Skip to main content
CityRuleLookup

Parking Rules in New York (2026)

243 rules on the books across New York, 37 cities and counties. Select a rule to read the full details.

Severity: Few Restrictions · Light Restrictions · Some Restrictions · Significant Restrictions · Heavy Restrictions

RV & Boat Parking

Where you can park recreational vehicles and boats on your property, including front yard restrictions, screening requirements, and size limits.

New York

Heavy Restrictions

New York City bars street storage of boat trailers, mobile homes, and mobile medical diagnostic vehicles: under 34 RCNY…

Read full rule →

Greenburgh

Significant Restrictions

Greenburgh bars parking any automobile trailer or housecar in town except in a licensed tourist camp, with one narrow…

Read full rule →

Mount Vernon

Significant Restrictions

Mount Vernon bans parking any trailer or house car used for living or sleeping quarters anywhere in the city, including…

Read full rule →

New Rochelle

Significant Restrictions

New Rochelle bans boats, camper trailers, motor homes and travel trailers of 18 feet or more from every district except…

Read full rule →

Oyster Bay

Significant Restrictions

Oyster Bay's Housing Standards code lets residents keep an RV, camper or trailer on their property, but bans using it…

Read full rule →

Yonkers

Significant Restrictions

Yonkers City Code § 43-41N allows only one recreational vehicle, camper, boat or trailer stored on a residential lot…

Read full rule →

Albany

Some Restrictions

Albany's zoning code limits boats, boat trailers, utility trailers, campers and RVs to rear-yard storage only: front…

Read full rule →

Amherst

Some Restrictions

Inside Amherst's planned-development neighborhoods, the Zoning Ordinance flatly bans outside storage or parking of…

Read full rule →

Babylon

Some Restrictions

The Town of Babylon lets homeowners park a recreational vehicle or camper on their own property, but it can't be used…

Read full rule →

Brookhaven

Some Restrictions

Brookhaven's Neighborhood Preservation code flatly bars parking, placing or storing motor vehicles, trailers, boats or…

Read full rule →

Cheektowaga

Some Restrictions

Cheektowaga lets a homeowner keep a house trailer, camping trailer, utility trailer or boat on residential property as…

Read full rule →

Clarkstown

Some Restrictions

Clarkstown lets a homeowner park one currently registered, unoccupied trailer, mobile home, boat or utility trailer in…

Read full rule →

Colonie

Some Restrictions

The Town of Colonie treats any vehicle over 25 feet long, eight feet wide, eight feet tall, or 8,000 pounds as an…

Read full rule →

Huntington

Some Restrictions

Huntington's zoning code limits how boats, trailers, and house coaches sit in a residential front yard: anything over…

Read full rule →

Islip

Some Restrictions

Islip Traffic Code Section TC3-3.1 bans parking any personal trailer (which includes boat and utility trailers) on a…

Read full rule →

North Hempstead

Some Restrictions

Town Code § 28-22A(8) bars parking any motor vehicle or boat in a front yard except on a properly constructed and…

Read full rule →

Oneida

Some Restrictions

Within Oneida's Inside Corporation District, outdoor parking of boats, motor homes, trailers and PODS on residential…

Read full rule →

Ramapo

Some Restrictions

Ramapo Code § 376-76 allows one house trailer, recreational vehicle, or boat and boat trailer to sit in an unenclosed…

Read full rule →

Rochester

Some Restrictions

Rochester residential lots may keep only one boat and boat trailer, camping trailer, ATV or camping vehicle outdoors…

Read full rule →

Saratoga Springs

Some Restrictions

Saratoga Springs lets you keep an RV, boat, or trailer outdoors in the front or corner side yard only if it's 8 feet or…

Read full rule →

Schenectady

Some Restrictions

Schenectady zoning lets a residential lot store one boat and boat trailer, camping trailer, or recreational vehicle…

Read full rule →

Utica

Some Restrictions

Utica's zoning code bans parking in front yards except a driveway. In the R1 residential district the driveway may be…

Read full rule →

Greece

Light Restrictions

Recreational vehicles owned by a Town of Greece resident, including boats, boat trailers and travel trailers, may be…

Read full rule →

Driveway Rules

Requirements for driveway width, materials, and whether you can park on unpaved surfaces or grass in your front yard.

Albany

Some Restrictions

Installing a new driveway or curb cut in Albany requires a Right-of-Way Access Permit from the Department of General…

Read full rule →

Amherst

Some Restrictions

Amherst bars parking vehicles in a required front yard unless it's on a paved surface, though driveways themselves may…

Read full rule →

Babylon

Some Restrictions

In Town of Babylon's A Residence District, vehicles must stay off the lawn: parking is limited to the driveway or…

Read full rule →

Brookhaven

Some Restrictions

Brookhaven caps how much of a residential front yard can be paved or graveled for parking or a driveway: no more than…

Read full rule →

Buffalo

Some Restrictions

Buffalo Code § 307-48 bars parking any vehicle on the unpaved part of a residential lot's front yard, between the lot…

