Jurisdiction and research scope
City of South San Francisco only. Chapter 8.44 regulates RV dimensions, storage, overnight streets, food preparation and limited sleeping separately. A postal address is not a jurisdiction determination. This guide does not establish HOA, lease, fire, traffic-sign, building or utility approval.
Research by Can I Park My RV?Official municipal sources; access limits shown belowEditorial standard
South San Francisco RV parking at a glance
| Location or use | What to check |
|---|---|
| Vehicle size and residential placement | Section 8.44.030 prohibits keeping an RV exceeding 35 feet long, eight feet wide or 13 feet six inches high in the city. Section 8.44.040 allows specified residential storage categories, including licensed trailer parks or public storage, a lawful fully enclosed structure, and qualifying side, rear or front-yard placement. This guide does not confer facility licensing or building approval. Side and rear placement requires at least a three-foot exit space from a habitable building, blocked or locked wheels, no public-right-of-way encroachment, no corner-vision conflict, and a solid nontransparent six-foot fence screening adjacent lots. Front-yard storage must be entirely on a paved driveway and meet wheel, right-of-way and corner-vision conditions. The defined driveway width cannot exceed one-third of front-yard width, or one-third of side-yard width for a corner lot. Confirm every condition before storage. |
| Overnight streets and trip preparation | Section 8.44.050 generally prohibits RV street parking from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. Its trip exception is limited to a resident of a single- or two-family residential district immediately abutting the resident’s lot for same-day departure, return, loading or preparation: no more than 24 consecutive hours and no more than two occasions in seven days. An RV belonging to a visitor is not automatically within that resident exception. Defined multiuse vehicles have a separate resident-abutting-lot exception in those districts, still subject to Title 11. The definition includes qualifying four-wheel-drive vehicles, pickups, mini or micro motorhomes and vans no longer than 23 feet. Do not treat every motorhome as multiuse or a daytime space as unrestricted. |
| Sleeping is not dwelling or food preparation | Section 8.44.070 prohibits human habitation and §8.44.080 prohibits food preparation in an RV, each excluding a lawfully installed mobile home. Section 8.44.090 separately provides a narrow sleeping exception for a resident of a single- or two-family residential district: proper front, side or rear-yard storage, a fully contained vehicle requiring no electrical or plumbing hookups, no more than 72 consecutive hours, and no more than two occasions in 30 days. Sleeping outside that exception is prohibited. A qualifying short sleeping occasion does not waive the separate food-preparation or dwelling restrictions. A lawful dealer’s storage exception does not authorize habitation. Connections, discharge, installed mobile homes and commercial facilities require their own review. |
Vehicle size and residential placement
Section 8.44.030 prohibits keeping an RV exceeding 35 feet long, eight feet wide or 13 feet six inches high in the city. Section 8.44.040 allows specified residential storage categories, including licensed trailer parks or public storage, a lawful fully enclosed structure, and qualifying side, rear or front-yard placement. This guide does not confer facility licensing or building approval.
Side and rear placement requires at least a three-foot exit space from a habitable building, blocked or locked wheels, no public-right-of-way encroachment, no corner-vision conflict, and a solid nontransparent six-foot fence screening adjacent lots. Front-yard storage must be entirely on a paved driveway and meet wheel, right-of-way and corner-vision conditions. The defined driveway width cannot exceed one-third of front-yard width, or one-third of side-yard width for a corner lot. Confirm every condition before storage.
Overnight streets and trip preparation
Section 8.44.050 generally prohibits RV street parking from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. Its trip exception is limited to a resident of a single- or two-family residential district immediately abutting the resident’s lot for same-day departure, return, loading or preparation: no more than 24 consecutive hours and no more than two occasions in seven days. An RV belonging to a visitor is not automatically within that resident exception.
Defined multiuse vehicles have a separate resident-abutting-lot exception in those districts, still subject to Title 11. The definition includes qualifying four-wheel-drive vehicles, pickups, mini or micro motorhomes and vans no longer than 23 feet. Do not treat every motorhome as multiuse or a daytime space as unrestricted.
Sleeping is not dwelling or food preparation
Section 8.44.070 prohibits human habitation and §8.44.080 prohibits food preparation in an RV, each excluding a lawfully installed mobile home. Section 8.44.090 separately provides a narrow sleeping exception for a resident of a single- or two-family residential district: proper front, side or rear-yard storage, a fully contained vehicle requiring no electrical or plumbing hookups, no more than 72 consecutive hours, and no more than two occasions in 30 days. Sleeping outside that exception is prohibited.
A qualifying short sleeping occasion does not waive the separate food-preparation or dwelling restrictions. A lawful dealer’s storage exception does not authorize habitation. Connections, discharge, installed mobile homes and commercial facilities require their own review.
Who to contact for your setup
Ask the city planning or enforcement office to confirm the parcel, current amendments and any required authorization before relying on an exception.
Use the South San Francisco 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
- Current municipal provisions
Full current eCode360 Chapter 8.44 read November 6, 2026. Sections cite Ordinance 1004 §2 (1986), not a 2026 enactment. Official gateway identifies eCode360 and warns that the official printed code controls: https://www.ssfca.gov/Departments/City-Clerk/Municipal-Code
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.
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