Jurisdiction and research scope
Incorporated Durango only. Published Land Use and Development Code Sections 4-5-4-1 and 4-5-4-2 were read October 23, 2026; they display effective dates April 30, 2019 and July 1, 2014 respectively. This guide covers storage in multifamily, nonresidential and mixed-use parking areas and the stated overnight-occupancy restriction. It does not establish ordinary single-family yard storage or complete street-parking rules.
Research by Can I Park My RV?Official municipal sources; access limits shown belowEditorial standard
Durango RV parking at a glance
| Location or use | What to check |
|---|---|
| driveway | Ordinary single-family storage needs separate review. |
| yard | Reviewed storage exception is for specified development parking areas, not general home yards. |
| street | Complete street duration rules not established; carrying-capacity and commercial provisions may apply. |
| guest | Overnight occupancy requires an approved campground, RV park or other City-approved location. |
| hookups | Storage permission is not utility or occupancy approval. |
Can an RV be stored in an apartment or business parking area?
The published rule generally prohibits storing boats, campers and RVs in parking areas of multifamily, nonresidential and mixed-use developments. Its exception requires outdoor storage permitted in the zone and approved for that property, a dedicated area not counted as required parking, and compliance with outdoor-storage requirements such as buffering or screening.
Can an unused required space become RV storage?
Required off-street spaces must remain available for operable passenger cars serving the development. The storage exception expressly requires its designated area not to count toward those parking requirements. Empty spaces do not automatically become an approved RV-storage area.
What about trailers and loading bays?
The same development-parking restriction covers overnight parking of trucks and trailers. Long-term trailer storage in loading spaces is separately prohibited because those spaces must remain available for routine deliveries. This guide does not create a daytime trailer-storage permission from that overnight wording.
Do commercial vehicles or carrying capacity matter?
A separate clause restricts commercial vehicles and vehicles with more than two tons of carrying capacity on residential parcels or spaces abutting them, with a temporary delivery or repair/service exception. It also restricts commercial vehicle storage and vehicles above that carrying capacity overnight on streets. Carrying capacity is not gross vehicle weight; confirm the actual vehicle and service exception.
Does every gravel lot qualify?
Ordinary off-street parking must be graded and surfaced with concrete, bituminous asphalt or another material approved by the City Engineer. The Engineer may allow less durable surfaces for specified low-turnover, recreation or overflow uses, subject to defined edges and a 25-foot loose-surface setback from the connecting street pavement. A gravel lot alone is not proof of approval.
Can the RV block a loading space or sidewalk?
The code protects parking and loading spaces, aisles, fire lanes, entrances and access. Blocking spaces requires any applicable temporary-use approval, and parking across a public sidewalk or obstructing a driveway approach is prohibited. The ordinary checker route requires unobstructed access.
Can I sleep in the parked vehicle overnight?
The published clause prohibits overnight occupancy in a vehicle, RV, boat, camper, trailer, bus or similar vehicle unless it is in an approved campground, RV park or another City-approved location. A storage approval is not automatically an occupancy approval. Actual approval terms and utilities need separate review.
Do these conditions authorize storage at a single-family home?
No general single-family storage allowance is established by this review. The main storage clause specifically names multifamily, nonresidential and mixed-use parking areas. Street duration, home setbacks and private-yard storage need separate confirmation; they are not inferred from that development-parking exception.
Who to contact for your setup
Ask Durango Community Development to confirm the development type, outdoor-storage approval, required parking, carrying capacity and any actual overnight-occupancy approval. Use the official code publisher links below.
Use the Durango parking checker to organize the starting conditions. The checker cannot approve a parcel, a variance or an unverified exception.
Official sources reviewed October 23, 2026
- Durango LUDC Section 4-5-4-1, parking and loading uses
Complete published page 472 available with continuation on page 473; section displays April 30, 2019 effective date.
- Durango LUDC continuation and Section 4-5-4-2
Complete page 473 available: access, overnight occupancy and surface standards. Section 4-5-4-2 displays July 1, 2014 effective date; no whole-code currency certification inferred.
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.
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