Read full rule →

Cheektowaga

Some Restrictions

In Cheektowaga's residential districts, open off-street parking generally cannot sit in the required front or exterior…

Read full rule →

Clarkstown

Some Restrictions

Clarkstown prohibits parking or storing any vehicle in a front, side or rear yard unless it sits on a driveway or…

Read full rule →

Colonie

Some Restrictions

The Town of Colonie's design standards cap driveway width at 16 feet within the required front-yard setback for two-car…

Read full rule →

Glen Cove

Some Restrictions

Glen Cove bars parking a vehicle on a front or side lawn with all four wheels on the grass, under City Code Section…

Read full rule →

Greece

Some Restrictions

Greece's zoning code sets a 22-foot minimum length for residential driveways, measured exclusive of the apron, and…

Read full rule →

Greenburgh

Some Restrictions

Adding a parking space for a Greenburgh ADU requires at least one off-street spot per unit, and any driveway widened to…

Read full rule →

Huntington

Some Restrictions

Huntington caps how much of a residential front yard, outside the driveway or garage, can hold parked or stored motor…

Read full rule →

Islip

Some Restrictions

Islip caps nonvegetative front-yard parking surface, asphalt, gravel or stone, at 40% of the front-yard area under Town…

Read full rule →

Mount Vernon

Some Restrictions

Mount Vernon requires access driveways serving one- and two-family homes to be at least nine feet wide, set back three…

Read full rule →

New York

Some Restrictions

New York City zoning bars grass or dirt driveways: every open off-street parking space in a front, side, or rear yard…

Read full rule →

North Hempstead

Some Restrictions

North Hempstead's property maintenance code bans parking any motor vehicle or boat in a front yard except on a driveway…

Read full rule →

Oyster Bay

Some Restrictions

Oyster Bay's zoning code limits residential off-street parking to registered private passenger vehicles on paved…

Read full rule →

Ramapo

Some Restrictions

Ramapo Code § 376-71 lets one-, two- and three-family homes use the driveway behind the front house line as a parking…

Read full rule →

Rochester

Some Restrictions

Rochester's Zoning Code caps parking for one-, two-family and attached dwellings at three vehicles per unit and bans…

Read full rule →

Schenectady

Some Restrictions

Schenectady confines residential front-yard driveways to the strip directly in front of an attached or built-in garage…

Read full rule →

Smithtown

Some Restrictions

Smithtown bars parking or storing cars, trailers and boats in a required front yard unless the surface is paved, and…

Read full rule →

Utica

Some Restrictions

A Utica curb-cut permit is required to build or widen a driveway approach, and a residential curb cut may not exceed 20…

Read full rule →

Yonkers

Some Restrictions

Single- and two-family homes in Yonkers may park at most two currently licensed passenger vehicles in a paved…

Read full rule →

Commercial & Oversized Vehicles

Rules about parking work trucks, vans with commercial lettering, and vehicles over a weight or length threshold in residential areas, the thresholds, the exemptions, and the fines.

Islip

Heavy Restrictions

Commercial vehicles, tractor-trailers, buses and advertising vehicles are banned from parking on any Islip town road…

Read full rule →

New York

Heavy Restrictions

Commercial vehicles in New York City face strict limits: under 34 RCNY 4-08(k) they must be permanently altered and…

Read full rule →

Amherst

Significant Restrictions

Amherst bars parking any vehicle longer than 225 inches, wider than 80 inches, or taller than 81 inches on a…

Read full rule →

Babylon

Significant Restrictions

In the Town of Babylon's A Residence District, parking or storing a commercial vehicle on residential property for more…

Read full rule →

Brookhaven

Significant Restrictions

Brookhaven bans parking commercial vehicles rated 10,000 pounds or more on residential streets and residential property…

Read full rule →

Cheektowaga

Significant Restrictions

Cheektowaga's zoning code lets a residential property garage only one personal-use commercial vehicle, like a pickup or…

Read full rule →

Colonie

Significant Restrictions

In Colonie's Single-Family and Multifamily Residence Districts, no vehicle or equipment used mainly for commercial or…

Read full rule →

Greenburgh

Significant Restrictions

Greenburgh bars commercial vehicles from parking on any street between 1:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m., and from traveling…

Read full rule →

Huntington

Significant Restrictions

Huntington's zoning code bars residents from keeping commercial vehicles or construction equipment on residential…

Read full rule →

Mount Vernon

Significant Restrictions

Mount Vernon bans commercial vehicles, including tractor-trailers, buses and heavy equipment, from parking on any City…

Read full rule →

North Hempstead

Significant Restrictions

North Hempstead's Uniform Traffic Code bars commercial vehicles from parking overnight, between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00…

Read full rule →

Smithtown

Significant Restrictions

Smithtown zoning bans large commercial vehicles from parking or storing within 100 feet of a residence district, and…

Read full rule →

Syracuse

Significant Restrictions

City Code § 15-318(b) prohibits parking or leaving a motor truck or commercial vehicle unattended on any…

Read full rule →

Albany

Some Restrictions

Albany prohibits parking an unattached trailer, including boat and utility trailers, on any city street, and limits…

