Vallejo, CA Parking Rules: RV & Boat Parking (2026)

Section 7.54.030 is Vallejo's property maintenance ordinance's list of conditions the code enforcement supervisor treats as unlawful because they detract from a neighborhood's appearance or hurt property values, and subsection J singles out recreational vehicles, defined by reference to California Health and Safety Code Section 18010, along with trailers and boats. Parking any of them in a front yard of a residential zoning district is a violation unless the vehicle sits on a drive approach to the garage or another durable, permanent driveway, apron, or pad the planning division has approved for that purpose; even on an approved surface, the vehicles can never be routinely left on the lawn or another grassy or landscaped part of the front yard. The rule sits alongside other front-yard appearance standards in the same section, including bans on storing junk, salvage material, or construction equipment visible from the street, and a limit on stacked firewood to one cord.

Enforcement follows Chapter 7.54's notice process rather than immediate citation: the code enforcement supervisor first issues a warning notice under Section 7.54.060(A) with a deadline of up to thirty days to move or relocate the vehicle, and only escalates to a formal notice of violation, an administrative charge under Section 7.54.140, and potential city abatement under Section 7.54.130 if the violation isn't corrected in time.