Grand Forks, ND Parking Rules: RV & Boat Parking (2026)

Section 16-0506, in Article 5, Driveways, is the operative rule for a trailer, camper, or boat trailer sitting on a residential driveway, since § 16-0506(4) ties the section's terms and vehicle back to the broad definitions in § 8-0101, which covers trailers generally rather than singling out recreational vehicles. The section works in three parts. First, any permitted driveway must lead to an area on the property big enough to hold the vehicles using it, whether that is an open parking pad or an enclosed garage.

Second, no vehicle or trailer may stand or park in the street itself in a way that blocks ingress or egress from the driveway. Third, and most relevant to an RV or boat on a trailer parked at home, no vehicle or trailer parked in the driveway or the area it serves may extend beyond the curbline into the street or extend over the sidewalk. That means a boat or camper can sit in a driveway as long as it stays clear of the sidewalk and does not creep past the curb into the street; the code does not separately restrict how long it can stay there or require it to be screened from view.

The driveway itself is regulated up front by § 16-0505, which caps residential driveway width at thirty feet at the sidewalk line, thirty-eight feet at the curbline, and requires Portland cement concrete construction, with the city engineer able to grant a width variance for demonstrated special circumstances. Any driveway built without the required permit under § 16-0504, or later found nonconforming under § 16-0508, must be brought into compliance at the property owner's expense within sixty days of notice from the city engineer, or the city can close it and restore the curb and berm, assessing that cost to the property.