Scottsdale, AZ Parking Rules: RV & Boat Parking (2026)

200, "Additional Area Regulations," subsection I, "Designated parking in front yards," which applies only to single-family detached homes in residential districts. The total aggregate parking and/or driveway area in the front yard is capped at the lesser of thirty-five percent of the front yard area or thirty linear feet of lot frontage, and no vehicle stored there may be occupied for permanent living purposes. Any vehicle parked in the front yard, a term the ordinance's own definitions describe broadly enough to reach boats, campers, trailers and recreational vehicles alongside cars and trucks, must sit at least one foot from any parallel sidewalk, at least three feet from the curb where there is no sidewalk, and at least one foot from the side lot line within the front yard area.

All designated parking or driveway surfaces must be fully paved with concrete, asphalt, cement or sealed aggregate, a three-inch layer of contained crushed rock, or another approved stabilization material, and must be completely enclosed within a permanent border; bare grass, lawn or compacted dirt does not qualify as a paved surface under the rule. Subsection I(5) makes these standards apply to the parking of all vehicles and expressly overrides the ordinance's usual nonconforming-use protections, meaning a homeowner cannot claim a grandfathered exemption to keep an RV or boat parked on an unpaved or oversized front-yard area.