Lauderhill, FL Parking Rules: RV & Boat Parking (2026)

Sec. 20-17, 'Swale, front yard/lawn areas,' regulates where recreational vehicles and boats may sit on residential property. Subsection (f) bars parking any vehicle in a rear or side yard within a residential district, but allows a single recreational vehicle to be stored there if it sits behind an opaque fence enclosure, on a pad the city engineer has approved as suitable, that substantially screens the vehicle from the street; 'substantially screen' is defined in the same subsection as blocking at least sixty percent of the RV from view, and any such enclosure approved before December 31, 2003 remains grandfathered.

Subsection (g) goes further for the front of the property: a recreational vehicle cannot be parked, stored or displayed in any public swale area, driveway or front yard at all, with one narrow exception, a single RV may sit temporarily in a driveway for loading, unloading, cleaning or minor repairs, but only for up to twelve hours, and that temporary use must stay consistent with the Land Development Regulations' Article III, Part 5.0, Sec. 5.1.5 rule on motor-vehicle repair in residential districts. Subsection (h) defines a recreational vehicle by cross-reference to the Land Development Regulations, Article I, Sec.

1.5, and specifically counts a boat on a boat trailer as a single recreational vehicle for these purposes. Subsection (i) adds that a planned unit development or condominium association's own rules can permit what the city code would otherwise bar, provided the vehicle still isn't visible from the public street. Code enforcement, through the special magistrate process, and Lauderhill police handle violations.