Springdale, AR Parking Rules: RV & Boat Parking (2026)

Springdale is the fourth-largest city in Arkansas (approximately 84,000 population) and straddles Washington and Benton counties in the I-49 corridor. The City does not adopt a separate dedicated RV/trailer-on-lot section like some peer cities; instead, the framework lives in three places. First, the Springdale Zoning Ordinance (Chapter 130 of the Springdale Code of Ordinances) Article 7 (Off-Street Parking and Loading, enacted by Ordinance No. 4778 adopted March 25, 2014) requires that any off-street parking area on a single or two-family residential lot have a durable surface with suitable drainage, and limits paved area in the front yard to no more than 40 percent of the total front-yard area. Second, the Article 4 District Regulations set the underlying setbacks (front 30 ft, side 8 ft, rear 20 ft for the SF-1 through SF-4 single-family districts and the MF series) that an RV must respect on the lot. Third, on-street parking of trailers and RVs is governed by Chapter 114 (Traffic and Vehicles) of the Springdale Code together with Arkansas Code §27-51-1301 et seq. (Stopping, Standing, or Parking). Springdale uses a complaint-driven enforcement model administered by Springdale Neighborhood Services (City Hall, 201 Spring Street; 479-750-8114) for property-based violations and by the Springdale Police Department for on-street violations. The City's commercial RV-park use is the C-7 Recreational Vehicle Park district under Article 4, which carries a 30-ft front, 20-ft side and 20-ft rear setback (200-ft side/rear when abutting residential) and must front an arterial or collector street.