Wyoming, MI Parking Rules: RV & Boat Parking (2026)
Key Facts
- Street/right-of-way storage
- Prohibited (motor homes: 3 days max)
- Onsite storage location
- Rear yard only (or side, if no rear access)
- Quantity limit
- 1 RV + 1 utility trailer per lot
- Size limit
- 32 ft length, 12 ft height max
- Setback from side lot line
- 3 feet minimum
Summary
Wyoming, Michigan bans parking or storing recreational vehicles, boats and trailers on public streets, rights-of-way or easements, though a motor home may sit on a street up to three days. Sec. 90-314(2)-(3) of the zoning code lets residents keep one RV and one utility trailer outdoors on their own residential lot, but only in the rear yard, currently licensed, and no bigger than 32 feet long and 12 feet tall.
No recreational vehicle including, but not limited to, special-purpose automobiles, boats, floats, rafts, camping or travel trailers or detachable travel equipment adaptable to light-duty trucks, excluding bicycles, motor bikes and motorcycles, unless attached to a licensed motor vehicle, shall be stored or parked anywhere on a public street or utility right-of-way or easement. Motor homes may be parked on a street not to exceed three days. No vehicle primarily constructed or equipped as a recreational unit... may be kept or stored out of doors on any property in any residential used or zoned area for a period longer than one week subject to compliance with the following conditions: ... (b) No more than one recreational vehicle and, one utility trailer, may be kept or stored outdoors at any one time. (c) Storage of the same shall be in the rear yard only... such vehicles shall not exceed 32 feet in length or 12 feet in total height.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 26 Update 2).
Full Breakdown
' Subsection (2) bars storing or parking any recreational vehicle, boat, float, raft, camping or travel trailer, or detachable travel equipment on a public street, utility right-of-way or easement, with a narrow exception letting a motor home sit on a street for up to three days. Subsection (3) governs private-property storage: a recreational unit may be kept outdoors on a residential lot for longer than one week only if it is owned, rented or leased by the property's owner or occupant and currently licensed; no more than one recreational vehicle and one utility trailer may be stored outdoors at a time; and storage must be in the rear yard, or the side yard if the rear is inaccessible, at least three feet from the side lot line and 12 feet from the neighboring dwelling.
Stored units cannot exceed 32 feet in length or 12 feet in height, must be kept in good repair, cannot be used for living or lodging, and disassembled component parts cannot be stored in the open. Responsibility for compliance falls on the occupants of single- and two-family homes, or on the property owner for other residential parcels. 21 and was last amended by Ordinance No. 7-15, adopted June 7, 2015.
Violations & Fines
Storing an RV, boat or trailer on a public street beyond the three-day motor-home window, keeping more than one recreational unit and one utility trailer outdoors, or storing one outside the rear-yard setback rules is a municipal civil infraction under Sec. 1-26: $75 for a first offense, $500 for a second, $2,500 for any later offense, with each day the vehicle sits in violation charged as a separate offense.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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