Gilbert, AZ Parking Rules: RV & Boat Parking (2026)

5(A) of the Gilbert Land Development Code governs parking on single family residential lots. 8 specifically addresses recreational vehicles, boats and trailers: they cannot be parked in the front or side setback area if that spot is visible from the street, and even when parked legally they may not block access to a required residential parking stall, carport or garage. The code does allow one additional uncovered parking space to be built beside a driveway, carport or garage, and an RV, boat or trailer parked there is treated as compliant.

That additional space must sit on the side of the driveway closest to the property line (never abutting a side street on a corner lot), can encroach into the side building setback except in a corner-lot side-street setback, must measure at least nine feet by 19 feet, cannot block access to the parked vehicle in a way that encroaches on a neighboring property, cannot obstruct a sidewalk, must be reached by a curb cut, rolled curb or driveway, and must be surfaced in asphalt, concrete, pavers, decomposed granite or gravel (or two parallel strips of those materials with landscaped ground cover between them).

9, folds in the town's inoperable-vehicle standard by cross-reference: any inoperable motor vehicle on the lot must also satisfy Chapter 42, Article 8 of the Gilbert Municipal Code. 5 with its own weight, setback and screening conditions, so the rules are not interchangeable between vehicle types.