Greenville, NC Homelessness & Encampment Rules: Encampment Sanitation (2026)

Sec. 10-2-131(C), part of the traffic and parking chapter's restrictions on certain vehicle uses, targets vehicle-based camping specifically: it is unlawful for any person, for camping, living, or sleeping purposes, to stop or park a vehicle on a street, alley, bridge, sidewalk, an on-street parking area, an off-street parking area, or any portion of property owned, operated, occupied, leased, or controlled by the city, except where signs designate the location as an authorized campsite. Because Sec. 10-2-131(D) states that posting signs is not required for the section to be effective, the prohibition on vehicle camping applies citywide on public property regardless of whether a sign is present, while the narrow exception for an authorized campsite depends on affirmative signage designating that specific site.

The provision is enforced by the Greenville Police Department alongside the rest of Sec. 10-2-131's vehicle-parking restrictions, and a violation is processed under the chapter's general enforcement scheme: an officer attaches or delivers a notice under Sec. 10-2-151(B), the standard civil penalty is a $50 ticket under Sec. 10-2-152(A) unless the chapter specifies otherwise, with $15 late fees added at 10, 30, and 60 days unpaid. Because the section addresses a vehicle left on city property, a vehicle used for unlawful camping can also be towed and stored under Sec.

10-2-153(C), which covers vehicles left on city property, with all civil penalties and towing fees due before the vehicle is released to its owner. A cited person may appeal the civil penalty in writing to the City Manager's office within five days, with a hearing before the three-member Appeal Board under Sec. 10-2-156.