The City of Indio does not publish a stand-alone recreational-vehicle storage chapter, but its Code Enforcement rules require that any vehicle stored in public view be currently registered and operable, and that vehicles in residential areas sit only on driveways or approved hard surfaces. RVs and boats stored on dirt, grass, gravel, or pavers violate the city's parking-surface rules.
Indio is an incorporated city in Riverside County, so the City of Indio Municipal Code controls, not the County. The city has no separate ordinance setting a fixed number of days an RV, travel trailer, or boat may sit in a residential driveway. Instead, the controlling rules come from the city's vehicle-parking and code-enforcement standards. The Indio Police Department Code Enforcement Division states that vehicles parked in public view must have current California registration and be operational, and that a vehicle may only be parked on a driveway or other approved parking surface. Vehicles parked in rear yards must be on an approved concrete surface, and parking on grass, dirt, rocks, pavers, stones, or other non-approved surfaces is not allowed. Indio Municipal Code Section 71.08 (Prohibited Parking, Storage and Repair) makes it unlawful to leave a vehicle in or upon any area that is not a driveway, parking lot, or approved parking surface, and prohibits an inoperative vehicle from being visible from a street, public property, or private property. Practically, a registered, operable RV or boat on an approved driveway surface is allowed, but an unregistered, inoperative, or improperly surfaced RV draws a code-enforcement case. For storage on your specific lot, confirm zoning standards with Indio Community Development.
Storing an unregistered or inoperative RV or boat in public view, or parking one on dirt, grass, gravel, or pavers, is a code-enforcement violation handled by Indio Police Department Code Enforcement; cases typically proceed through notice, citation, and abatement rather than an immediate parking ticket. On-street RV storage is also subject to the California Vehicle Code 72-hour rule.
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