RV parking rules in Woodson Terrace

Woodson Terrace RV parking at a glance

Meet both zoning and residential parking rules

Section 400.240(A)(2)(d) limits recreational-equipment storage to private garages and side or rear yards of private homes. Sections 355.150–160 add residential parking rules: use areas designed for vehicle parking, avoid lawns, and keep applicable equipment behind the front building line on concrete or asphalt. The checker uses the overlap: an outdoor paved driveway in a side or rear yard behind that line.

Measure the whole vehicle before choosing a space

The zoning storage provision sets maximum dimensions of eight feet wide and twenty-five feet long. Exactly eight feet by twenty-five feet meets those numerical limits; exceeding either does not. It also requires current registration or licensing under state and local law. Ask the city how it measures projections if your equipment is close to a boundary.

Required parking and public access must stay usable

Recreational equipment must not occupy required off-street parking spaces, encroach onto public property or obstruct sidewalks. Having a physically large driveway is not enough if the RV consumes parking that the property is legally required to provide. Confirm the parcel requirements and leave the entire sidewalk and public area clear.

Storage does not include guest sleeping

The zoning provision prohibits living or sleeping in recreational vehicles while stored on the premises. The traffic chapter also identifies occupied RV arrangements as nuisances. The checker therefore does not turn a compliant storage location into guest accommodation; utility connections and ongoing residential use need separate review.

Trailers have an additional overriding provision

Section 355.180, adopted March 16, 2023, begins notwithstanding other code provisions and requires trailers behind the front building line on a permanent improved surface. It also contains cleanliness and contents requirements, while commercial trailers need an active project and a city permit. To avoid treating this rule as interchangeable with motorhome storage, the selected checker leaves trailers unresolved and points to this provision.

Use current code rather than an old zoning PDF

The current publisher edition includes legislation through July 16, 2026. Five later-law entries concern brush collection, two conditional-use permits, a tax rate and a zoning-map amendment; parcel-specific approvals still need checking. The city website links directly to this code publisher. The older city-hosted zoning PDF is not used in place of the current combined provisions.

Who to contact for your setup

Ask municipal staff to confirm the exact parcel, vehicle classification, applicable code sections and any necessary approval. The official code and later-law sources are linked below.

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

Official sources reviewed October 27, 2026

• Woodson Terrace operative RV provisions

  Section 400.240(A)(2)(d) recreational-equipment storage, together with Sections 355.150–160 residential parking and 355.180 separate trailer override.

• Woodson Terrace code edition

  Includes legislation through July 16, 2026. Retrieved October 27, 2026.

• Woodson Terrace later adopted laws

  Five later entries: brush schedule, two site-specific conditional-use permits, tax rate, and zoning-map amendment. No general storage-text amendment identified; special parcel approvals excluded.

• Residential parking and trailer provisions

  Sections355.150–180; trailer override is not silently applied as motorhome permission.

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.