Galveston County cannot zone, so RV/boat parking is set by your city. In the City of Galveston, motor homes, campers, trailers and boats may not sit on residential property unless screened in a side or rear yard. Unincorporated areas (Bolivar, Bacliff, San Leon) have no zoning limit.
Texas counties have no general zoning power, so Galveston County sets no RV or boat parking rule on unincorporated land. Inside the City of Galveston, Code sec. 34-119 makes it an offense to park a motor vehicle, camper, trailer, motor home or boat on residential property unless it is on a maintained side or rear yard, screened from public view by fencing or landscaping approved by planning staff. Properties west of 103rd Street are exempt from the screening rule. League City and Texas City set their own limits through their unified development codes.
In the City of Galveston a sec. 34-119 violation is a Class C misdemeanor prosecuted in municipal court, with fines up to $500 per day and abatement of the screening violation.
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