Parking and Storage of Recreational Vehicles/Trailers
Parking and storage of Recreational Vehicles (RVs), utility trailers, boats and similar mobile equipment in Discovery is governed not only by the City of Colorado Springs, but also by our covenants. City Ordinance 9.6.504 allows recreational vehicles and trailers of any kind to be parked/stored in the side or rear yard when possible. Driveway parking is allowed only when inside parking (garage) or side or rear yard parking is not possible, and then only if the body of the RV or trailer is at least ten feet (10') from the edge of the sidewalk closest to the curb.
However, Discovery is a covenant community and we all agreed to comply with our covenants when we bought property here. Our covenants (Article III, section 10) specify that if your RV, trailer, boat or other similar mobile equipment is stored on your lot, it "...shall be stored inside the garage or otherwise stored at the rear of the lot out of sight of the street and screened from the view of other lots." Thus, if you wish to store such equipment outside your garage, you must first receive permission for a waiver from the Discovery HOA Board, to include how you would totally enclose it by an opaque screen. While the City ordinance states a screen may consist of any combination of opaque fencing, vegetation, natural features or structures, our covenants leave the determination of appropriate screening to the total discretion of our Board.
While the City ordinance specifies that it is unlawful to park or store these vehicles in the public right-of-way (street), our covenants do allow for temporary parking while loading or unloading them. THIS DOES NOT MEAN THEY CAN REMAIN IN "LOADING" OR "UNLOADING" STATUS FOR MULTIPLE DAYS!
Please refer to Article III, Section 10, of the Covenants for more details.