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

Section 13-1(a) defines a 'recreational vehicle' broadly to include travel trailers, camping trailers, truck campers, motorhomes, boats, jet skis and any trailer used to haul them. Subsection (c) bars parking, standing or storing a recreational vehicle, house trailer, mobile home or farm machinery on vacant or unimproved residential, duplex or apartment-zoned property, in the front yard between the front wall and the property line, or in a corner lot's side yard facing the street. Subsection (f) allows an owner to keep a recreational vehicle in a side or rear yard if it is screened from the street by a wood fence at least six feet tall or a shrub screen at least three feet tall at planting that will grow into a continuous six-foot screen, or the height of the vehicle if taller.

Subsection (g) lets the city manager issue a temporary on-street parking permit for up to two weeks, and parking on the street without one is prohibited outright. Subsection (h) carves out two yearly exceptions: an owner may load or unload a recreational vehicle on the property up to four times a year, each occasion a single 72-hour period, separated by at least seven days; and separately, may park a recreational vehicle on the property for vacation-style temporary parking up to four times a year, each occasion capped at seven consecutive days and also separated by at least seven days. Subsection (i) bars using a recreational vehicle as a permanent residence altogether, though the city manager can approve one as emergency temporary shelter.