New Ordinance Regarding the Parking of Specified Vehicles in Residential Districts

The Town Council adopted Ordinance 2023-02 on May 30, 2023. Below is a summary of the new requirements for parking of specified vehicles in residential districts including single-family and multi-family residential properties. Residents in violation of this ordinance have until August 28, 2023 to comply.

Contact Code Enforcement Officer Erik Richwagen at erichwagen@lakeclarke.org or 561-331-4888 if you have any questions.

Number of Vehicles Allowed

• Residents are allowed to park or store on their property not more than a combination of 3 of the following vehicles: recreational vehicles, open air flat-bed utility trailers, enclosed cargo trailers, boats or watercraft trailers. A boat or watercraft on a trailer is considered one vehicle.
• Only one of these vehicles can be parked in the front yard driveway for a period not exceeding 72 hours in a 30-day period.

Boats & Watercraft Trailers

• They must be parked or stored within a garage or carport, or parked or stored behind the front line of the house.
• They don’t need to be screened by fence or landscaping.
• Up to 3 boats or watercraft trailers or similar type of vessel trailers can be parked or stored on the property.

Recreational Vehicles

• They must be parked or stored within a garage or carport, or parked or stored behind the front line of the house.
• They don’t need to be screened by fence or landscaping.
• Only 1 recreational vehicle can be parked or stored on the property.
• Recreational vehicles can’t exceed 45 feet in length.

Flat-Bed Utility Trailers & Enclosed Cargo Trailers

• They must be parked or stored within a garage or carport, or parked or stored behind the front line of the house.
• They must be screened from view from any adjacent front, side and rear roads. They must also be screened from view from their neighbor’s adjoining property unless agreed otherwise by both current adjoining property owners. For example, you are not required to have a fence or hedge to screen the trailer along your adjoining neighbor’s property if your current neighbor agrees. However, if your neighbor sells his house, the new neighbor might require you to screen the trailer along the adjoining property.
• Screened from view includes fencing or landscaping. The fence must be a minimum height of 4 feet and shall not exceed the maximum height of 6 feet. If landscaping is used as a screen, the landscaping must be a minimum height of 3 feet at the time of installation.
• Only 1 open air flat-bed utility trailer and only 1 enclosed cargo trailer can be parked or stored on the property.

Commercial Vehicles

• They must be parked within a garage or carport or on a driveway. They don’t have to be parked behind the front line of the house, or screened from any adjacent road and from adjoining residential property.
• Only 1 commercial vehicle can be parked or stored on the property.
• A commercial vehicle is a vehicle self-propelled by an engine or motor, rated at Class 4 (medium duty GVWR 14001 to 16,000 pounds) or less, and which bears any sign or marking that advertises or identifies any business or commercial venture; or that is used or designed for a business or commercial purpose.
• The above requirements do not apply to commercial vehicles and attached trailers, if any, that are temporarily and actively providing commercial services to the property.

Prohibited Vehicles

• Mobile homes
• Bus
• Inoperable vehicles (include vehicles without license plate and decal)
• Box truck