Compare RV parking rules in New Mexico

Front parking needs perpendicular placement and at least 11 feet from the RV body to the curb face, plus compliant access and setback conditions. A separate private-driveway 36-hour provision remains unresolved.

The listed IDO enclosed or side/rear storage route still needs parcel, surface, access and other site standards checked.

Street-permit instructions do not establish complete home-storage rules.

Confirm zoning, placement and actual use with the City.

Personal recreational RVs excluded from the residential commercial-vehicle category; confirm exact layout.

Street-yard unrelated-cargo storage restricted outside driveways; parcel classification matters.

A designated compliant residential parking area must satisfy the adopted front-yard and access conditions.

Parking and driveway access use at most 50 percent of the required front setback; RV curb restriction applies.

Cited ordinary route lists principal/accessory structures and setbacks; current application must be confirmed.

Open-yard/CUP/adjacent-vacant-lot routes require individual current review.

Residential driveway storage requires another applicable provision.

The cited C-2 rule restricts open unscreened storage; screening alone is not approval.

Keep access and traffic sightlines clear.

Road-ready, registered RV; no unrelated stored items.

Outside front, rear and side setbacks.

Covered residential accessory use only; district must be confirmed.

Private lot in residential use only.

The RV must not be parked or stored within 10 feet of any roadway, right-of-way or multi-use path. Keep the full vehicle on private property.

Private residential storage needs a separate zoning answer.

Article K commercial storage: RVs at most 45 feet, no sales or residence.

Temporary occupancy requires a qualifying permit route.

Construction: six-month permit, possible six-month renewal; ends 30 days after home occupancy certificate.

R-1-A accessory storage requires a dwelling on the same lot.

Confirm parcel placement, coverage and access separately.

City confirmation needed for front-yard clause interaction.

Ordinary front-yard restriction; loading/lot-constraint exceptions are not automatic.

Private lot in residential use only.

The storage provision does not specify a universal setback; confirm the actual parcel, access and any floodplain restrictions.

Private driveway rules require separate review.

Chapter 330 does not establish residential yard placement.

Private occupancy only through the applicable temporary route.

Permit route: one RV per recorded parcel, owner-tied permit, road-ready condition.

MER3 parcel-specific route only.

One per dwelling in front/side; rear has no numerical cap in this clause; five-foot line separation.

Off-street travel-trailer storage is recognized; other placement rules remain separate.

Confirm vehicle class and private guest arrangement.

R-1 side/rear route; front yard needs separate determination.

Side: one personal unit per dwelling; rear: no numerical limit in clause; five-foot separation.

RA-20: side/rear placement with district setbacks.

At most two operational units, each no longer than 30 feet, with current licensing/registration.

RR-1/RR-2 parcel with principal home; confirm placement.

One RV through the cited accessory route.

Up to 30 continuous days without variance; registration, condition and clearances.

Up to 30 continuous days without variance; registration, condition and clearances.

Vehicles at least 90 inches wide face the reviewed street prohibition except continuously attended listed loading. Detached public-way trailers and hitched trailer stays over 24 hours have separate restrictions.

Continuously attended loading is distinct from storage; check width, trailer attachment, signs and the entire stay.

Issued/displayed RV permit, correct address and all current terms; six-day and 90-day limits both apply.

Permit route and timing still need confirmation; no separate blanket loading waiver inferred.

Ordinary RV street duration unresolved; short-term-rental guest RV ban applies.

No general loading allowance verified.

Current referenced street clauses were not available in full for this guide; confirm before parking.

No blanket loading waiver of adopted home placement conditions was found.

Dated emergency/temporary route at most 72 hours, subject to other prohibitions and current applicability.

No unlimited loading exemption; apply the correct current street/site route.

C-2 provision restricts overnight public-right-of-way parking.

No separate longer loading allowance is established by the cited provision.

72 consecutive hours maximum on streets, highways and public alleys.

No separate longer loading allowance is established by the cited provision.

Cited storage provisions cap street parking at 24 hours.

No separate longer loading allowance is established by the cited provision.

No street-storage permission from this residential rule.

No separate longer loading allowance is established by the cited provision.

Street/loading rules not established by the storage-use list.

No separate longer loading allowance is established by the cited provision.

No street permission established by private temporary-use rules.

No separate longer loading allowance is established by the cited provision.

Street rules not established by this accessory provision.

No separate longer loading allowance is established by the cited provision.

