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

The rule for trailers sits in Section 16 of the Everett Zoning Ordinance and applies in the City of Everett, Massachusetts. It defines a trailer or mobile home as any vehicle or structure that depends for mobility on an attached vehicle or other propelling apparatus and is used or equipped to be used for human or animal habitation, or for a business purpose, excluding vehicles used for transporting materials and products. A camper or travel trailer equipped for habitation fits that wording. Section 16 does not use the word boat, so a boat trailer is not named.

Section 16(D)(1) covers dwelling and apartment districts: no person shall park or store a trailer or mobile home or similar structure on any premises except in a garage, or so located as to be at least 20 feet from any street line and at least 8 feet from any building on the adjacent lot. Section 16(D)(2) repeats the same distances for business and industrial districts. Under Section 16(D)(3), no such parking or storing is permitted for more than eight (8) months in any twelve (12) month period. Section 16(C) bars living or business use of a trailer outside an approved trailer park, with an exception for a construction office for a period not exceeding 90 days, subject to approval of the inspector of buildings.

On the street, Section 18-149(f) makes recreational vehicles and campers, and any trailer whether or not attached to a vehicle with a resident parking sticker, ineligible for a resident sticker. Section 18-139(d) bars any vehicle or trailer with six (6) wheels or more from a public way in a dwelling or apartment zone between 11:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. and at any time on Sundays and Holidays, with a delivery exception capped at one hour.