Pleasanton, CA Parking Rules: RV & Boat Parking (2026)
Key Facts
- Front yard trailer/camper/boat
- prohibited outright
- Corner lot side-street yard
- prohibited outright
- Between front yard and structure
- allowed only if screened from street
- Non-automobile vehicle count (R-1, RM-4,000)
- one, must be in enclosed garage
- Oversized vehicle cap
- no truck/bus over 1 ton, no trailer over 25 ft
- First-offense fine
- up to $100 (§ 1.12.020)
Summary
Pleasanton bars trailers, campers and boats from front yards and corner-lot street-side yards outright, and caps oversized vehicle storage to one non-automobile per site in R-1 and RM-4,000 districts unless it sits in an enclosed garage.
E. No trailer, camper or boat shall be parked or stored in a front yard; provided, however, that in addition, a trailer, camper or boat may not be parked or stored in the side-street side yard of a corner lot. F. No trailer, camper or boat shall be parked or stored in the area between the front yard and the front of a structure or in a side yard, unless adequately screened from view from the street as determined by the zoning administrator.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4955754; v17 updated 2026-06-02).
Full Breakdown
270 specifically to vehicle types and parking locations in R districts. Subsection E is unqualified: no trailer, camper or boat may be parked or stored in a front yard, and the same ban extends to the side-street side yard of a corner lot. Subsection F adds that even the area between the front yard and the front of a structure, or a regular side yard, is off-limits for a trailer, camper or boat unless the zoning administrator determines it is adequately screened from street view.
Subsection A limits vehicle size generally: outside a conditional use permit, no truck or bus over one-ton capacity and no trailer longer than 25 feet may be parked or stored on a site at all. Subsection C layers on a count limit for the R-1 and RM-4,000 districts specifically: no more than one vehicle other than an automobile may be stored on the site, and even that one vehicle must be in an enclosed garage unless a conditional use permit says otherwise. 110. 020 since Title 18 (zoning) is one of the chapters designated for infraction treatment.
Violations & Fines
Violating § 18.84.270 is enforced as a zoning infraction under § 1.12.020: fines run up to $100 for a first offense, $200 for a second within a year and $500 for a third, with a fourth violation of the same rule in 12 months charged as a misdemeanor. Under § 18.140.010 the city attorney may separately sue to abate the parked vehicle as a public nuisance.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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