Fresno County, CA Parking Rules: RV & Boat Parking (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing area
- Fresno-Clovis Metro Area only (§10.44.030)
- Screening exception
- 5-ft solid fence, wall, or hedge
- Loading exception
- 96 hours per calendar month
- Effective date
- Chapter effective June 30, 2000
- Notice period
- 10 days before removal
- Enforcement
- Infraction under §11.45.060
Summary
Fresno County Code Section 11.45.070 bans storing or parking any "prohibited vehicle": recreational vehicles, campers, boats, watercraft trailers, utility trailers, trailer coaches, and buses, on public or private residential-zoned property that is visible from a street in the Fresno-Clovis Metropolitan Area. The county calls the presence of these vehicles a public nuisance under Section 11.45.080 and can abate and remove them under Section 11.45.090 unless the vehicle qualifies for the narrow pre-2000 ownership exclusion.
It is unlawful for any person to store or park any prohibited vehicle on any public or private residential zoned property visible from a street with the area of the county described in Section 11.45.210, unless otherwise excluded from the provisions of this chapter as set forth in Section 11.45.030.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 51).
Full Breakdown
030, not the whole unincorporated county. 020 defines "prohibited vehicles" to include buses, motor homes, recreational vehicles, campers, camp trailers, trailer coaches, fifth wheels, utility trailers, watercraft and boats on trailers, semi-trailers, and any commercial vehicle over ten thousand pounds gross vehicle weight or twenty-five feet long. "Residential zoned property" covers any residentially designated parcel except the R-A and RR zone districts. 220. 090 lets the county's enforcement officer abate and remove the vehicle under Government Code Section 25845. 110 requires at least ten calendar days' written notice to the property and vehicle owners, who can request a hearing before a county hearing officer or submit a sworn statement denying responsibility.
Violations & Fines
Sheriff's deputies or the enforcement officer can cite the property owner directly under Section 11.45.060, an infraction punishable under Section 1.12.020. If the prohibited vehicle isn't removed within the ten-day notice period, the enforcement officer may remove it and charge administrative and removal costs to the property owner, which become a special assessment collectible with county property taxes under Sections 1.16.150 through 1.16.180.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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