RV parking rules in Worthington

Worthington RV parking at a glance

Count equipment and establish rear access

Section 99.02 ordinarily requires vehicles to be owned or leased by residents, registered where required and operable. Employer-provided personal-use vehicles and students retaining legal residence receive specific treatment; visitor parking is also permitted but is outside this resident-storage checker. Up to two RVs may be parked in the rear yard. Without reasonable rear access, two may instead occupy a side-yard parking area or front driveway, subject to front-yard restrictions. An alley serving the rear yard or street/road/alley access at two locations establishes reasonable access. Two RVs on one trailer count together as one vehicle; additional RVs count separately.

Surface and site-plan rules still apply

Parking spaces and access drives must meet the chapter’s surface rules. In side/rear yards, durable materials such as gravel, crushed rock, recycled asphalt/concrete, stones or timber must support loads and avoid rutting, erosion and soil tracking. Existing soil is an option only for vehicle classes other than cars, trucks, vans and motor homes and only without the listed damage or vegetation loss. Front driveways require permanent paving, with a limited existing-driveway exception until resurfacing. A site plan must be approved before surfacing a driveway or parking space. This checker limits its placement route to the rear yard and requires applicable surface/site-plan requirements to be confirmed.

No occupancy or separate hookups without a permit

Parked RVs cannot be occupied or supplied separate utility hookups unless the City Council issues a temporary permit after application to the City Clerk. Permit times are individually set, never more than 72 hours; no person or organization may receive more than two temporary licenses in a calendar year. A local resident must apply, and location, nearby support/opposition and purpose are considered. Those limits are ceilings, not automatic permission. The checker leaves issued permits and visitor cases for separate review, and establishes no street or loading exemption.

Who to contact for your setup

Confirm your exact address, vehicle class and proposed use with the municipal zoning or police office. Other laws and private restrictions remain applicable.

Use the Worthington 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

• Worthington official RV rules

  Current online edition 2026 S-28; Section 99.02. Complete operative section recovered, including special permit conditions. Reviewed 2026-11-06.

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.