Grand Prairie, TX Parking Rules: RV & Boat Parking (2026)

Section 25-57(c) of the Grand Prairie Code of Ordinances makes it unlawful to stop, park or stand a recreational vehicle or personal trailer on a public street, alley, parkway or boulevard within or adjacent to a residentially zoned area. The section defines 'recreational vehicle' broadly: any vehicular portable structure built for temporary or short-term travel, recreational or vacation occupancy, including vacation travel trailers, converted buses and tent trailers. 'Personal trailer' is defined just as broadly, covering any wheeled device hauled by a personal motor vehicle, expressly naming horse trailers, dog trailers, car trailers, motorcycle trailers, boat trailers and more.

Two narrow windows soften the ban. First, a recreational vehicle owned by an out-of-town guest of a residential property owner may sit on the street next to that property for up to 24 hours, as long as it does not block the regular two-way flow of traffic. Second, a personal trailer may be parked on the street in front of a residence for up to two hours to allow loading and preparing the trailer and whatever it carries. Neither window applies to a resident's own RV parked long-term in front of their own house; that use has no exception under this section and is barred outright.

The rule was adopted by Ord. No. 5730, § 11, on February 4, 1997. Like the truck-parking rule in the same section, enforcement runs through Chapter 25's administrative adjudication system rather than criminal court, and the underlying residential-zone boundaries are set by the city's Unified Development Code, a separate instrument not included in this file.