Montgomery, AL Parking Rules: RV & Boat Parking (2026)
Key Facts
- Public street storage
- Prohibited
- Visibility
- Must be substantially hidden from public view
- Placement
- Behind the lot's building setback lines
- Neighbor objection
- Board of adjustment may modify or revoke privilege
- Process
- Public hearing required before board acts
Summary
Montgomery bars parking a recreational vehicle on a public street, and any RV, boat trailer or camper stored outside a licensed travel trailer park must be kept behind the lot's building setback lines and substantially hidden from public view. The board of adjustment can tighten or revoke that storage privilege after a neighbor objects.
Sec. 10.5. - Recreational vehicles. The following regulations apply to recreational vehicles stored outside an approved travel trailer park: a. Recreational vehicles may not be stored on public streets. b. Recreational vehicles shall be stored in such a manner as to be substantially hidden from public view. c. Recreational vehicles stored on private property shall be stored behind building setback lines as defined by this ordinance. d. Individual recreational vehicles may be stored on private property as long as they are in compliance with the above requirements. Upon objection by residents of neighboring property the board of adjustment shall have the power to modify the above requirements or to revoke the privilege of storing recreational vehicles on private property in individual cases.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 27).
Full Breakdown
Article VI, Sec. 5 of the zoning ordinance (City Code App. C) governs recreational vehicles stored outside an approved travel trailer park, which covers boats, boat trailers, campers and similar equipment falling under the ordinance's recreational vehicle definition. Subsection (a) flatly bars storing an RV on a public street. Subsection (b) requires that a stored RV be kept substantially hidden from public view, and subsection (c) requires it be kept behind the property's building setback lines, tying the rule directly to the yard standards set elsewhere in the ordinance rather than allowing storage in a front yard closer to the street than the house itself.
Subsection (d) allows individual RV storage on private property as long as those three conditions are met, but it also gives the board of adjustment the power to modify the requirements or revoke the storage privilege in a specific case if neighboring residents object, and it requires a public hearing before the board can take that action. This puts RV storage on residential lots on a different track from the mobile-dwelling-park rules in Sec. 3, which require a separate operating permit from the building department and cover only vehicles used as an actual residence.
Violations & Fines
Storing a recreational vehicle on a public street, in open public view, or ahead of the building setback line violates Article VI, Sec. 10.5 and is punishable under Article II, Sec. 5 as provided in City Code § 1-6, with each day of the violation a separate offense. A neighboring property owner can also trigger board of adjustment review, which after a public hearing may modify the storage conditions or revoke the owner's privilege of storing the RV on the property at all.
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Sources & Official References
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