Street rules require separate confirmation.

No separate longer loading allowance is established by the cited provision.

No street-storage permission from this residential rule.

No separate longer loading allowance is established by the cited provision.

90 minutes on blocks with a Park Place or Riverwalk, not a blanket citywide time allowance.

No separate longer loading allowance is established by the cited provision.

No street parking permission established here.

No separate longer loading allowance is established by the cited provision.

Street rules require separate confirmation.

No separate longer loading allowance is established by the cited provision.

14 days; City Manager extension up to 30 total; truck campers treated separately.

No separate longer loading allowance is established by the cited provision.

Street/loading requirements not decided by R-1 accessory storage.

No separate longer loading allowance is established by the cited provision.

The RA-20 storage route excludes public streets and rights-of-way.

No separate longer loading allowance is established by the cited provision.

Street parking is outside the RR guest rule.

No separate longer loading allowance is established by the cited provision.

No street-specific approval.

Only expressly described loading routes are evaluated.

One RV may have a conditional home guest route up to 14 dwelling days per lot per calendar year, subject to the reviewed cooking, utilities and placement conditions.

Existing published guide: original source-review dates, unresolved provisions and access limits are shown in that guide and remain in effect.

No sleeping or residence approval is inferred from a parking permit.

City-hosted permit instructions reviewed October 20, 2026; Ordinance 2856 identified as June 4, 2018. Full current code/later amendments and private/occupied-use conditions remain qualified.

Short-term-rental guests cannot park RVs on site or street; other sleeping stays unverified.

Uses adopted 2026 Chapter 14; ordinary street duration, guest sleeping and parcel-specific layout need City confirmation.

Sleeping and ongoing residence require a separately verified City route.

Existing approvals, exact seven-foot boundary, special districts, street rules and occupied use need individual confirmation.

Cited route: permit each stay, at most 7 days and 3 occupancies per calendar year, placement/mobility/sanitation conditions.

All routes require current-application confirmation; full current Article 24 body/later amendments not available for review. Accessory-structure wording not deleted or generalized to open-yard permission. Vacant-lot/construction/CUP routes remain separately unresolved.

Storage approval does not establish sleeping or residence permission.

City of Angel Fire, New Mexico only, not surrounding unincorporated county areas or another municipality. Current American Legal 2026 S-12; C-2 conditional uses §9-11B-3, history through Ordinance 2024-04, December 24, 2024. Read November 6, 2026. Confirm later uncodified amendments with the governing authority. Confirm site-specific restrictions and any use outside the stated route.

Ordinary occupancy only in MH district or RV park in Commercial Business District.

City of Artesia, New Mexico only, not surrounding unincorporated county areas or another municipality. Current American Legal 2024 S-6; section history Ordinance 1047, February 12, 2019. Read November 6, 2026. Confirm later uncodified amendments with the governing authority. Confirm site-specific restrictions and any use outside the stated route.

No living use through ordinary storage; construction occupancy needs separate approval.

City of Bernalillo, New Mexico only, not surrounding unincorporated county areas or another municipality. Chapter 470 adopted by Ordinance 360 on November 24, 2025, superseding the 2020 zoning chapter. Read November 6, 2026. Confirm later uncodified amendments with the governing authority. Confirm site-specific restrictions and any use outside the stated route.

Occasional guests up to 60 days/year; owner notice for over 14 consecutive days.

City of Bosque Farms, New Mexico only, not surrounding unincorporated county areas or another municipality. Current online zoning chapter, originally adopted August 6, 2015, with amendments noted in the compilation. Full-code amendment cutoff is not stated. Read November 6, 2026. Confirm later uncodified amendments with the governing authority. Confirm site-specific restrictions and any use outside the stated route.

Storage does not authorize residence; approved RV park is a separate use.

City of Deming, New Mexico only, not surrounding unincorporated county areas or another municipality. Current American Legal 2026 S-9; §12-4K-3 history through Ordinance 933, October 14, 1996 and 2001 Code. Read November 6, 2026. Confirm later uncodified amendments with the governing authority. Confirm site-specific restrictions and any use outside the stated route.

Approved park default; private temporary permit exceptions.

Unincorporated Doña Ana County only, not Las Cruces, Mesilla, Hatch, Sunland Park or other municipalities; tribal and federal land require their own governing authority. Current online Unified Development Code §350-502(B)(6), Article V. Section history through Ordinance 354-2024, November 12, 2024. Read November 6, 2026. Confirm later uncodified amendments with the governing authority. Confirm site-specific restrictions and any use outside the stated route.

