Leominster, MA Parking Rules: RV & Boat Parking (2026)
Key Facts
- Boats/boat trailers
- Allowed as a residential accessory use
- Commercial vehicle cap
- 1 (farm vehicles excepted)
- Nonresident-owned vehicle cap
- 1 per residential lot
- Heavy vehicle storage
- 1 unit over 10,000 lbs GVW, screened
- Floodplain RV rule
- Elevated/anchored or under 180 days on-site
Summary
Leominster lets residential properties store boats and boat trailers as an accessory use under Leominster Code of Ordinances Section 22-16, but caps outdoor vehicle storage to no more than one commercial vehicle and no more than one vehicle owned by a nonresident of the property. Recreational vehicles sited in the city's floodplain districts face separate elevation and anchoring rules.
16.5.1.1Tool sheds, playhouses, tennis courts, boat houses, or other buildings or structures for domestic use, storage of boats and boat trailers and private garages for motor vehicles, but not including more than one commercial vehicle other than farm vehicles or more than one vehicle owned by a nonresident of the premises.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 24).
Full Breakdown
5 permits accessory uses tied to a residence, and Sec. 1 specifically allows tool sheds, playhouses, boat houses, and 'storage of boats and boat trailers' along with private garages for motor vehicles as by-right residential accessory uses. The same clause draws two limits on vehicles kept at a residence: the property may not have more than one commercial vehicle other than a farm vehicle, and it may not have more than one vehicle owned by someone who does not live there. These limits apply on top of the general home-occupation vehicle rule in Sec.
5, which allows just one piece of heavy equipment or vehicle over ten thousand pounds gross vehicle weight to be parked outdoors, and only if screened. For property within the city's floodplain overlay district (zones A and AE on the FEMA flood map), Sec. 7 adds that any recreational vehicle placed on the site must either be elevated and anchored to the zone's foundation and elevation standards, stay on the site for less than one hundred eighty consecutive days, or be fully licensed and highway-ready so it can be moved on short notice.
Violations & Fines
Keeping more than one commercial vehicle or more than one nonresident-owned vehicle on a residential lot violates Sec. 22-16.5.1.1 and is enforceable under the general zoning penalty in Sec. 22-15: up to three hundred dollars per violation, or a noncriminal disposition schedule of one hundred, two hundred and three hundred dollars for repeat violations, with each day a separate offense.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Do I need to elevate my RV if I park it in a Leominster flood zone?
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