Can I park an RV or boat at my home in Los Banos?

Los Banos's code: In the side or rear yard. (Residential lots; at least 3 feet from a home exit, 5 feet from abutting side or rear yards; wheels blocked; not in corner vision zones.) (§ 9-3.2024); 1 RV or utility trailer allowed, fully on a paved driveway, driveway extension or improved parking area. (Residential lots; at least 5 feet from an abutting side or front yard; not in a corner-lot clear vision zone.) (§ 9-3.2024).

RV and boat parking in Los Banos: the local rules

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Where it may be parked	In the side or rear yard. Applies: Residential lots; at least 3 feet from a home exit, 5 feet from abutting side or rear yards; wheels blocked; not in corner vision zones. § 9-3.2024 · code text Within the side or rear yard of the lot, provided that the recreational vehicle or utility trailer be located no closer than three (3′) feet to any exit from a building used for human habitation
Front-yard parking	1 RV or utility trailer allowed, fully on a paved driveway, driveway extension or improved parking area. Applies: Residential lots; at least 5 feet from an abutting side or front yard; not in a corner-lot clear vision zone. § 9-3.2024 · code text Within the front yard of the lot, provided that the recreational vehicle or utility trailer is located entirely within a paved driveway, paved driveway extension, or an improved parking area
Screening and surface	It must be screened from neighboring lots by a solid, non-see-through fence 6 feet high. Applies: RV or utility trailer in the side or rear yard; the Planning Director may grant a waiver. § 9-3.2024 · code text it is screened from adjacent lots by a solid nontransparent fence six (6′) feet in height, unless a waiver is granted by the Planning Director A paved driveway, paved driveway extension or improved parking area. Applies: RV or utility trailer in the front yard. § 9-3.2024 · code text the recreational vehicle or utility trailer is located entirely within a paved driveway, paved driveway extension, or an improved parking area Extra RV parking areas allowed only if paving, including the driveway, covers no more than 50% of the front yard. Applies: Additional improved parking areas in the front yard of a residential lot. § 9-3.2024 · code text the paved area including the driveway does not exceed 50% of the front yard area.
Size limit	RVs over 6 feet high cannot park within 35 feet of a stop sign or intersection. Applies: RVs parked on a street. § 4-5.40 · code text Recreational vehicles over six (6′) feet in height shall not be parked within thirty-five (35′) feet of a stop sign or any intersection
Parking on the street	Up to 48 hours in a row. Applies: RVs on a street only to load, unload, or prepare for use or storage. § 4-5.40 · code text Recreational vehicles may be parked on the roadway for the express purpose and only long enough to load, prepare for use, unload or prepare for storage not to exceed 48 consecutive hours Up to 7 calendar days (or parts of days) in any 90-day period. Applies: RVs of people who live more than 50 miles from Los Banos and are visiting city residents. § 4-5.40 · code text may be parked in residential areas for no more than seven calendar days (or portions thereof) within any 90-day period for the purpose of visiting City residents Up to 12 hours in a row in any 24-hour period. Applies: Utility trailers on a street for loading or unloading, or while actively used for a project there. § 4-5.40 · code text The utility trailer may be parked on the roadway for the express purpose of and only long enough to load or unload equipment, materials, or debris, or while otherwise actively being used for a project at which the trailer is parked, not to exceed 12 consecutive hours during any 24-hour period. Up to 7 calendar days (or parts of days) in any 90-day period. Applies: Utility trailers of people who live more than 50 miles from Los Banos and are visiting city residents. § 4-5.40 · code text may be parked in residential areas for no more than seven calendar days (or portions thereof) within any 90-day period for the purpose of visiting City residents Up to 24 hours in a row in a 30-day period. Applies: Utility trailers used to move furniture or household goods when local residents relocate. § 4-5.40 · code text The utility trailer may be parked on the roadway for the express purpose of accommodating the movement of furnishings, or household goods in conjunction with the relocation of local residents, not to exceed 24 consecutive hours in a 30-day period.
Living in an RV	No. Applies: Living in a vehicle or RV on any lot in the city from 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m., except limited listed exceptions. § 9-3.2023 · code text It is unlawful for any person, between the hours of 10:00 p.m. of any day and 6:00 a.m. of the next ensuing day, to use or occupy or permit the use or occupancy of any motor vehicle or recreational vehicle upon any lot, piece or parcel of land within the City, for temporary or permanent habitation purposes including but not limited to use for living or sleeping quarters Only as temporary sleeping quarters, for a limited time. Applies: Residents of single-family or 2-family lots; RV lawfully stored in the yard; up to 7 calendar days in any 90-day period. § 9-3.2023 · code text such use as temporary sleeping quarters shall in no event extend beyond seven calendar days (or portions thereof) within any 90-day period.

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