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RV and boat parking in Santa Monica

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

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

What Santa Monica's code says

Santa Monica code What Santa Monica's code adds
Size limit
  • Vehicles over 8 feet wide or high, or 20 feet long: no street parking 9 p.m.-6 a.m. without a permit.
    Also applies to trailers of any size, on public streets and alleys.
    § 3.12.860 · code text
    Between the hours of nine p.m. and six a.m. on any public street or alley in the City no person shall park any hitched or unhitched trailer of any size, or any vehicle of which any part of the vehicle, together with all fixtures, accessories or property with the exception of single post radio antennas, measures more than eight feet in width, or eight feet in height, or twenty feet in length, unless such person shall have a permit for such trailer or vehicle.
Parking on the street
  • No parking from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. without a permit.
    Applies: Trailers of any size, and vehicles over 8 feet wide, 8 feet high or 20 feet long, on public streets and alleys.
    § 3.12.860 · code text
    Between the hours of nine p.m. and six a.m. on any public street or alley in the City no person shall park any hitched or unhitched trailer of any size, or any vehicle of which any part of the vehicle, together with all fixtures, accessories or property with the exception of single post radio antennas, measures more than eight feet in width, or eight feet in height, or twenty feet in length, unless such person shall have a permit for such trailer or vehicle.
  • Trailers may not park on a street or alley unless hitched to a vehicle that can move them.
    Applies: Exceptions: while loading or unloading, or with a city permit.
    § 3.12.880 · code text
    In the process of being loaded or unloaded

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Frequently asked questions

Can I park an RV or boat at my home in Santa Monica?

Santa Monica's code: Vehicles over 8 feet wide or high, or 20 feet long: no street parking 9 p.m.-6 a.m. without a permit. (Also applies to trailers of any size, on public streets and alleys.) (§ 3.12.860).

General information, not legal advice.

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