Palm Springs, CA Parking Rules: RV & Boat Parking (2026)

020(a) of the Palm Springs Municipal Code prohibits parking or storing a recreational vehicle, semitrailer, trailer, or boat of any kind in a residential zone except in three situations: the vehicle sits in an approved storage space within a mobile home park or a planned RV park; it is kept inside an enclosed building; or it is parked or stored outside any required front or side front yard and screened from view from adjoining property or the street. 050 offers a fourth path: a resident can apply to the planning director for a recreational vehicle parking permit allowing the RV to sit in the front or side front yard when screening elsewhere on the lot is not possible or practical.

Only one permit issues per parcel, the permitted RV is capped at twenty-four feet unless the excess length fits within the allowable side-yard setback, the vehicle must stay identified by license number, be maintained in a clean and usable condition, and remain screened from surrounding properties to the degree possible. The permit expires when the resident's tenancy ends and can be revoked the same way as a land use permit if conditions are violated. 030 separately bars living, sleeping or housekeeping in any vehicle or boat anywhere in the city outside a mobile home park or RV park space. The chapter's parking-and-storage rules trace to Ordinance 1288 in 1987, with the permit process added by Ordinance 1377 in 1991.