Kalamazoo, MI Parking Rules: RV & Boat Parking (2026)

The rule sits in § 50-7.2(B), the parking design and location standards for Article 7, Parking and Loading Regulations. Front and corner-yard driveway storage of an RV, trailer, or boat is allowed only during the May 1 to October 15 season; outside that window, those vehicles must move to a side or rear yard, where the code sets no seasonal restriction at all. Regardless of location, the vehicle must be kept in good repair and carry a current license and registration, meaning a derelict, unregistered trailer left on a driveway does not qualify for the seasonal allowance.

Kalamazoo also caps the total outdoor count at two recreational vehicles per lot; a homeowner can keep additional RVs, trailers, or boats only if they are stored entirely within a fully enclosed structure such as a garage, since the two-vehicle limit applies solely to outdoor storage. This RV standard sits alongside the general residential parking-in-yards rule, which requires motorcycles and cars to stay on driveways, permitted parking areas, or inside a structure rather than on lawns or unpaved yard areas. Community Planning and Economic Development, through the Zoning Inspector, enforces these limits as part of the City's zoning compliance process, and a property found with an over-count or an out-of-season front-yard RV is subject to the same notice-and-correction process used for other zoning violations.