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

Section 20-263 is a single, short rule: it is unlawful to park any recreational vehicle, or any commercial vehicle, on the same block of any street, roadway, or right-of-way for any portion of two consecutive calendar days. Chapter 20's definitions section describes a commercial vehicle at Section 20-1(7) as any vehicle originally registered for commercial use, rated over one ton load capacity, or not originally designed for personal passenger transportation, a category broad enough to sweep in many pickup-and-trailer boat rigs. Because the limit runs by block and by calendar day rather than by hours, moving the RV around the corner to the same block doesn't reset the clock, but relocating it to a different block does.

Section 20-255(h) creates one carve-out: residents within a designated neighborhood parking program area who use a commercial vehicle as their personal vehicle may park it on the same block for two or more consecutive days despite Section 20-263, notwithstanding the general rule. Outside that specific permit-area exception, an RV, travel trailer, boat trailer, or unattached commercial vehicle sitting on a residential block past the two-day mark is in violation regardless of whether it's blocking traffic or a driveway, the rule targets long-term curbside storage of large vehicles, not momentary parking.