No additional living quarters through R-1-A storage.

City of Elephant Butte, New Mexico only, not surrounding unincorporated county areas or another municipality. Current American Legal 2024 S-5; R-1-A district §155.026(E)(3). District-specific route, not a citywide storage entitlement. Read November 6, 2026. Confirm later uncodified amendments with the governing authority. Confirm site-specific restrictions and any use outside the stated route.

Unpaid residential houseguests: up to 30 days, no more than two periods/year.

City of Española, New Mexico only, not surrounding unincorporated county areas or another municipality. Current online Development Code Article VI, §609. Full-code amendment cutoff is not stated in the retrieved article. Read November 6, 2026. Confirm later uncodified amendments with the governing authority. Confirm site-specific restrictions and any use outside the stated route.

Occasional guests up to 60 days/year; owner notice for over 14 consecutive days.

City of Hatch, New Mexico only, not surrounding unincorporated county areas or another municipality. Current American Legal 2026 S-10; Ordinance 418 adopted May 25, 2022. Read November 6, 2026. Confirm later uncodified amendments with the governing authority. Confirm site-specific restrictions and any use outside the stated route.

City-property camping/sleeping requires an express lawful authorization.

City of Las Vegas, New Mexico only, not Las Vegas, Nevada or unincorporated San Miguel County. The evaluated street limit is specific to Park Place/Riverwalk blocks. Current online Chapter 330, adopted December 9, 2020 by Ordinance 20-14; 90-minute RV provision added August 10, 2022 by Ordinance 22-07. Read November 6, 2026. Confirm later uncodified amendments with the governing authority. Confirm site-specific restrictions and any use outside the stated route.

Dry camping 30 days/year; permitted development or snowbird routes up to 180 days with different counting rules.

Unincorporated Luna County only, not Deming, Columbus or other municipal, tribal or federal jurisdiction. Current American Legal 2026 Code; Ordinance 77 and Resolution 25-86 adopted November 13, 2025. Read November 6, 2026. Confirm later uncodified amendments with the governing authority. Confirm site-specific restrictions and any use outside the stated route.

No express sleeping authorization in cited MER3 storage provision.

Town of Mesilla municipal boundary only, not Las Cruces or unincorporated Doña Ana County. The evaluated route is MER3 zoning, not all town districts. Current online MER3 chapter 18.47; section history Ordinance 2007-14, §1. Read November 6, 2026. Confirm later uncodified amendments with the governing authority. Confirm site-specific restrictions and any use outside the stated route.

No residence on city-owned property; private travel-trailer guest provision needs class-specific review.

City of Raton, New Mexico only, not surrounding unincorporated county areas or another municipality. Current American Legal 2026 S-14; §70.05 history through Ordinance 946, May 9, 2006. Read November 6, 2026. Confirm later uncodified amendments with the governing authority. Confirm site-specific restrictions and any use outside the stated route.

Sleeping/living requires separate confirmation.

City of Socorro, New Mexico only, not surrounding unincorporated county areas or another municipality. Current online Zoning Article VIII, §250-8.2(C)(11), R-1 district. Full-code amendment cutoff is not stated in the retrieved article. Read November 6, 2026. Confirm later uncodified amendments with the governing authority. Confirm site-specific restrictions and any use outside the stated route.

At most two weeks of habitation per calendar year under RA-20 accessory rule.

City of Taos, New Mexico only, not surrounding unincorporated county areas or another municipality. Current online §16.16.030.3, RA-20 accessory uses; section history Ordinances 99-05 and 03-07. Other districts have different counts. Read November 6, 2026. Confirm later uncodified amendments with the governing authority. Confirm site-specific restrictions and any use outside the stated route.

Temporary guests: up to 180 days/year; rental/primary dwelling provisions need county determination.

Unincorporated Valencia County only, not Los Lunas, Belen, Bosque Farms, Peralta or tribal lands. Current American Legal 2024 S-10, §154.105; section history through Ordinance 2021-02, July 21, 2021. Read November 6, 2026. Confirm later uncodified amendments with the governing authority. Confirm site-specific restrictions and any use outside the stated route.

Separate guest and dwelling rules not evaluated.

Ordinary unoccupied storage only; variances and utility/guest occupancy excluded.