Bowling Green, KY Parking Rules: RV & Boat Parking (2026)

City Code Sec. 22-4.04(a) sets a one-hour limit on City streets for oversized and recreational vehicles: tractor trailers, semi-tractor cabs, boats, campers, motor homes, trailers, or any vehicle exceeding seven feet in overall width (excluding mirrors), twenty feet in overall length, or seven and one-half feet in overall height. The length and width thresholds do not apply to trucks with only two axles, so a standard two-axle pickup towing nothing is not swept in by size alone. The City of Bowling Green Traffic Management Manual is designated the primary policy document for large-vehicle parking, meaning the Public Works Director can supplement these limits with posted restrictions on specific streets.

Because this rule sits within the Chapter 22 parking regulations enforced under Sec. 22-6, the same citation and civil-penalty machinery applies: an officer tags the vehicle, the registered owner is responsible for the $25 civil penalty under Sec. 22-6.03 regardless of who parked it (absent theft), and the fine doubles if not paid or appealed within 14 days. A vehicle that also creates a hazardous condition, or that is left unattended in violation of this section, can be towed without prior notice under Sec. 22-6.05(a).

The rule targets on-street parking specifically; it does not by its terms reach a resident's own driveway or yard, since Sec. 22-4 governs stopping, standing and parking on City-controlled property.