Lake Havasu City, AZ Parking Rules: RV & Boat Parking (2026)

Section 14.04.02(G), Parking of Oversized Vehicles, splits large vehicles into two categories for every residential and mixed-use lot in the city. Any vehicle with a chassis rated above 2 tons, a gross weight over 10,500 pounds, or more than 2 axles cannot be parked on a residential lot at all, with the single exception of a brief stop to load or unload goods; that covers most semi-trucks, dump trucks, and heavy equipment trailers regardless of who owns the property. Recreational vehicles get a narrower carve-out from that same 10,500-pound threshold: an RV can sit on the lot only if the lot's own owner or lessee, not a third party, owns or leases the vehicle, and only if the property is already developed with a primary use such as a house.

A vacant residential lot cannot host RV storage under this section. Where the zoning code does set aside a dedicated recreational vehicle or boat trailer parking space, § 14.04.02(C) requires that space to measure at least 10 feet wide by 36 feet long, or 360 square feet in area, and like any other required parking space it must meet the hard-surface standard of § 14.04.02(F). Development Services' Code Compliance Division, which handles residential zoning complaints citywide, enforces the oversized-vehicle limits together with the RV ownership condition, and a property owner disputing whether a specific vehicle qualifies as a recreational vehicle under the code can raise that question with the Zoning Administrator.