Hamburg Village, NY Parking Rules: RV & Boat Parking (2026)

Chapter 238 of the Village of Hamburg Code, adopted by the Board of Trustees, controls where large recreational vehicles sit. Section 238-2A requires a permit for any boat, trailer, camper, motor home, mobile home or recreational vehicle with an overall length greater than 24 feet that is stored outside on public or private property. Storage means remaining on the premises for more than 120 hours. A vehicle over 24 feet can be parked temporarily on private property without a permit for up to 120 hours, as long as it does not impede pedestrian or vehicular traffic and complies with every other rule in the Code.

Permit holders follow the conditions in § 238-2B. The vehicle must belong to the owner or occupant of the premises. Only one of these vehicles is allowed on any lot containing a dwelling unit. Storage longer than 180 days must be in the rear yard, or the side yard of a corner lot, and the 180 days start the day after the permit is granted. The vehicle cannot take space needed for required off-street parking, cannot be used for any residential purpose or temporary habitation, and faces no restriction if it sits entirely inside an enclosed garage, shed or barn.

Section 238-3 sets the process. The application and a nonrefundable fee go to the Village Clerk, who places it on the next available Planning Commission agenda and sends at least 10 days' written notice by certified mail to resident homeowners within 100 feet of the applicant's property. The Commission weighs hazards and sight lines, mitigation, visibility to neighbors, screening and side and rear yard setbacks. Permits run for a term not to exceed one year, are renewed each year with a new fee, and are subject to review and revocation at any time on a complaint to the Board of Trustees or the Commission.

Zoning backs this up. Section 250-24.9B requires trailers, campers, boats, snowmobiles and other recreation vehicles in a residential district to be stored in the rear yard or an enclosed garage, and says a stored trailer, camper or mobile home cannot be used as living quarters or connected to sewer and water utilities.