RV and boat parking in San Juan Bautista: the local rules

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Where it may be parked	At the rear or side of the home. Applies: Applies to 1 boat, 30 feet or less long, at a home that is not a duplex, apartment, motel or hotel. § 7-4-130 · code text one (1) boat, thirty feet (30′) or less in length, may be parked, stored, left, kept or maintained in the rear or to the side of any residential unit, other than a duplex, apartment, motel or hotel Completely inside a garage that belongs to the home. Applies: Applies to 1 boat at a home that is not a duplex, apartment, motel or hotel. § 7-4-130 · code text This Section shall not be construed to prohibit parking, storing, leaving, keeping or maintaining of one (1) boat completely within any garage appurtenant to any residential unit, other than a duplex, apartment, motel or hotel At least 18 inches from any property line and at least 3 feet from any occupied building. Applies: Applies to boats without an enclosed cabin. The 3 feet also applies to buildings attached to an occupied building. § 7-4-130 · code text If such boat does not have an enclosed cabin, it is located at least eighteen inches (18″) from any property line, at least three feet (3’) from any building used for human occupancy and at least three feet (3’) from any building attached to a building used for human occupancy At least 4 feet from any property line and at least 5 feet from any occupied building. Applies: Applies to boats with an enclosed cabin. The 5 feet also applies to buildings attached to an occupied building. § 7-4-130 · code text If such boat has an enclosed cabin, it is located at least four feet (4′) from any property line, at least five feet (5′) from any building used for human occupancy and at least five feet (5′) from any building attached to a building used for human occupancy.
Front-yard parking	A boat may be parked temporarily in the driveway for no more than 7 days. Applies: Applies to boats 30 feet or less long at a home that is not a duplex, apartment, motel or hotel. § 7-4-130 · code text nor to prohibit the temporary parking, storing, leaving, keeping or maintaining, for a period not in excess of seven (7) days, any boat thirty feet (30′) or less in length in the driveway of any residential unit, other than a duplex, apartment, motel or hotel.
Size limit	Only 1 boat, 30 feet or less long, may be kept at the rear or side of a home. Applies: Applies to homes that are not a duplex, apartment, motel or hotel. § 7-4-130 · code text one (1) boat, thirty feet (30′) or less in length, may be parked, stored, left, kept or maintained in the rear or to the side of any residential unit, other than a duplex, apartment, motel or hotel

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San Juan Bautista's code: At the rear or side of the home. (Applies to 1 boat, 30 feet or less long, at a home that is not a duplex, apartment, motel or hotel.) (§ 7-4-130); Only 1 boat, 30 feet or less long, may be kept at the rear or side of a home. (Applies to homes that are not a duplex, apartment, motel or hotel.) (§ 7-4-130).

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