Upland, CA Parking Rules: RV & Boat Parking (2026)
Key Facts
- Setback parking limit
- 72 hours max on driveway/paved surface
- Long-term storage location
- Enclosed garage or screened side/rear yard
- Living in an RV
- Prohibited outside licensed mobile home parks
- Storage surface
- Must be paved: concrete, asphalt, gravel, or brick
- Registration
- Current or non-operation registration required
- Governing law
- Upland Municipal Code Chapter 17.34
Summary
Upland bans living in an RV outside a licensed mobile home park under Chapter 17.34, and limits where you can park one on your own property: a recreational vehicle, boat, or trailer can sit in a front or street-side setback for up to 72 hours if it's on a paved driveway, but longer-term storage must move to an enclosed garage or a screened side or rear yard.
§ 17.34.030. Permanent Residences. Recreational vehicles, including travel trailers, motor homes, and campers used as permanent residences, may be located only in officially designated mobile home parks. Living in a recreational vehicle outside of a designated mobile home park for any length of time is prohibited... A. Recreational vehicles may be parked within any required front or street side setback area for temporary periods of time not exceeding 72 hours if they are parked on a driveway or paved surface, are parked perpendicular to the street, and do not encroach over a sidewalk or other part of the public right-of-way. B. Recreational vehicles parked or stored for more than 72 hours on the same property shall be parked or stored within an enclosed garage, interior side yard or rear yard; shall be screened from public view by an effective combination of building walls, decorative screen walls, fences, or landscaping; and shall not be utilized for day use, occasional use or habitation.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4480959; v4 updated 2025-09-22).
Full Breakdown
34 covers all recreational vehicles, defined to include motor homes, boats, and trailers, and any facility used to park or store them in Upland. 030 flatly prohibits using an RV as a permanent residence anywhere except an officially designated mobile home park; living in one outside a licensed park, even briefly, is prohibited outright. 040(A) allows an RV, boat, or trailer to sit in a required front or street-side setback area for up to 72 hours at a time, but only if it's parked on a driveway or other paved surface, positioned perpendicular to the street, and kept clear of the sidewalk and the rest of the public right-of-way.
Once storage runs past 72 hours on the same property, subsection B requires the vehicle to move into an enclosed garage, or into an interior side yard or rear yard where it's screened from public view by a wall, decorative screen wall, fence, or landscaping; it also can't be used for day use, occasional use, or habitation while stored there. 050 requires the parking or storage area itself to be paved or improved with concrete, asphalt, gravel, or brick and kept free of weeds and debris, and requires any stored RV to carry current vehicle registration or a legal non-operation registration under state law. The chapter doesn't set a numeric cap on how many RVs a household may store, focusing instead on setback timing, screening, and surface requirements.
Violations & Fines
Chapter 17.34 doesn't list its own fine schedule; parking an RV, boat, or trailer past the 72-hour setback limit without moving it to a screened side or rear yard, or living in one outside a licensed mobile home park, is enforced as a general code violation under Section 1.16.010, a misdemeanor with a fine up to $1,000, imprisonment up to six months, or both, in addition to any code-enforcement abatement order.
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