Jurisdiction and research scope
Hollywood, Florida residential areas only. Full current 2026 S-52 §72.121 read October 20, 2026; a publisher edition is not parcel approval or certification of later uncodified actions.
Research by Can I Park My RV?Official municipal sources; access limits shown belowEditorial standard
Hollywood RV parking at a glance
| Location or use | What to check |
|---|---|
| Side/rear | Qualifying legal access and opaque six-foot screening, subject to City height controls. Official source |
| Front driveway | Inaccessible-yard exception; maximum 25 feet long, five-foot front setback and orientation conditions. Official source |
| Outdoor storage | One combined RV/boat/utility trailer per dwelling; over 12 feet high needs an enclosed garage. Official source |
| Street/swale | Specific RV right-of-way prohibition overrides general temporary swale wording. Official source |
| Occupied RV | No ordinary sleeping, residence or utility hookups. Official source |
Where should an RV be kept at a Hollywood home?
§72.121 starts with side or rear storage where legally accessible without substantial alteration of conditions existing before January 1, 1976. Outdoor units need an opaque six-foot fence, wall, dense shrubbery or similar screen from adjacent properties, subject to the City’s land-improvement height controls. A gap large enough to drive through today is not the whole access test. The parcel must have a permitted principal use, and the unit must belong to or be leased by an occupant or house guest.
When is a Hollywood front driveway available?
The driveway exception depends on qualifying side/rear inaccessibility. An RV or boat must be no longer than 25 feet, at least five feet from the front property line, and perpendicular to the existing structure unless on a paved circular driveway. The curb edge need not be the property line. The code also mentions utility trailers in A(2), but A(5) and B(5) specifically address front-driveway RV/boat counts; the checker leaves a proposed utility-trailer driveway arrangement for City interpretation.
Is there a limit on RV size or the number of units?
A unit more than 12 feet high must be inside a wholly enclosed garage. Ordinarily only one combined RV, boat or utility trailer may remain outside a completely enclosed, roofed and walled permanent structure per dwelling unit; a boat on a trailer counts as one. Additional enclosed units do not become outdoor permissions. Special-purpose vehicles such as race cars and swamp buggies also need a wholly enclosed garage. Mobile homes have a separate residential prohibition and are not treated as travel RVs.
Can the RV sit on lawn, gravel or stabilizer jacks?
The City requires hard improved parking surfaces and prohibits lawn parking. Its guidance lists asphalt, concrete and pavers, with a narrow pre-1989 gravel-driveway route if loose gravel stays out of the right-of-way. The code requires movable condition with mounted, inflated wheels and tires. Jacks/blocks generally fail that condition; it expressly accommodates a truck-camper’s own designed jacks and a recreational trailer’s attached tongue. Current tags are required outside a completely enclosed garage.
Does the City’s 24-hour swale note allow RV parking?
No general RV curbside permission follows from that note. §72.121(A)(2) says no vehicle other than a passenger automobile may park in the public road right-of-way. The general swale guidance must be read alongside that specific restriction. A driveway must be wholly on the private parcel; using the apron, swale or sidewalk does not make a large RV fit within the home-storage exception.
Can guests sleep in the parked RV or connect it to power?
§72.121(B)(4) prohibits occupancy in any manner, accessory-building/storage use, and utility or electrical connections. There is a narrow connection exception associated with minor/emergency repairs and battery recharge, not a guest-camping route. The checker reports ordinary sleeping or residence as prohibited, and sends claimed repair-related connections for review. An otherwise qualifying parking space does not approve an occupied stay. This guide covers Hollywood, Florida, not Hollywood postal addresses outside the City.
Who to contact for your setup
Use the official local source to confirm your parcel and any special approval before relying on a conditional result.
Use the Hollywood parking checker to organize the starting conditions. The checker cannot approve a parcel, a variance or an unverified exception.
Official sources reviewed October 20, 2026
- Hollywood §72.121: RV, boat and trailer restrictions
Full current 2026 S-52 section read October 20, 2026; section amendment history ends O-96-39, October 16, 1996. All subsections A and B reviewed.
- Hollywood Code Compliance: off-street parking guidance
Official current web guidance read October 20, 2026. Its shorter one-per-property wording is qualified by the code’s per-dwelling/outside-enclosure clause.
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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