Monterey Park, CA Parking Rules: RV & Boat Parking (2026)

Chapter 10.64 defines an oversized vehicle as anything over twenty-five feet long, eighty inches wide or eighty-two inches tall, excluding pickup trucks under that size, and separately regulates trailers, a term that expressly includes boat trailers, camp trailers and unmounted campers under § 10.64.020. Section 10.64.050(a) makes it unlawful to park or leave standing an oversized vehicle, such as a motorhome or RV, on any residential street at any time, or on a business-area street for more than two hours. Section 10.64.060 goes further for trailers: it bars leaving a hitched trailer, including a boat trailer, standing on any residential or business street, and separately bars leaving an unhitched trailer standing on any city street or alley at all unless it remains attached to a vehicle capable of moving it.

Both sections carve out real exceptions: loading or unloading, temporary or emergency repairs of up to twenty-four consecutive hours for oversized vehicles, delivery of goods to a residence, and use by a public utility or licensed contractor actively working. An owner who needs longer street access can apply to the police chief under § 10.64.070 for an oversized-vehicle parking permit, valid up to three consecutive days and capped at twelve days in any ninety-day period, or for a handicap parking permit with no such day cap.

A permit denial and any parking citation issued under this chapter can both be appealed under California Vehicle Code § 40215 et seq., per § 10.64.040.