Recreational vehicles, boats and trailers may only be stored on private residential property if fully enclosed in a legal structure or kept in a side or rear yard behind a solid wall or fence 5 to 6 feet high, and they may not be lived in while parked. On the public street, RVs, motorhomes, trailers and boats must be moved 1,000 feet every 24 hours or they are deemed abandoned.
Fresno regulates recreational vehicles, boats and trailers both as on-street parking (Chapter 14) and as residential property storage (Citywide Development Code, Chapter 15, Article 24 - Parking and Loading). The city's Code Enforcement guidance states that RVs may be parked on private property only if they are enclosed within a legal structure, or are within a side or rear yard enclosed by a solid wall or fence between 5 feet and 6 feet in height, and are not lived in while parked. For the public street, the Parking Division states that using the street to park recreational vehicles such as motorhomes, trailers, or boats requires that these vehicles move one thousand feet every 24 hours or they are considered abandoned. Questions about private-property RV storage go to Code Enforcement at (559) 621-8400; street-storage questions go to the Streets Division at (559) 621-2085.
An RV, boat or trailer stored in a front yard, on dirt or landscaping, or used as a dwelling is a code-enforcement violation handled by Code Enforcement at (559) 621-8400 and may be tagged and abated. On the street, a recreational vehicle that fails to move 1,000 feet every 24 hours is treated as abandoned and may be tagged and towed; the city recommends private storage facilities to avoid towing.
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