Lakeville, MN Parking Rules: RV & Boat Parking (2026)

Section 11-22-5, Exceptions; Accessory Use, is the general rule that materials and equipment must be stored inside a building in Lakeville, and subsection A.2 carves out the accessory storage allowance for recreational vehicles and watercraft: no more than two licensed and operable units may sit outside on a property at one time. In the front yard, they must stay entirely on an established driveway on the owner's own property, and can never be parked on public property or the street right of way. Side yard storage is allowed only where the yard abuts an attached or detached garage, and only if the RV or boat sits at least five feet from the side lot line, outside any required buffer yard, on a surface paved with asphalt, concrete, or paving brick, and, on a corner lot's side yard abutting a public right of way, at least twenty feet back from the property line.

Rear yard storage must stay at least ten feet from the rear lot line and five feet from the side lot lines. None of these storage areas can sit within a shoreland or bluff impact zone, except for watercraft, reflecting Lakeville's location along the Lake Marion shoreline. The Zoning Administrator enforces the rule citywide alongside the rest of chapter 22's outdoor storage standards.