Plano, TX Parking Rules: RV & Boat Parking (2026)

Section 12-114(b)(1) of the Code of Ordinances, first adopted by Ordinance No. 64-6-2 in 1964 and last amended by Ordinance No. 2016-2-7, flatly bars parking or standing any motor home, bus, trailer, boat trailer, semi-trailer, pole trailer, truck tractor, house trailer, special mobile equipment, farm tractor or other implement of husbandry on a public street, alley, or the public right-of-way between a street and an alley anywhere the zoning ordinance classifies the area single-family, two-family, or multi-family residential. The council's stated purpose, set out in subsection (a)(1), is to reduce hazardous traffic conditions in residential districts by prohibiting the parking or standing of "commercial, motor and recreational vehicles and trailers," to preserve the character of those districts, and to protect the peace, safety, welfare and good order of the city.

" City service and emergency trailers, semi-trailers, pole trailers, and special mobile equipment are exempt outright. This street-side ban is separate from § 12-115, which regulates where large vehicles and trailers may sit on private residential property itself, requiring a paved surface and barring several vehicle classes from a driveway or yard entirely. An RV or boat trailer parked overnight at the curb in front of a Plano house, as opposed to inside the driveway, is what § 12-114(b)(1) targets, and the street prohibition applies at any time, not just overnight.