Clay, NY Parking Rules: RV & Boat Parking (2026)

Section 211-29(B) starts from a Town-highway ban: no recreational vehicle, tractor-trailer cab or trailer, regardless of length, may be parked on any Town highway or right-of-way. Subsection C then sets the rules for storing one on private residential property instead. It defines recreational vehicles to include boats, campers, motorhomes, horse trailers, snowmobile trailers and stock car trailers, bars using any of them in connection with a business, and allows only one recreational vehicle longer than 22 feet on a residential lot at a time. It also controls where the vehicle sits: in no case may it sit between the sidewalk and the paved street, across a sidewalk, or in an easement, and wherever it is stored, it must stay at least 15 feet from the edge of the road pavement.

Subsection D adds a use condition on top of the placement rules: a stored recreational vehicle must be licensed, registered, inspected and insured, sit on its own wheels or jacking system, be connected only by quick-disconnect utilities and security devices, and carry no attached additions, meaning it has to remain road-ready rather than being converted into a fixed structure or living quarters.