Westminster, CA Parking Rules: RV & Boat Parking (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- Westminster Code § 10.44.245
- Covers
- RVs, trailers, boats and watercraft
- Permit duration
- 24 hours per temporary permit
- Annual cap
- 12 nonconsecutive permits per address/year
- Driveway/intersection buffer
- 10 ft from driveway, 20 ft from intersection
- Generator curfew
- No generators 10 p.m.-7 a.m.
Summary
Westminster Code § 10.44.245 bans parking a recreational vehicle, defined to include boats, watercraft and boat trailers, on any public street or alley without a temporary police-issued permit, capped at 24 hours and no more than 12 nonconsecutive permits per address each year.
1. "Recreational vehicle" or "RV" shall mean any vehicle or trailer which is capable of, designed or equipped for human habitation or designed or used for recreational camping or travel use... "Recreational vehicle" shall include, without limitation, any of the following: a "camp trailer"...a boat, watercraft, and/or a trailer for a boat or watercraft; a "park trailer"... C. The police department may issue a temporary permit for parking of a recreational vehicle prohibited by Section 10.44.050(B) for the loading, unloading, or cleaning of the recreational vehicle and on-premises parking is not reasonably available. Such a temporary permit shall be issued only to a resident of the city and such permit is valid only on a public street, in front of the resident's address from which the loading or unloading will occur, or within five hundred feet from where the resident resides, whichever is closer.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4982734; v10 updated 2026-06-10).
Full Breakdown
245(B)(1) defines "recreational vehicle" broadly, expressly including a camp trailer, fifth-wheel travel trailer, house car, trailer, trailer coach, mobile home, park trailer, truck camper, and "a boat, watercraft, and/or a trailer for a boat or watercraft," so boat parking on the street falls under this same permit scheme rather than ordinary parking rules. Subsection C lets the police department issue a temporary permit only to a city resident, valid only on the street in front of the resident's address or within 500 feet, whichever is closer, and only for loading, unloading or cleaning the vehicle when no on-premises parking is available.
Subsection D(2) caps each permit at 24 hours. Subsection G(7) limits each residential address to no more than 12 nonconsecutive permits per calendar year, with at least one day between uses, and bars issuing more than one permit per address at a time or to any RV with outstanding parking citations. 260. , dumping waste, or conducting visible commercial activity from a parked RV.
Violations & Fines
Section 10.44.245(I) makes any RV parked in violation of the section subject to citation or towing, after at least three citations, under Vehicle Code §§ 22650 and 22651, plus revocation of the permit; a violation of the prohibited-activities list in subsection H is separately punishable under Chapter 1.14's administrative citation program. Subsection G(7)(c) also bars issuing a new permit to an RV carrying outstanding parking citations, and subsection J lets the police revoke a permit for disrepair, inoperability, three citations, or any other chapter violation.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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