Lower Paxton, PA Parking Rules: Street Parking Limits (2026)

Chapter 196 of the Lower Paxton Township Code, Vehicles and Traffic, is adopted by the Board of Supervisors, and Article VI covers stopping, standing and parking. Section 196-21 bars parking or standing in any area where official signs or parking regulations prohibit it, and the no-parking zones in Lower Paxton Township are outlined in Schedule IV. Section 196-22 reaches vehicle owners as well: no owner can allow another person to park in a restricted zone, and an owner who delivers possession of a vehicle to a person found parking there is issued the ticket.

Several vehicle types are kept off public streets outright. Section 196-24 forbids parking, storing or leaving standing a camper, trailer, boat or any other similar vehicle that is not self-propelled on any public street at any time. Section 196-25 prohibits parking truck tractors, truck tractors with trailers and trailers along public streets in any zoning district. A truck tractor with a trailer can stop temporarily while actually loading, unloading or making local deliveries to premises on that street, provided at least three portable emergency warning devices are displayed on the roadway at the approach to the vehicle. Section 196-26 prohibits parking a motorized recreational vehicle on public streets in residential districts. Loading or unloading in front of the owner's premises is capped at 72 hours, and it is unlawful to occupy the vehicle as living space while it is parked on a public street.

For the truck, trailer and recreational vehicle rules, notice is given by posted traffic control devices, certified letter, personal service or a notice placed on the windshield. Where no traffic control device is posted, those sections are not enforced by citation until a notice of violation has been issued to the owner or operator. Section 196-23 separately bars blocking any driveway, passage or entrance to a public building or place of public use, including the entrances and passageways of apartment complexes with eight or more units. Resident permit parking on designated streets is set up by § 196-25.1.