RV parking rules in Pasco, WA

Pasco RV parking at a glance

Can I keep an RV or boat on a Pasco street?

PMC 10.65.020(4) prohibits routine public storage/maintenance of the listed recreational units and equipment. Its owner-frontage exception allows up to 72 hours in any given two-week period for loading/unloading in front of the owner’s property.

A second exception is temporary parking by the owner’s guest when the guest’s equipment cannot fit on the owner’s driveway because of its size, again in front of that owner’s property and within the 72-hour/two-week limit. The short City FAQ describes loading; the full code supplies this additional conditional guest option. Neither is a general neighborhood storage allowance.

Does RV weight change the answer?

PMC 10.65.020(2) restricts a vehicle with maximum gross weight of 14,000 pounds or more anywhere on or off street in a residential zone. For a street block, residential property on either side brings the block within the stated residential definition. The code-defined weight is scale weight plus the licensed/marked maximum load, whichever is greater; empty weight is insufficient.

No general recreational-vehicle waiver is assumed. Delivery exceptions and unusual unit/tow combinations need their actual classification. Commercial/industrial streets separately restrict truck tractors, trailers, semitrailers and heavier vehicles to two hours; the bounded checker leaves those overlapping categories to an exact answer. Unlicensed street vehicles are separately prohibited.

Which Pasco yards allow unoccupied RV storage?

PMC 25.185.140 names all-yard storage in R-1, R-2, R-3 and R-4, and only side/rear storage in R-15, R-S-12 and R-S-1. It covers boats, motorhomes, camp/travel trailers, fifth wheels, pickup campers, utility trailers and snowmobiles. R-1-A/R-1-A2 and other unlisted districts are not automatically treated as R-1.

The complete storage area must use an all-weather material such as asphalt, brick, stone, concrete or gravel. A driveway may cross different legal yards, so confirm the full footprint, district and maximum gross weight before relying on a yard option.

What front-yard layout and guest limits remain?

The recreational-equipment section preserves PMC 25.185.030(4): single-family front parking stays within garage/carport/slab-bound lines, with an additional nearest-side area no larger than 10 by 20 feet. Circular drives need at least 100 feet of frontage. Primary front parking/driveways are hard-surfaced, with the stated R-15/R-S-12 first-20-foot hard-surface exception; five or more cars in the required single-family front yard are restricted.

Bona fide guests may temporarily park on driveways for at most 10 days in any 60-day period. Include earlier visits. No automatic override of the side/rear-district storage restriction, or approval for sleeping, is inferred from that sentence.

Can someone sleep in the RV or live there?

PMC 25.160.040 generally confines overnight RV occupancy to approved RV/residential parks. A temporary exception may be granted for the uses specified in 10.65.020, subject to strict compliance; a qualifying parked guest does not by itself prove that occupied-use approval has been granted. The checker asks whether the proposed sleeping is actually overnight before applying this overnight provision. Daytime-only or unconfirmed sleeping remains unresolved, not permission; primary residence retains its separate restrictions.

Primary residence use has a separate approved-residential-park route. More than 180 occupied days in any 12-month period is deemed permanent occupancy; that definition is not permission for 180 days at an ordinary home. Job shacks and commercial occupancy have distinct rules. Hookups remain a separate approval issue.

Which Pasco sources and dates apply?

This guide covers incorporated Pasco, Washington, not Franklin County or Pasco County, Florida. Full official sections were reviewed October 20, 2026. The code displayed currency through Ordinance 4846, June 15, 2026, and the yard/layout sections include the 2026 Ordinance 4828 amendments.

The general 14-day/abandoned-vehicle enforcement chapter does not replace the specific RV/boat/trailer restrictions. Check actual signs, later ordinances, parcel zoning, private restrictions and any issued exception with the City.

Who to contact for your setup

Contact Pasco Code Enforcement/Planning through the official City website or the code’s listed 509-544-3080 number. Ask Police about the code-defined maximum gross weight, precise frontage and any temporary overnight exception before relying on one.

Use the Pasco 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

• PMC 10.65.020: RV street exceptions and vehicle weights

  Full official current text available October 20, 2026. 72 hours in any two-week period for owner-frontage loading or size-constrained guest parking; residential maximum-gross-weight restriction at 14,000 pounds, and street licensing requirement.

• PMC 25.185.140: recreational equipment parking

  Full current official section; amended by Ordinance 4828 §18, 2026. R-1/R-2/R-3/R-4 all-yard and R-15/R-S-12/R-S-1 side/rear distinctions, all-weather storage, guest driveway 10 days in 60.

• PMC 25.160.040: occupancy and primary residence

  Full official current section available. Overnight occupancy generally in approved RV/residential parks, with a temporary exception that may be granted under 10.65.020; primary residence separately restricted and more than 180 days in any 12 months deemed permanent. Targeted November 9, 2026 scope clarification: subsection (1) addresses overnight occupancy, not every report of sleeping. The original October 20 review is retained; this is not a full later-amendment review or daytime-sleeping approval.

• PMC 25.185.030(4): front-yard parking layout

  Full official current text; amended Ordinance 4828 §17, 2026. Garage/carport/slab-bound layout, extra area at most 10 by 20 feet, circular drive frontage 100 feet, primary front hard surfaces and no five-or-more cars in required single-family front yard.

• City of Pasco Code Enforcement FAQ

  Current City FAQ confirms owner-frontage 72-hour/two-week loading option. Full code adds conditional guest exception omitted from short FAQ.

• PMC 10.65.030: general unauthorized/abandoned parking

  Full current section available. General 14-day/abandoned-vehicle enforcement is not substituted for the specific recreational-equipment restrictions.

A review date records when we checked these sources. An address-specific city determination may still be required. Read our research method.