Prescott Valley, AZ Parking Rules: RV & Boat Parking (2026)
Key Facts
- Front yard storage
- Prohibited in residential zones for recreational vehicles
- Exterior side yard
- Side yard abutting a street is also barred
- Loading exception
- One vehicle, 48 hours in any calendar month
- Covered vehicles
- Trailers, boats, boat trailers, campers, utility trailers, aircraft
- Enclosed structure
- Subsection F does not apply inside a permanent structure
- Penalty
- Class 3 misdemeanor; each day is a separate offense
Summary
In the Town of Prescott Valley, Arizona, Town Code § 13-10-020(F) bars storing recreational vehicles, defined to include travel trailers, boats and boat trailers, in the required front yard or exterior side yard of residential zones. The only relief is one vehicle parked for loading and unloading for up to 48 hours in any calendar month.
F. Recreational and commercial vehicles. 1. For the purposes of this subparagraph F, “recreational vehicles” include travel trailers, motor homes, busses, pickup trucks with an installed camper which extends over the cab, unmounted camper shells, boats (including kayaks), boat trailers, utility trailers, off-road vehicles without an enclosed driver and passenger compartment, and aircraft. 2. In residential zoning districts, recreational vehicles shall not be stored in the required front yard or exterior side yard (side yard abutting a street). 3. Residential properties unable to accommodate a recreational vehicle within the rear or interior side yard may temporarily park one recreational vehicle in a front or exterior side yard for loading and unloading purposes only for a period not to exceed 48 hours in any calendar month. ... 10. Any person, firm or corporation found guilty of violating any provision of this subsection F shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Upon conviction, the offense shall be treated as a class 3 misdemeanor. Each day such violation is permitted to continue shall constitute a separate offense and shall be punishable as a separate offense.
Full Breakdown
Town Code § 13-10-020(F) defines recreational vehicles broadly: travel trailers, motor homes, busses, pickup trucks with an installed camper that extends over the cab, unmounted camper shells, boats including kayaks, boat trailers, utility trailers, off-road vehicles without an enclosed driver and passenger compartment, and aircraft. In residential zoning districts none of them can be stored in the required front yard or exterior side yard, meaning the side yard abutting a street. A property that cannot fit the vehicle in the rear or interior side yard can temporarily park one recreational vehicle in the front or exterior side yard for loading and unloading only, for no more than 48 hours in any calendar month.
Paragraph F(4) forbids parking in or encroaching into a street right-of-way, and F(5) forbids a location or manner that creates a traffic sight visibility problem for a neighbor or passing motorist. Paragraph F(8) exempts parking or storage within a completely enclosed permanent structure. Related residential rules: F(6) prohibits parking a commercial vehicle rated above one ton, F(7) treats more than one commercial vehicle under one ton as a prohibited commercial use, and F(9) prohibits backhoes, dump trucks, semi-truck tractors and trailers and similar equipment except during construction.
Under § 13-10-030(B), on lots of 18,000 square feet or less, residential parking is prohibited on any portion of the required front yard except on an approved paved driveway covering not more than 50% of the required front yard. Section 13-04-060 allows a recreational vehicle to be occupied only during construction of a permanent dwelling, under a temporary housing permit of six months, renewable for six more.
Violations & Fines
Under § 13-10-020(F)(10), a person found guilty of violating the recreational vehicle provisions is guilty of a misdemeanor treated as a class 3 misdemeanor on conviction. Each day the violation continues constitutes a separate offense, punishable separately. Section 1-08-010(B) also allows a civil sanction not to exceed $2,500 per citation, and § 13-15-040 lets the Zoning Administrator or Town Attorney seek an injunction or abatement.
Frequently Asked Questions
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