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

080 targets trailers and towed vehicles that cannot move themselves: house trailers, boat trailers, and any other trailer or vehicle without independent motive power. The rule is narrow but absolute for its scope: it is unlawful for the driver, owner, or person in charge of such a trailer to park it on any street or public way within Lawrence unless the trailer remains attached to a motor vehicle that can supply the motive power to move it. In practice, that means a boat trailer or camper cannot be unhitched and left standing at the curb, in a travel lane, or in any other part of a public way, whether in front of a house or elsewhere in the city; once detached from a towing vehicle in a public right-of-way, it becomes an unlawfully parked object under this section regardless of how long it sits there.

32, Parking Generally, alongside the city's general no-parking, towing, and service-zone rules. It does not by its terms reach a trailer parked entirely on private property such as a homeowner's own driveway or side yard; that limitation matters because Lawrence's separate zoning ordinance, which would otherwise govern trailer storage on residential lots, was not part of the code text reviewed for this entry. 140, which lets the police department remove any vehicle parked in violation of designated sections of this title at the owner's expense, in addition to whatever fine applies for the underlying parking violation.