Noblesville, IN Parking Rules: RV & Boat Parking (2026)

Noblesville's Unified Development Ordinance treats recreational vehicles, boats, and trailers as an accessory use under § 159.121(D)(13). In the SR District, division (D)(13)(a) allows an RV or boat to be parked or stored anywhere on the lot as long as it does not sit within the required front yard setback and does not otherwise violate the chapter. Every other residential district is stricter: division (D)(13)(b) bars parking or storing a recreational vehicle or equipment on a residential lot at all unless it is inside a carport, an enclosed building, or positioned behind the front facade of the house.

Unregistered vehicles get a hard deadline regardless of district: division (D)(13)(c) prohibits parking or storing an RV "of any kind or type without current license plates" for more than seven days on residentially zoned property, unless it sits inside a fully enclosed building. Owners are also capped on quantity: division (D)(13)(e) allows no more than two recreational vehicles parked or stored in the open at one time, though a visiting third RV may stay up to ten consecutive days and no more than 14 days total in a year.

Division (D)(13)(d) bars removing an RV's wheels or otherwise permanently fixing it to the ground, and (D)(13)(f) prohibits living, sleeping, or housekeeping in a stored RV except during a permitted visitation. A short-term exception in (D)(13)(g) allows an RV to sit anywhere on the premises for loading or unloading, capped at 48 hours.