RV parking rules in Shellsburg

Shellsburg RV parking at a glance

Use an all-weather surface, not grass

Section 69.12 covers vehicles designed or used for temporary dwelling, recreation or sport, including travel trailers, campers, motor coaches, converted trucks/vans/buses and recreational equipment. Yard parking needs an all-weather surface free of grass and weeds: gravel, asphalt, concrete, crushed rock or a similar City-approved surface. Parking on grass is expressly excluded.

Front yards and side/rear yards have different setbacks

In a front yard the RV must be at least 25 feet from the front property line. In a side or rear yard it must be at least 5 feet from any property line. Measure from the property line rather than assuming the curb is the boundary. An RV parked in front of the residence also must not obstruct traffic or create a safety hazard.

Temporary occupancy has two clocks

For the listed habitation-capable travel trailers, campers, camping trailers, motor coaches and converted trucks, vans or buses, temporary human habitation cannot exceed 28 days in a calendar year or 14 consecutive days at a time. Both limits apply wherever the vehicle is parked or stored in the City. Neither limit grants permission to occupy an otherwise unlawful location.

One vehicle and owner notification

The occupancy provision allows only one such recreational vehicle on a single parcel or group of collectively owned parcels at a given time. When it is occupied, the property owner must notify the City Clerk of the occupancy period. The City may further restrict occupancy after complaints. This checker neither files that notification nor issues approval.

Street parking and vehicle condition need separate checks

RVs on streets, alleys or public areas alongside the traveled street remain subject to all general parking regulations. Section 69.11 separately limits disconnected towed equipment on public rights-of-way or alleys to 48 hours. The 72-hour rule in 69.13 concerns a particular City lot northwest of Main and Pearl, not every street. RVs must be operable, roadworthy and currently licensed/permitted; otherwise storage on a lot beyond 48 hours requires a completely enclosed building. The checker does not decide this separate condition exception.

Current edition and later records

The City links the 2024 supplemented code; its supplement records Ordinance 473, adopted February 21, 2023, for 69.12. Accessible 2025–2026 council minutes were screened. Later traffic-device Ordinance 483 concerns 61.01 and Chapter 65, not this yard/occupancy clause. Online text may lag later ordinances, as the City warns. Confirm the current record at City Hall, current signs and any complaint-based restriction.

Who to contact for your setup

Use the official sources below to confirm your address, current requirements and any facts outside this selected screen.

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

Official sources reviewed October 26, 2026

• Shellsburg traffic code, §§69.11–69.12

  Current City-linked 2024 supplement includes RV rule, Ord 473 adopted February 21, 2023.

• Shellsburg supplement record

  Records 69.12 amended by Ordinance 473, February 21, 2023, included September 2024.

• Shellsburg code index

  City warns online copy can be temporarily outdated; controlling copy is at City Hall.

• Shellsburg council minutes

  2025–2026 accessible minutes screened; traffic-device Ordinance 483 is not an amendment to 69.12. Latest October 5 minutes and October 20 agenda screened.

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.