7 rules for unincorporated Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
Verified from official government sources
RV, boat, and trailer storage on residential lots across Hampshire County is set by each town's zoning bylaw. Front-yard storage is generally restricted; side and rear-yard storage is common with screening.
Driveway parking across Hampshire County is governed by local bylaws. Vehicles may not block public sidewalks, must sit on approved surfaces, and inoperable or unregistered vehicles cannot be stored in the open.
Hampshire County towns restrict commercial-vehicle parking in residential zones by bylaw, but MGL c.40 §22 protects registered commercial passenger vehicles and station wagons under 5,000 pounds from being barred.
MGL c.40 §22
No such rule or order shall prohibit the use of passenger or station wagon type motor vehicles whose gross weight is less than five thousand pounds and which are registered for commercial use, on ways, parkways or boulevards where noncommercial passenger-type motor vehicles are permitted to operate.
Street parking across Hampshire County is regulated by each town under MGL c.40 §22, which authorizes local parking rules and penalties. Winter overnight parking bans for snow removal are widespread November through April.
MGL c.40 §22
a city or town may make ordinances or bylaws, or the board of aldermen or the selectmen or the town council may make rules and orders, for the regulation of carriages and vehicles used therein, and may set penalties for the violation thereof
Overnight on-street parking across Hampshire County is controlled by local bylaw. Most towns impose winter overnight bans from November through April for snow removal; downtown Northampton restricts it more tightly year-round.
EV charging rules across Hampshire County are set locally and are largely enabling. New commercial and multifamily construction must include EV-ready parking under the state energy code, which the college towns have adopted.
A vehicle apparently abandoned and left more than 72 hours on any way or property in Hampshire County may be taken and disposed of under MGL c.90 §22C. Towns and state police both hold this authority.
MGL c.90 §22C
If the superintendent of streets or other officer having charge of the public ways in a city or town reasonably deems that any motor vehicle apparently abandoned by its owner and standing for more than seventy-two hours upon a public or private way therein or on any property therein without the permission of the owner or lessee of said property ... he may, without incurring liability on his par...
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