RV parking rules in Countryside

Countryside RV parking at a glance

Side and rear storage

Section 10-10-4(C) prohibits ordinary RV storage in front and corner-side yards, while allowing temporary trip preparation and unloading there. In a required interior side yard, the lot-line distance is at least five feet in R-1 and three feet in other residential districts. Nondeciduous plants or opaque fencing must screen three sides and stand at least five feet high. Open storage in a required rear yard needs maintained screening of nondeciduous plants or opaque fencing at least five feet high and no longer than the RV itself. The expired two-year transition clause is not treated as a present exemption.

Countryside adopted RV provisions Passes, permits and parking surfaces Current code

Counts, licensing and lawful surfaces

One RV may be stored outdoors on a zoning lot. There is a limited extra boat exception for a boat transportable in or on a camper or motor vehicle, at most 14 feet long, three feet wide and 20 inches high. Utility trailers have separate district and size limits and are excluded from this checker. The RV must be licensed when state law requires it and registered to the particular location. Section 10-10-3 requires lawful parking layout and residential surfaces of four inches of concrete or two inches of asphalt over at least eight inches of compacted aggregate. Confirm the specific site, screening and all other vehicle rules rather than treating RV placement alone as full approval.

Countryside adopted RV provisions Passes, permits and parking surfaces Current code

Passes and emergency occupancy

Section 10-10-3(A)(3) allows the police chief to issue one-calendar-day passes, at most six per calendar year for the same applicant, vehicle or premises, with up to two vehicles separately passed on a day. Requests must be made in person or by phone within 24 hours before use. Temporary permits issued by the zoning administrator/building official run no more than ten days, at most four per year and two within any 30 days; the listed fee is $5 per day or part thereof. On-street permissions require other parking options to be exhausted. General conditions include operability, licensing, safe condition, approved surfaces and visible permit placards. Emergency temporary-dwelling permission after a destructive event rendering the home uninhabitable is separate, requires safe habitable conditions, and ends when no longer needed, work finishes or the permit ends. Neither an ordinary RV storage allowance nor this checker grants occupancy or any pass.

Countryside adopted RV provisions Passes, permits and parking surfaces Current code

Who to contact for your setup

Confirm the exact address and proposal with the local planning or police office. This limited administrative screening is not a permit or complete legal approval. No utility trailer, business/manufacturing, enclosed-storage, general street or occupancy clearance. Current S-27 is through June 10, 2026 and pending-codification list had no listed ordinance.

Use the Countryside parking checker to organize the starting conditions. The checker cannot approve a parcel, a variance or an unverified exception.

Official sources reviewed November 7, 2026

• Countryside adopted RV provisions

  Full official/adopted source text reviewed 2026-11-07.

• Passes, permits and parking surfaces

  Reviewed 2026-11-07.

• Current code

  Reviewed 2026-11-07.

A review date records when we checked these sources. The notes above explain any use of older code editions or limits on access to the full source; an address-specific city determination may still be required. Read our research method.