Marysville was scheduled to consider a 4-hour limit on on-street RV parking

What the records say

The City Council's March 24, 2025 agenda included item 14: an ordinance amending Chapter 11.08 of the municipal code to regulate recreational vehicle parking, with a recommended motion to adopt. ¹ The agenda bill summary says the ordinance would limit RV parking to four hours per day, and that moving the RV more than two blocks would not restart the clock — no chain parking. A violation would be a parking infraction. ¹ The ordinance text in the packet shows the current rule allows 24 hours of parking, with reparking allowed for additional 24-hour periods if the RV is moved more than two blocks; the proposal replaces that with the 4-hour cap. ¹ At a March 3, 2025 work session, the city attorney introduced the draft ordinances and noted they do not apply to private property; a councilmember asked how the rule would affect vendors who set up RVs near Strawberry Field during the Strawberry Festival, and the city attorney said a master permit or temporary use permit could address that. ¹

• Agenda item 14, under New Business, proposed an ordinance amending Chapter 11.08 of the municipal code to regulate recreational vehicle parking; the recommended motion was to adopt it, with the ordinance number left blank in the record. ¹
• The agenda bill summary says the ordinance limits RV parking to four hours per day, that moving the RV more than two blocks does not restart the time period, and that a violation is a parking infraction. ¹
• The ordinance text shows the current code allows RVs to park up to 24 hours, with reparking for additional 24-hour periods if the vehicle is moved more than two blocks; the proposal replaces that with the 4-hour cap. ¹
• At the March 3, 2025 work session, the city attorney said the draft camping and RV parking ordinances do not apply to private property, and noted that a master permit or temporary use permit could cover festival vendors who set up RVs near Strawberry Field. ¹

Why it matters

The change would affect anyone who parks an RV, trailer, or similar recreational vehicle on a city street. Under the current rule such vehicles may park up to 24 hours and can be reparked for additional 24-hour periods; the proposal would cut that to 4 hours per day with no reparking workaround. The ordinance's stated rationale is that four hours is enough time to patronize businesses or briefly visit residents, and that shorter limits support public health and safety. ¹ The available records do not establish the meeting's outcome, so it is not known whether the ordinance was adopted. ¹

What changed / what's next

• The proposed ordinance would amend sections 11.08.020, 11.08.030, and 11.08.200 of the municipal code, replacing the current 24-hour on-street RV parking allowance with a 4-hour-per-day limit. ¹
• The proposal would make it a parking violation to re-park an RV to extend its time on the street, regardless of where in the city it moves. ¹
• The records do not establish the March 24 meeting's outcome, so whether the ordinance was adopted remains unconfirmed. ¹
• A companion item on the same agenda proposed amending Chapter 7.05 to prohibit camping in RVs on city streets and property; the records do not link the two items beyond appearing together, and neither outcome is established. ¹