Springfield, OR Parking Rules: RV & Boat Parking (2026)

Section 6.050(2) applies the city's 16-hour, 72-hour rule to a defined set of recreational and oversized vehicles: trucks, buses, campers, motor homes, trailers and boats. Section 6.050(3) supplies the operative definitions: a 'boat' is any vehicle, structure or device, wheeled or not, intended for use on water; a 'camper' is a device on a truck or pickup bed that extends above the cab, excluding simple canopies; a 'trailer/motor home' is a vehicle or wheeled structure equipped for sleeping, cooking, and plumbing and intended for human occupancy; a 'bus' is any vehicle designed to carry 10 or more passengers, including ones converted for camping or storage; and a 'truck' is any vehicle 72 inches or more wide, or over 6,000 pounds combined body and load weight, that is not a pickup.

Beyond the 72-hour clock, if one of these vehicles sits in a residential area it must be associated with a residence near where it is parked, closing off use of residential streets as unaffiliated long-term RV or boat storage. Violations are enforced under Section 6.060 as ordinary Chapter 6 parking offenses: the registered owner is responsible for the citation, and Section 6.075 lets a police officer or patrol community service officer order the vehicle towed if it is left in place past the 72-hour window.