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

Section 182-706A of the Haverford Township Code lists uses prohibited in every district, and two of them decide where recreational vehicles can sit. Paragraph (2) says an unoccupied mobile home, a boat, motor home, travel trailer or other recreational vehicle shall not be parked on a lot unless it is parked at all times in the rear one-half of the lot and parked upon a hard surface. Both conditions apply together: the vehicle must be behind the midpoint of the lot depth, and the pad under it must be a hard surface rather than grass or gravel. The words "at all times" mean a driveway in the front half of the lot is not a legal place to leave a camper or boat between trips.

Paragraph (1) goes further: no single mobile home or boat may be used for living or housekeeping purposes within the Township, so a parked RV or boat cannot serve as a dwelling in a driveway or backyard.

The street is covered by a different chapter. Section 175-23 of the Vehicles and Traffic chapter makes it unlawful to park any trailers, house trailers and motor homes, or boats or boat trailers, within the limits of the public right-of-way of any highway in the Township, at any time. Neighbors therefore cannot solve a rear-lot storage problem by leaving the unit at the curb.

Related rules in § 182-706A close other loopholes. Paragraph (4) prohibits parking or storing an automobile on any surface other than an improved parking space as described in § 182-707, and paragraph (5)(a) bars a commercial vehicle with a gross weight in excess of 11,000 pounds from being parked or maintained on a property in any residential district or the streets adjacent to it. The Zoning Officer enforces the zoning provisions on complaint, since any person can file a written and signed complaint under § 182-901D.