Parma, OH Parking Rules: RV & Boat Parking (2026)

14 governs recreational equipment, defined to include travel trailers, pickup campers, motorized homes, folding tent trailers, and boats and boat trailers. Division (b) permits an owner to park or store such equipment, up to 24 feet in overall length, on property they own, but the equipment cannot have fixed connections to electricity, water, gas or sanitary sewer, and it can never be used for living or housekeeping purposes while parked. If the equipment is stored outside a garage, it may sit anywhere on a driveway or turnabout, but a minimum 3-foot setback applies in the side or rear yard.

A separate loading and unloading exception in division (b)(3) allows recreational equipment to be parked anywhere on the premises, without regard to the setback, for up to 48 hours. All recreational equipment must be kept in good repair and carry a current license or registration. Division (c) gives the Board of Housing Appeals authority to grant a variance from these rules on a case-by-case basis where the literal application would create an unnecessary hardship tied to the specific property, provided the exception would not be materially detrimental to the neighborhood.