Skokie, IL Parking Rules: RV & Boat Parking (2026)

Zoning Chapter Section 118-62, adopted by Ordinance No. 19-4-C-4451 in 2019, governs outdoor storage, parking or standing of recreational vehicles, boats, boat trailers and commercial trailers across Skokie. In residential districts, commercial trailers cannot be parked outdoors at all, but a recreational vehicle, boat or boat trailer may be stored, parked or stand outdoors subject to firm limits: it must stay in mobile condition with no major construction or repair performed on it, it cannot exceed 14 feet in length excluding hitches and bumpers, 8 feet in width, or 11 feet in height excluding antenna, and it cannot cover more than 3 percent of the lot.

Placement is restricted too: the vehicle cannot sit within 3 feet of any lot line or within any front yard, side yard, or front driveway unless specifically permitted elsewhere in the chapter, which in practice pushes most residential RVs and boats to a rear yard or side driveway well off the property lines. General conditions apply across every district: license plates and Village vehicle stickers must be current, the vehicle cannot be used as living quarters, storage, or in a business, it cannot carry flammable liquids outside approved containers, and the owner of the vehicle must also own or lease the real estate where it sits unless it is at a self-service storage facility.

Van-type RVs bearing RV or passenger plates that remain unmodified stock models are exempt from the outdoor-storage prohibitions entirely. In business and industrial districts, RVs, boats and boat trailers may only be stored outdoors at a motor vehicle or boat sales facility or a self-service storage operation, and they cannot block access to any off-street parking space.