Jurisdiction and research scope
Unincorporated Knox County only; Knoxville and Farragut are separate jurisdictions. Reviewed November 6, 2026. Zoning ordinance as amended April 21, 2025, county-hosted edition; ordinary storage §3.52 and temporary occupancy §3.100.
Research by Can I Park My RV?Official municipal sources; access limits shown belowEditorial standard
Knox County RV parking at a glance
| Location or use | What to check |
|---|---|
| Driveway | Ordinary storage behind front building line. |
| Yard | One covered unit/household; max 40 feet long and 10 feet wide; dwelling required. |
| Street | No public-street permission established. |
| Loading | No independent front-yard loading grace period established. |
| Guest | Ordinary stored RV cannot be occupied; qualifying construction permit is separate. |
| Hookups | Construction route requires approved services; storage does not authorize hookups. |
Ordinary residential storage
On residentially zoned land with a dwelling, one camping, travel, recreational, hauling or boat trailer per household may be stored behind the front building line, no more than 40 feet long and 10 feet wide. It may not be occupied under this ordinary storage route; a vacant lot is not an accessory-storage site.
Construction-site occupancy
Section 3.100 provides a temporary-permit route on at least one acre in a residential area outside a platted subdivision during single-family construction. Occupants must be the owner or household, with no renting, adequate cooking/sleeping/sanitation and approved water, electric and sewage arrangements.
Permit timing
The initial permit can run one year but expires after six months if work has not commenced and been verified. After year one, six-month extensions require timely applications. Occupancy and utility/sewage connections must end as a condition of the new home’s certificate of occupancy. Another temporary permit requires its exact approved terms.
Who to contact for your setup
Confirm your address, zoning district and exact parking or occupancy plan with Knox County planning or code enforcement through the official source. For public streets, also ask the agency responsible for that road.
Use the Knox County parking checker to organize the starting conditions. The checker cannot approve a parcel, a variance or an unverified exception.
Official sources reviewed November 6, 2026
- Knox County zoning ordinance, §§3.52 and 3.100
April 21, 2025 edition; replaces older archived copies for this packet.
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 local-government determination may still be required. Read our research method.
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