Maple Grove, MN Parking Rules: RV & Boat Parking (2026)

Section 36-799(a) of the Maple Grove City Code sets an indoor-storage default for every residential district in the city, including R-A. All storage must be contained within a building except for six listed categories. The first category covers recreational gear: not more than two licensed and operable recreational vehicles or nonstationary pieces of recreational equipment, such as boats, snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles, and any trailer used to transport them. Both tests matter. A unit has to be licensed and it has to be operable, so an unlicensed trailer or a camper that cannot be moved does not qualify for the exception.

The other exceptions are listed separately from the two-unit allowance: construction and landscaping material currently being used on the premises, licensed and operable passenger vehicles and trucks not exceeding a gross weight of 12,000 pounds parked on paved surfaces, items associated with outdoor residential activity such as outdoor furniture and cooking equipment, operable farm machinery in the R-A district, and city-provided recycling containers screened from view on non-collection days.

Section 36-3 defines a recreational vehicle as a self-propelled vehicle used primarily for recreational purposes and treats the term as synonymous with travel trailer/travel vehicle. For article VII, division 4 of chapter 36, the definition narrows to a vehicle built on a single chassis, 400 square feet or less at its largest horizontal projection, designed to be self-propelled or permanently towable by a light duty truck, and designed primarily as temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, travel or seasonal use.

Where the vehicle sits on the lot is controlled by article IX. Section 36-841(f) limits residential accessory parking to licensed and operable passenger automobiles, no more than one truck not to exceed gross capacity of 12,000 pounds, and recreational vehicles and equipment, and it bars commercial vehicles or equipment. Section 36-843(5) prohibits off-street parking in front yards, and in corner-lot side yards adjacent to a street, in the R-1 through R-5 districts. For single-family and two-family dwellings, section 36-843(6) prohibits parking in any portion of the front yard except designated driveways leading directly into a garage or one open, surfaced space on the side of a driveway, away from the principal use.