Reading regulates parking and storage of recreational vehicles, trailers, mobile homes and similar oversize vehicles under Chapter 564 (Property Maintenance / Nuisances) and Chapter 576 (Vehicles and Traffic) of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Reading. §564-105 (Parking trucks, trailers and mobile homes; permit fee; penalties) imposes a permit and fee framework for parking trucks, trailers and mobile homes within the City, and §576-407 prohibits storing any vehicle on a public street for more than 72 continuous hours.
Reading is a third-class city of about 95,000 in Berks County governed by its locally adopted Codified Ordinances (American Legal Publishing) layered on top of the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code (75 Pa.C.S.). Chapter 564 of the Reading Code is the Property Maintenance / Public Nuisance chapter; §564-104 deals with the storage of motor vehicle nuisances, and §564-105 regulates the parking of trucks, trailers and mobile homes within the City and authorizes a permit and fee framework with penalties for violations. Chapter 576 (Vehicles and Traffic) governs on-street activity: §576-407 (Storage of Vehicles on Streets) provides that no vehicle may be 'stored' upon any street, defined as parking continuously in one place for more than 72 hours, which directly limits parking of recreational vehicles, boat trailers and utility trailers along Reading's residential streets. Sections under Part 8 of Chapter 576 (Removal and Impoundment of Illegally Parked Vehicles), including §576-803, give the City and the Reading Parking Authority statutory authority under 75 Pa.C.S. §3353.3 to tow vehicles parked in violation. On-lot storage of RVs, campers and boats is further constrained by Chapter 600 (Zoning), which restricts outdoor storage in residential districts as an accessory use; storage in a required front yard is generally not allowed and any parked vehicle must comply with the underlying district's bulk standards.
Violations of §576-407 (storage on streets) carry parking-fine penalties under the City's parking schedule and the vehicle is subject to immediate towing under §576-415 and §576-803, with the owner liable for tow and storage charges. Violations of §564-105 carry the permit-fee and penalty schedule listed in that section. General Code violations are enforceable under the Codified Ordinances' general penalty framework (typically up to $1,000 plus costs per violation for non-traffic ordinance offenses in PA third-class cities) and each day of continuing violation may be charged separately.
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