Chicopee, MA Parking Rules: RV & Boat Parking (2026)

Section 260-22 of the Chicopee Code, titled Parking prohibited, sets two separate street-parking limits for recreational equipment. Subsection A covers nonmotorized vehicles, and the code names boats, trailers and campers as its examples. None of them can park on public streets in the City of Chicopee for more than 48 hours.

Subsection B covers recreational motor vehicles and recreational motor vehicle attachments. It applies when the unit has a gross vehicle weight of 26,001 pounds or more, exceeds 20 feet in length, or is designed or constructed for overnight occupancy. Any one of the three triggers is enough. A unit that meets a trigger cannot be parked or stood for more than eight hours on any day, on any part of any street, way, highway, road or parkway under the control of the City of Chicopee where parking or standing is not otherwise prohibited.

Two exceptions are printed. The eight-hour limit does not apply during actual service or delivery or in the case of an emergency. Motor vehicles, regardless of size, owned or operated by the City of Chicopee, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or the United States of America are exempt.

Section 260-22 is a street rule. Living in a unit on private land is handled in the zoning chapter. Section 275-40D, Residential use parking restrictions, says no camper, trailer or recreational vehicle of any kind can be used for dwelling purposes or accessory to any residential use except as provided for in §§ 275-35L and 275-55. Section 275-30 separately covers trucks, truck-towed trailers, tractor-towed trailers and other equipment manufactured for hauling or carrying materials over the highways: none can be parked or stored in any district for more than two weeks unless the place is a truck terminal or a lot for equipment rented to the general public.