Doña Ana County, NM Short-Term Rentals: Short-Term Rental Parking Rules (2026)

Section 280-4(F) requires short-term rentals to provide off-street parking on-site through garages, parking shelters, or driveway space. Where off-street parking is not physically possible, the owner must tell renters which parking locations are appropriate ones that will not affect traffic, roadways, or the peaceful enjoyment of the area by adjacent residents. Owners retain the right to cap the number of vehicles permitted at the rental, and any on-street parking guests do use must follow the County's other parking regulations and give priority to adjacent residents whenever there is a conflict over space.

The chapter separately regulates recreational vehicles: § 280-4(H) allows short-term renters to park an RV on-site for up to seven days, but never on the street. These parking duties sit alongside the noise and nuisance controls in § 280-4(J) and (L), reflecting the ordinance's overall goal of keeping short-term rental guest traffic from spilling into neighboring residential streets in the unincorporated county. CDD and code enforcement treat a pattern of guest vehicles blocking the roadway or crowding a neighbor's frontage as evidence the owner has not met the on-site parking duty, which can factor into a citation alongside other Chapter 280 complaints CDD receives about the property.