RV parking rules in Ridgewood

Ridgewood RV parking at a glance

Residential RV storage and the five-day limit

Section 190-124E(1)(e) specifically requires recreation vehicles on residential lots to be stored in an enclosed garage, but allows parking outside a garage for up to five separate or consecutive days in a calendar year. Count all outdoor parking days, including the proposed stay, rather than restarting the allowance after each trip. The provision lists private camping trailers separately among certain equipment allowed outdoors subject to six-foot height, screening, side/rear placement and side-yard setback conditions. Ask the Village to resolve any classification overlap rather than assuming a small RV is exempt from the specific RV clause.

Placement and screening still matter

Outdoor storage is an accessory use of a legal one-family detached or two-family dwelling in the identified residential zones and other zones containing such a dwelling. The section requires side or rear placement, screening against views from abutting residential property or streets, and principal-building side setbacks for side-yard storage. The five-day exception addresses time outside a garage; it does not clearly waive every placement condition. This checker identifies the annual limit but leaves the complete short-stay placement decision to the Village. Nonresidential outdoor storage has its own side/rear, setback and screening requirements.

No sleeping or household use in a parked RV

Section 190-124E(6) prohibits temporary as well as permanent sleeping, bathing, toilet functions and food preparation in parked or stored vehicles and trailers. Five outdoor days are not five camping nights. Utility connections are not authorized by the storage exception. The cited rule does not grant street parking or a separate loading grace period. Storage of unrelated materials in vehicles also has limits, with a narrow exception for equipment designed for that purpose and accessory to a lawful principal use; hazardous materials remain subject to separate controls.

Who to contact for your setup

Ask Ridgewood 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 Ridgewood 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

• Ridgewood outdoor storage and occupied use

  §190-124E(1)–(8).

• Ridgewood current code

  Legislation through October 14, 2026.

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.