Oyster Bay, NY Parking Rules: RV & Boat Parking (2026)

Chapter 135, Housing Standards, does not ban parking a recreational vehicle in a residential driveway outright, but it draws a hard line on what that vehicle may be used for once it is there. Section 135-9E states no vehicle, motor home, camping trailer, pickup camper, recreational vehicle or similar item shall be used as habitable space within the boundaries of the Town unless it is parked in an area specifically approved by the Town as a campground or as a location for temporary or emergency housing.

The Code does not leave enforcement to guesswork: it builds in a rebuttable presumption that the vehicle is being used as habitable space if it is connected to a source of energy that provides light, heat and/or power. That means a homeowner who runs an extension cord or hose to a parked camper effectively converts a parking question into an illegal-occupancy question under the Housing Standards chapter, exposing the owner to the chapter's full enforcement track: a notice of violation under § 135-53, a compliance deadline, and referral to the Bureau of Administrative Adjudication or court if uncured.

This subsection was added by Local Law No. 4-2009 specifically to close a loophole where residents were living out of parked RVs, campers and trailers on residential lots rather than commuting to an approved campground. It applies Town-wide to residential premises covered by Chapter 135, which excludes the roughly twenty incorporated villages inside the Town boundary that maintain their own housing codes.