Indio, CA Parking Rules: RV & Boat Parking (2026)
Key Facts
- General rule
- No trailer outside a trailer camp
- Yard exception
- Side or rear yard only, unoccupied
- Enclosed option
- Fully enclosed building, any time
- Citation
- Indio Municipal Code §§ 157.60, 157.61
Summary
Indio bars keeping a trailer, camp car, or boat trailer on private land outside an authorized trailer camp, unless it's stored, unoccupied, only in a side or rear yard or fully enclosed building.
Storage. In the case of a trailer stored on any premises and not used for sleeping or living purposes, and further provided that such trailer is stored only in the side yard or rear yard as defined by the zoning regulations in the Unified Development Code, or within a completely enclosed building and that no portion of the trailer is closer to the adjoining street than the immediately adjacent part of the building.
(C) Property owners, and the like in certain zones. An owner, or occupant, or occupants of a lot in the R-1, R-2, R-3 or R-P zones of the city may allow not more than one auto house trailer to be placed, kept and maintained on such lot under the following terms and conditions:
(1) The owner of an unimproved lot in such zones, who intends in good faith to immediately commence and diligently process the erection of a dwelling house on the lot, may keep and retain one auto house trailer on such lot for living purposes, provided that such trailer shall be connected to the existing sewage disposal facilities and provided that he shall first have secured a permit to place and maintain the auto house trailer on the lot from the Building Official of the city. The Building Official shall issue such owner a permit to place and maintain the auto house trailer on the lot for a period of 90 days, and may if the owner has shown substantial progress in the erection of the building, extend the permit for two additional periods of not to exceed 30 days each.
(2)
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4796010; v13 updated 2026-02-04; through 02-04-2026).
Full Breakdown
Municipal Code § 157.60 makes it unlawful to place, keep, or maintain a trailer, defined to include house trailers, trailer coaches, camp cars, boat trailers, and automobile-pulled trailers, on land in the city outside a permitted trailer camp. Section 157.61(B) carves out storage: a trailer not used for sleeping or living may sit in the side or rear yard as defined by the Unified Development Code, or inside a fully enclosed building, provided no part of it sits closer to the street than the house. A separate permit under § 157.61(C) lets an owner in the R-1, R-2, R-3, or R-P zones keep one occupied house trailer on an unimproved lot only while actively building a home.
Violations & Fines
Keeping a trailer, camper, or boat trailer on residential land outside these exceptions is a code violation enforceable by the Building Official, who may also revoke a single-trailer permit for a sanitation or nuisance problem.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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