Passaic County does not regulate where you park an RV, boat, or trailer at a home. That is municipal home-rule zoning. Most Passaic County towns bar recreational vehicles and boats from front yards and driveways, allowing them only in a side or rear yard.
New Jersey is a strong home-rule state: land use and residential parking are set by each municipality (borough, township, or city) under the Municipal Land Use Law, N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq. Passaic County itself has no zoning power over private-yard RV or boat storage. Rules therefore vary town to town across Paterson, Clifton, Passaic, Wayne, West Milford, and the other 11 municipalities. A typical example is the Township of Wayne, which prohibits storing boats, recreational trailers, and recreational vehicles in the front-yard driveway area and instead allows them only in a side or rear yard, kept a set distance off the property lines. Always check your own municipal zoning code and any HOA rules before parking a boat, camper, or
Enforcement is by the municipal zoning or code-enforcement officer, not the County. A violation of a local recreational-vehicle parking rule is typically a municipal code violation carrying fines set by that town's ordinance, often escalating for each day the vehicle
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