RV parking rules in Ivins

Ivins RV parking at a glance

Street parking needs the right permit

Section 9.08.103(7)(b) prohibits boats, trailers, tractors and recreation vehicles in the listed public locations. Subsection (c) permits only motor homes and travel trailers with tow vehicles attached through the resident permit route. Detached travel trailers remain prohibited. The general 72-hour rule in (d) is for vehicles not covered above, not an RV grace period.

Who qualifies for the temporary street permit?

Apply at the City office before parking. The applicant must be a City resident, and the parking must be contiguous to and in front of property the applicant owns. Each permit is limited to 10 days, with a total of 30 days per year. Display it in the front window of the motor home or trailer tow vehicle. No fee, application turnaround, year-reset method or occupancy authorization is verified here.

A permit does not remove safety restrictions

The roadway must retain at least 18 feet of unobstructed width opposite the vehicle, with a clear view of the stopped vehicle from 200 feet in each direction. Posted restrictions, curb placement, driveway access and other traffic rules still matter. The City manager or designee may approve exceptions for construction or maintenance of roads, public safety emergencies and special events; do not assume an exception.

Side and rear residential storage

On a legal residential lot with an occupied home, one occupiable and two nonoccupiable RVs may be parked in side or rear yards without solid screening. Above that count, the code requires side/rear placement and a solid 5-foot screen fence or placement behind the primary residence. It expressly removes the nonoccupiable count limit with that screening or behind-house placement. Side setbacks may contain RVs; occupiable RVs may not occupy the required rear setback. Units must be operable and in reasonable repair. Ask Planning to apply the counts and zoning to the actual lot.

Front yards and loading are not the same

When lot constraints prevent side/rear parking, one RV may use the front setback on concrete, asphalt or gravel with required driveway sight lines, but not the driveway fronting the primary residence except loading/unloading. A separate exception allows one RV behind the required front setback line where the front yard extends behind it. Front-yard loading/unloading has a 72-hour maximum. Section 16.11.117 protects a driveway triangle with 12-foot legs; review the full sight-line rule before placement.

Guests, vacant lots and construction

An occupiable RV may temporarily house the owner’s family or guests for no more than 30 days in any consecutive 180-day period. This is not ongoing residence or street-camping approval. RVs cannot be stored on vacant lots before primary-home construction begins; one occupiable RV may be parked during construction. That is parking text, not independent construction occupancy or hookup approval. Enclosed-garage storage has no RV count limit.

Confirm the RV classification

The residential definition includes motor homes, travel and camping trailers, boats, truck campers, unbranded enclosed cargo trailers, flatbed trailers, and ATVs/motorcycles with associated trailers. Occupiable RVs have habitable areas, but the definition excludes tent trailers, small van conversions and campers described as not subject to these restrictions. Those exclusions are not a blanket permission: unusual units and the text’s camper distinction need City classification. Commercial vehicles have separate rules, outside this checker.

Who to contact for your setup

Contact Ivins City at 435-628-0606 for current street permits and Building/Zoning at 435-634-9753 for storage, classification, setbacks and guests. Confirm the exact address and any later amendments before relying on a permit or exception.

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

Official sources reviewed October 24, 2026

• Ivins §9.08.103, unlawful parking

  Full operative section read October 24, 2026, 2026 S-11: general RV prohibition, narrow resident permit route, clearance and approved exceptions.

• Ivins §16.12.111, residential RV parking

  Full section read, including definitions, screening, front-yard exceptions, temporary guests and construction. History references 2008-02 and commercial-use amendment 2017-17.

• Ivins §16.11.117, driveway sight triangle

  Full cross-reference read; 12-foot triangular legs and 2-foot landscaping threshold; pruned-tree exception.

• Code edition and current-through date

  Publisher labels 2026 S-11 current, through Ordinance 2026-10 passed April 16, 2026. This is a codification cutoff, not the effective date of every parking rule.

• Official City code link and contacts

  City Government page links American Legal as Ivins City Code. City 435-628-0606; Building/Zoning 435-634-9753.

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.