Jurisdiction and research scope
Goodland limits ordinary RV street parking to two hours in a day, with actual loading and permit exceptions. Residential storage also has surface, side-yard and vehicle-count rules. This selected-rule checker does not replace property-specific zoning, traffic or permit review.
Research by Can I Park My RV?Official municipal sources; access limits shown belowEditorial standard
Goodland RV parking at a glance
| Location or use | What to check |
|---|---|
| Street and alley parking | Section 16-211(b) prohibits parking or storing an RV, trailer of any kind or boat on a city street or alley for longer than two hours of any day, unless an applicable exception is actually satisfied. This is not a general overnight allowance. The commercial/industrial exception for a heavy truck or truck tractor without a semitrailer is not an RV exception. Other signs, emergency restrictions and traffic rules may forbid a shorter stop. |
| Actual loading and temporary permits | The exception is for temporary parking while actually engaged in loading or unloading property or passengers, not merely planning to load later. Police may issue an RV street/alley permit for no more than five days; a request is not an issued permit. Construction-project permits are separately handled by the building inspector for involved contractors. The checker leaves permit cases unresolved so their scope, dates and location can be verified. |
| Private-lot surfaces and driveways | Section 16-219 requires clearly delineated all-weather improved parking areas and driveways. Grass, carpet, shingles, plastic, cardboard and wood chips are not approved surfaces. The ordinance defines qualifying paving and gravel, and allows an unimproved driveway only if total width including improved portions is no more than 24 feet and the required delineation is present. Do not interpret this surface exception as an exemption from other parking, zoning or yard rules. Ask the building official to confirm surface specifications. |
| Side yards and vehicle counts | Parking or storing a covered vehicle in a side yard less than eight feet wide is prohibited under 16-219(d). Exactly eight feet avoids that particular width prohibition, but does not establish complete approval. A residential lot may have no more than seven vehicles counted outside. Vehicles enclosed within a garage or a solid fence six feet high are excluded from that total; an ordinary open fence is not that exclusion. Include the other qualifying vehicles on the lot, not just RVs. |
Street and alley parking
Section 16-211(b) prohibits parking or storing an RV, trailer of any kind or boat on a city street or alley for longer than two hours of any day, unless an applicable exception is actually satisfied. This is not a general overnight allowance. The commercial/industrial exception for a heavy truck or truck tractor without a semitrailer is not an RV exception. Other signs, emergency restrictions and traffic rules may forbid a shorter stop.
Actual loading and temporary permits
The exception is for temporary parking while actually engaged in loading or unloading property or passengers, not merely planning to load later. Police may issue an RV street/alley permit for no more than five days; a request is not an issued permit. Construction-project permits are separately handled by the building inspector for involved contractors. The checker leaves permit cases unresolved so their scope, dates and location can be verified.
Private-lot surfaces and driveways
Section 16-219 requires clearly delineated all-weather improved parking areas and driveways. Grass, carpet, shingles, plastic, cardboard and wood chips are not approved surfaces. The ordinance defines qualifying paving and gravel, and allows an unimproved driveway only if total width including improved portions is no more than 24 feet and the required delineation is present. Do not interpret this surface exception as an exemption from other parking, zoning or yard rules. Ask the building official to confirm surface specifications.
Side yards and vehicle counts
Parking or storing a covered vehicle in a side yard less than eight feet wide is prohibited under 16-219(d). Exactly eight feet avoids that particular width prohibition, but does not establish complete approval. A residential lot may have no more than seven vehicles counted outside. Vehicles enclosed within a garage or a solid fence six feet high are excluded from that total; an ordinary open fence is not that exclusion. Include the other qualifying vehicles on the lot, not just RVs.
Scope, exceptions and occupancy
The surface section excludes church, school and government-building parking areas and includes a city-manager hardship provision concerning the building line. The checker covers ordinary residential exterior cases without an asserted special approval; it does not decide those exceptions. Sleeping, residence, RV parks, hookups, required parking spaces, zoning and private covenants need separate review. A result concerning storage is not permission to occupy an RV.
Other street restrictions and current sources
Main Street between Eighth and Seventeenth Streets must be clear from 2 a.m. to 6 a.m. on Mondays and Fridays under 16-203. Motor vehicles in public areas require current registration plates under 16-204. Emergency-route restrictions may apply, and abandoned or obstructing vehicles can be removed; the separate 48-hour removal provision is not a 48-hour parking allowance. The city adopted Ordinance 1823 in July 2026 replacing 16-101 with the 53rd-edition Standard Traffic Ordinance. This guide uses the separately published local 16-211 and 16-219 provisions, not an assumption that the older chapter snapshot incorporates every later traffic amendment.
Who to contact for your setup
Ask Goodland city staff to verify city limits, parcel zoning, permits, actual site conditions and later amendments. Do not infer permission from an unknown result.
Use the Goodland parking checker to organize the starting conditions. The checker cannot approve a parcel, a variance or an unverified exception.
Official sources reviewed October 27, 2026
- Local street and private-lot rules
Sections 16-211 and 16-219; complementary restrictions in 16-203, 16-204 and 16-216.
- City ordinance index
Reviewed first two pages through Ordinance 1825; later traffic and zoning changes checked for scope.
- 2026 traffic incorporation
1823 replaces 16-101 only; local selected rules remain separately published.
- Official city code entry
City links its Municode publisher.
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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