Lancaster County, NE Parking Rules: RV & Boat Parking (2026)

009 of the Lincoln-Lancaster County Zoning Resolution requires every part of a required yard to stay open to the sky and unobstructed by any structure or any vehicle or motor vehicle, with a short list of exceptions. Fences and accessory buildings in a rear yard are allowed, along with small architectural projections like sills, belt courses, cornices and ornamental features up to twelve inches. The only vehicle-parking exception is parking of a motor vehicle or vehicles in the rear yard, and in that part of the side yard that lies to the rear of the front yard, provided the parking stays accessory to the main use of the property.

That means a recreational vehicle, camper trailer or boat kept in a required front yard is not authorized under this section; owners have to keep it behind the front building line, in the rear yard or in the rear portion of a side yard. 007 bars any accessory building, which could include a carport or shed used to store an RV, from going up before the main dwelling is under construction. Together these sections steer stored recreational vehicles, trailers and boats to the back of the lot rather than the street-facing yard.