Placer County, CA Parking Rules: RV & Boat Parking (2026)

Placer County Code Chapter 10, Article 10.12 (Parking) governs on-street parking in the unincorporated county, but it does not single out recreational vehicles or boats with their own time limit. Instead, a parked RV, camper, boat, or boat trailer left in the right-of-way of a county highway is covered by the general 72-hour rule: no person may park or store a vehicle in the right-of-way of any county highway for more than a consecutive period of 72 hours, after which it can be cited and removed. In the eastern Tahoe Basin (east of Emigrant Gap, including Tahoe City, Kings Beach, Olympic Valley, and Alpine Meadows), an RV or boat trailer left on a county roadway between November 1 and May 1 also violates the snow-area parking ban and can be ticketed or towed to allow snow removal. For storage on private residential property, Placer County's Zoning Ordinance (Chapter 17, Article 17.54) sets driveway, parking-area, and setback standards rather than an RV-specific screening rule, so placement should be confirmed with the Community Development Resource Agency (CDRA). Because no RV-specific fine is published in the county code, residents should treat the 72-hour right-of-way limit and, in Tahoe, the winter ban as the operative on-street rules.