No Erie ordinance creates an RV- or boat-specific on-street parking program; recreational vehicles, boat trailers, and campers parked on city streets are governed by the general 72-hour storage limit in Section 521.04 and the statewide prohibited-places rule in 75 Pa.C.S. Section 3353. On private lots, Erie's zoning code limits outdoor storage of such vehicles.
Erie's Codified Ordinances do not contain a separate on-street permit scheme dedicated to recreational vehicles, motorhomes, campers, or boat trailers. As a result, an RV or boat trailer left on a city street is treated like any other vehicle: it may not remain in one place continuously for over 72 hours under Erie Section 521.04 (which defines prohibited "storage"), and it may not stop, stand, or park in any location prohibited by 75 Pa.C.S. Section 3353, such as on a sidewalk, within an intersection, within 15 feet of a hydrant, or where signs prohibit it. The City's power to regulate this on-street comes from 75 Pa.C.S. Section 6109. Off-street, Erie's Zoning Ordinance restricts the outdoor parking and storage of large recreational and commercial vehicles in residential districts; in residential (R) and working-residential (W-R) districts only a limited number of permitted vehicles may be stored on a lot, and prohibited types (dump trucks, buses, tractor trailers and similar) may not be stored at all.
An RV or boat trailer left over 72 hours on a street is a storage violation under Erie Section 521.04 and may be towed. State prohibited-place violations under 75 Pa.C.S. Section 3353 are summary offenses with fines up to $50 plus costs. Outdoor storage that exceeds the zoning code's limits is a zoning violation enforced by the City's code enforcement office.
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