RV parking rules in Port Washington

Port Washington RV parking at a glance

Use the city rules, not the neighboring town rules

This guide concerns the City of Port Washington, Wisconsin, not the separate town or another state’s Port Washington. Section 485-95 applies to single- and two-family residence districts and single- and multiple-family dwellings in CCM. Section 485-94 separately covers other districts and certain conditional uses. Confirm the parcel and applicable section before using these selected checks.

Temporary guests have a seven-day driveway route

Section 485-95(A)(4)(a) describes temporary guests traveling in an RV, camping trailer or travel trailer visiting the owner or a permanent resident. Their vehicle may be in that person’s driveway for at most seven consecutive days. The clause is not a general seven-day entitlement for all RV residence, nor a permission to occupy a lawn, commercial lot or street.

Guest water must remain contained

The guest clause allows inhabiting the vehicle and connecting to water and electricity during its stated period, but any water used must remain contained in the unit. Electrical connections, equipment and facilities must comply with local and state law. This is not an authorization for sewage discharge, permanent hookups or an unapproved electrical installation; later water-law changes also need case review.

Only one unit may occupy the street yard

Section 485-95(A)(4)(b) caps simultaneous RVs, camping trailers and travel trailers in a street yard at one. The vehicle must be in a driveway or a paved off-street parking or storage space and cannot overhang a sidewalk or street right-of-way. The local street-yard definition follows the principal structure; corner and double-frontage lots have two street yards.

The lot-wide cap is two with an enclosure exclusion

Section 485-95(A)(4)(d) permits no more than two RVs or trailers on a lot at a time, excluding units properly parked or stored in an enclosed garage and screened from public view. Under paragraph (c), multiple recreational vehicles carried on a qualifying trailer count as one, subject to paragraph (d). An ordinary cover or open carport does not establish the enclosed-garage exclusion.

Driveway design and approvals remain separate

General provisions require paved driveways and parking spaces, three-foot abutting-lot-line separation, and wheels fully on the space and parallel to its nearest edge. The code has same-footprint replacement rules and possible Plan Commission special exceptions for new or reconstructed driveways/parking spaces. The checker does not override documented exceptions or decide a survey, existing-use claim or construction approval.

Do not turn these selected tests into blanket permission

The code table of contents reports incorporation through May 19, 2026. The later-laws ledger was reviewed and lists additional water, stormwater, erosion, administrative, comprehensive-map and tax-district material; these checks do not clear utility or parcel approvals. Street parking and non-guest RV habitation remain unresolved here.

Who to contact for your setup

Use the official sources below to confirm the exact parcel, current amendments and any special approval with Port Washington. This checker does not issue permits or contact officials.

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

Official sources reviewed October 28, 2026

• Port Washington §§485-93 and 485-95, residential RV parking

  Definitions and single/two-family and selected CCM residential rules.

• Port Washington code currency

  Legislation incorporated through May 19, 2026.

• Port Washington new-laws ledger

  Later posted laws include water, stormwater, erosion, administrative and land-use map changes; no general utility clearance inferred.

• Port Washington code adoption

  2023-14 adopted the codification; substantively unchanged provisions continue prior law.

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.