Jurisdiction and research scope
City of Memphis, Tennessee only; not neighboring municipalities or unincorporated county territory. Official Memphis Clean City Guide, 2025 edition, pages 11–13; read November 6, 2026. This administrative guide does not reproduce every zoning or occupied-use requirement.
Research by Can I Park My RV?Official municipal sources; access limits shown belowEditorial standard
Memphis RV parking at a glance
| Location or use | What to check |
|---|---|
| Driveway / yard | Improved, city-approved hard dustless surface outside the front yard. One camping trailer/RV per household; general four-vehicle dwelling cap also applies. |
| Street / loading | Covered RV parking or storage on residential streets is prohibited. No residential-street loading exception is established by the city guide. |
| Sleeping / utilities | Storage guidance does not authorize sleeping or living in an RV. Obtain a separate answer for electrical, water and wastewater connections. |
Residential street parking
The city’s special-use vehicle guidance prohibits parking or storing the covered boats, campers, trailers and RVs on residential streets. It does not give a loading window or make a short stay an exception. Confirm any emergency or special authorization directly rather than applying a general abandoned-vehicle time limit.
Home storage and counts
A household may keep no more than one camping trailer or recreational vehicle, plus no more than one boat and boat trailer. No part of the RV parking or storage area may be in the front yard. The general residential guidance also caps vehicles at four per dwelling and requires concrete, asphalt or another city-approved hard, dustless surface, not lawn or grass.
Condition and occupied use
The guide describes a violation when a rusted, wrecked, junked, partially dismantled, inoperable or abandoned vehicle remains on property for ten days unless completely enclosed in a building. That is not ten days of permission for an otherwise prohibited RV position. Sleeping, ongoing residence, servicing and water, wastewater or electrical connections require separate zoning and permit answers.
Who to contact for your setup
Ask Memphis Planning or Code Enforcement to confirm jurisdiction, the actual parcel or road, vehicle classification, position, duration and intended use. Obtain the required road, building, electrical, plumbing or wastewater approvals before relying on a parking exception. Easements, HOA rules and leases remain separate. Start with the official rule or permit guidance.
Use the Memphis 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
- Memphis Clean City Guide 2025, pages 11–13
Current city guidance on RV counts, front yards, residential streets, surfaces and vehicle condition.
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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