Issaquah, WA Parking Rules: RV & Boat Parking (2026)

Section 18.604.150(E)(2) lists the vehicles it covers: recreational vehicles, travel trailers, campers, motor homes, boats, boat trailers, flatbed trailers, hauling trailers, and similar vehicles. They can be parked on a residential property as long as the vehicle complies with the Code, and the vehicle must be kept on a driveway or in a carport or garage. If size prevents storage on a driveway or in a carport or garage, the vehicle must be parked off site. Canoes, kayaks and other nonmotorized water craft are not required to be sight screened.

Subsection B covers the street. It is unlawful for any person to park, or permit any other person to park, a recreational or utility vehicle, boat or trailer in the public right-of-way, or in a manner that obstructs visibility from adjacent driveways or street corners. That makes the owner responsible for who parks the vehicle, not only the driver.

The rest of the section sets condition rules that apply to the same vehicles. Subsection C makes it unlawful to keep a disabled or unlicensed vehicle or boat on privately owned residential property unless it is stored outside public view within a fully enclosed building. A vehicle is disabled when it is incapable of being operated or has not been operated or repaired for over 30 days. Subsection D requires every vehicle and boat kept on site to be operational, currently registered and licensed, and maintained in a clean, well-kept condition that does not detract from the surrounding area.

Subsection F bars using a recreational or utility vehicle parked or stored on private property as a permanent or temporary dwelling unit, except where permitted in campgrounds under IMC 18.402.020. Temporary guests who travel in a recreational or utility vehicle may stay on the host's premises for no more than 30 days in any 12-month period.