehicle to be parked or stored in the side or rear yard of the owner's residence or place of business, so long as it is not used for sleeping purposes or for anything else the code prohibits. This sits alongside the city's general residential parking rule (Code of Ordinances § 86-69), which confines all vehicle parking and storage on single-family lots to the driveway or a permitted improved parking surface, and § 86-65's separate limit on indefinite storage of an unregistered vehicle or vessel. Together they push RVs and boat trailers off the street and into an approved yard or driveway location rather than open storage anywhere on the lot.