Lafayette, LA Parking Rules: RV & Boat Parking (2026)

Section 86-139 is narrower than the general 24-hour rule in section 86-137: it applies only to a 'vehicle equipped with living accommodations', defined in subsection (b) as a motor vehicle containing one or more amenities capable of being used for their originally intended purpose: sink, wash facility, lavatory, mattress, stove, table, or refrigerator, and only when that vehicle also has an overall length in excess of 22 feet. For a qualifying RV or motorhome, the street-parking cap matches the general rule at 24 hours, but the ordinance treats the vehicle type as enough of a nuisance to warrant its own dedicated section and a steeper fine: section 86-174(17) sets $50.00 to $100.00 for a section 86-139 violation, compared with $20.00 to $30.00 for an ordinary vehicle's overstay under section 86-137.

The section is silent on boats and boat trailers as such, it turns entirely on whether the vehicle itself contains living amenities and exceeds 22 feet, so a boat on a trailer without built-in sink/stove/mattress equipment would instead fall under the large-vehicle/trailer ban in section 86-138 rather than this section. Enforcement follows the same civil parking-notice process as other Article IX violations, with boot, tow, or impoundment available for unpaid or unanswered citations under sections 86-117 through 86-118.