Lower Paxton, PA Parking Rules: RV & Boat Parking (2026)

Section 203-517 of the Lower Paxton Township Code covers a broad class of vehicles. The Article II definition of recreational vehicle includes travel trailers, mobile homes, motor homes, tent trailers, boats, boat trailers, pickup campers, horse trailers, snow mobiles, jet skis, wave runners, motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles. A recreational vehicle can be parked on the owner's private property only under the listed conditions.

On a paved off-street parking area it can stay for a continuous period not exceeding 72 hours. It must sit on the owner's property behind the building line, positioned so it does not restrict visibility of traffic from any adjacent public street, and its wheels must be blocked or otherwise rendered immobile at all times while stopped. Any recreational vehicle stored for periods exceeding 72 continuous hours must be parked in a garage or in a covered parking area at the rear or side of the property behind the building line. Subsection A(6) adds three limits: no parking on a public street in violation of federal, state or local laws, no use for habitation while parked or stored on an owner's property in the Township, and not more than one recreational vehicle parked or stored on a private lot unless that vehicle is in a garage.

Street parking is handled in Chapter 196. Section 196-24 says no person shall park, store or let stand a camper, trailer, boat or any other similar vehicle which is not self-propelled on any public street at any time. That rule has no 72 hour allowance.

Because the definition names boats and boat trailers, a boat on a trailer in the driveway follows the same 72 hour and behind-the-building-line conditions as a motor home. A second boat, camper or ATV trailer pushes the lot past the one-vehicle limit unless it is kept in a garage.