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RV and boat parking in Chowchilla

Chowchilla's own rules on RV and boat parking, with the code text for every value.

Each rule below links to the section of the Chowchilla Municipal Code it was read from, with the code text one click away (checked October 2026). General information, not legal advice.

What Chowchilla's code says

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Parking on the street
  • An RV may park on the street for 72 hours or less.
    Applies: Only to load, unload or prepare the RV for use. Notify the police department before parking.
    § 10.28.215 · code text
    A person may park a recreational vehicle, as defined in Title 18 of this code, upon any street for a period of seventy-two hours or less, for the purpose of loading, unloading or preparing the vehicle for use, or to carry out emergency repair for a period of twenty-four hours or less; provided, such person shall notify either in person or by telephone the police department of the city before parking the recreational vehicle.
  • An RV may park on the street for 24 hours or less.
    Applies: Only for emergency repair. Notify the police department before parking.
    § 10.28.215 · code text
    A person may park a recreational vehicle, as defined in Title 18 of this code, upon any street for a period of seventy-two hours or less, for the purpose of loading, unloading or preparing the vehicle for use, or to carry out emergency repair for a period of twenty-four hours or less; provided, such person shall notify either in person or by telephone the police department of the city before parking the recreational vehicle.
  • A visitor's RV may park on the street for no more than 14 days.
    Applies: Visitor from outside the city, next to the host home; room available, no safety hazard, building department told before 5 p.m. first business day.
    § 10.28.215 · code text
    Where a resident within the city has a visitor from an area other than the city, and that visitor arrives with a recreational vehicle the visitor may park the recreational vehicle in the street adjacent to the host residence for not more than fourteen days; provided, that parking room is available there, that parking the recreational vehicle does not constitute a safety hazard, and that the city building department of the city is notified, in person or by telephone, before five p.m. on the first business day the recreational vehicle is so parked.

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