Harrisburg, PA Parking Rules: RV & Boat Parking (2026)

Harrisburg Codified Ordinances § 7-327.13 is the private-property rule for recreational vehicles in the City of Harrisburg. A maximum of two uninhabited recreational vehicles in transportable condition can be stored or parked on a lot outside of an enclosed building, and a recreational vehicle shall not block required sight distance or a public sidewalk. Subsection B adds that any recreational vehicle or trailer required to be registered or licensed under state law to be operated, that is not registered or licensed, shall be kept out of view from any public street or abutting dwelling.

The Code defines a recreational vehicle in Chapter 7-333 as a vehicle built on a single chassis and not more than 400 square feet, designed to be self-propelled or permanently towed by a light-duty truck, and designed as temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, or travel use. The definition does not name boats, so the two-vehicle count applies to motor homes and travel trailers, while a boat trailer that must be registered falls under subsection B. A separate defined use, the recreational vehicle storage area, is an outdoor area used for the storage of three or more recreational vehicles.

The street is a different rulebook. Section 3-131.8(A) provides that no person shall stand or park a tractor-trailer truck, motor home, utility trailer, travel trailer, boat trailer, truck trailer, or any commercial vehicle upon any street that lies within a residentially zoned area of the City, and the Code counts streets that lie within, border or abut a residential zone. In nonresidential areas the same vehicles cannot park on a street that borders a park or a school, or on any portion of a street immediately in front of or within 30 feet of a residence or residential property. Subsection C specifically authorizes such parking on streets in industrial or manufacturing zoned areas. Section 7-327.15 separately requires unregistered motor vehicles in a residential district to stay out of view from a public street or adjacent dwelling.