Read full rule →

Clarkstown

Some Restrictions

Commercial vehicles may not sit on a Clarkstown town street or sidewalk for more than three hours where parking is not…

Read full rule →

Glen Cove

Some Restrictions

Glen Cove City Code § 280-46 bars garaging any commercial vehicle in a residential zoning district unless the vehicle's…

Read full rule →

Greece

Some Restrictions

The Town of Greece's Property Maintenance Code allows only one commercial vehicle to be parked on a residential…

Read full rule →

Hempstead

Some Restrictions

The Town of Hempstead bars parking or leaving standing any bus, commercial vehicle, house coach, livery vehicle…

Read full rule →

New Rochelle

Some Restrictions

New Rochelle limits how long a commercially licensed vehicle, bus or trailer can sit on a public street under City Code…

Read full rule →

Oneida

Some Restrictions

The City of Oneida, Madison County, New York bars parking any truck over 2 1/2 tons (5,000 pounds) in a mapped…

Read full rule →

Oyster Bay

Some Restrictions

In Oyster Bay's residence districts, Town Code § 246-5.5.24.1 caps home-parked commercial vehicles at one per property…

Read full rule →

Ramapo

Some Restrictions

Ramapo Code § 376-75 caps residential-district commercial vehicle parking at one vehicle of 25 feet or less, and it…

Read full rule →

Rochester

Some Restrictions

Trucks, commercial vehicles, trailers, RVs, tractors and tractor-trailers cannot sit parked on a Rochester street for…

Read full rule →

Saratoga Springs

Some Restrictions

Saratoga Springs bars any tractor, trailer, semitrailer, or truck over five tons registered gross weight or 35 feet…

Read full rule →

Schenectady

Some Restrictions

Schenectady bars buses and commercial vehicles over one ton, or with at least a six-wheel base, from parking or…

Read full rule →

Yonkers

Some Restrictions

Yonkers bans parking a commercial vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, house-on-wheels, bus, school bus, or any food-delivery…

Read full rule →

Street Parking Limits

Time limits for parking on public streets, permit parking zones, and rules about moving your car to avoid tickets.

New York

Heavy Restrictions

New York City regulates on-street parking under the DOT Traffic Rules (34 RCNY 4-08): vehicles must be parked parallel…

Read full rule →

Albany

Some Restrictions

In Albany residential permit parking areas, a vehicle without a valid permit may park for no more than two consecutive…

Read full rule →

Amherst

Some Restrictions

Amherst bars parking any vehicle on a Town highway or county road for more than 24 consecutive hours, a blanket limit…

Read full rule →

Babylon

Some Restrictions

Town of Babylon Traffic Code sets exact parking mechanics for the town's unincorporated hamlets: vehicles must park…

Read full rule →

Buffalo

Some Restrictions

Buffalo's Parking Violations Bureau enforces a detailed schedule of parking fines ranging from $50 to $125, with…

Read full rule →

Cheektowaga

Some Restrictions

Cheektowaga bars parking any vehicle on a Town or county road for more than 24 consecutive hours, a townwide standard…

Read full rule →

Clarkstown

Some Restrictions

Clarkstown bars parking within 10 feet of a firehouse, theater or church entrance and anywhere it leaves less than 12…

Read full rule →

Colonie

Some Restrictions

Colonie requires every vehicle parked on a marked Town street space to stay inside the painted lines, and on curbless…

Read full rule →

Erie County

Some Restrictions

On-street parking in Erie County is regulated by each town, city, and village and by New York State Vehicle and Traffic…

Read full rule →

Glen Cove

Some Restrictions

Glen Cove bans parking or standing in front of a public or private driveway except to briefly pick up or drop off a…

Read full rule →

Greece

Some Restrictions

Greece bars parking on Town streets without current registration or inspection, more than 12 inches from the curb, on…

Read full rule →

Greenburgh

Some Restrictions

Greenburgh follows the New York Vehicle and Traffic Law for general on-street stopping and standing, but § 460-16…

Read full rule →

Huntington

Some Restrictions

Huntington requires every vehicle parked in a marked street or Town-lot space to stay inside the lines and face the…

Read full rule →

Islip

Some Restrictions

On Islip town roads, parking is governed by the Town's Traffic Code (Chapter TC3) read together with the New York State…

Read full rule →

Mount Vernon

Some Restrictions

Mount Vernon's Traffic Code bars parking that blocks a driveway or obstructs a lawfully parked vehicle, and separately…

Read full rule →

Nassau County

Some Restrictions

Nassau County bans parking or leaving vehicles on designated snow routes once the County Executive declares a snow…

Read full rule →

New Rochelle

Some Restrictions

New Rochelle bars parking any motor vehicle or trailer on a street or public place for more than 48 continuous hours…

Read full rule →

North Hempstead

Some Restrictions

North Hempstead bars any motor vehicle from parking, stopping or standing on a sidewalk, driveway apron or handicapped…

Read full rule →

Oneida

Some Restrictions

The City of Oneida, Madison County, New York requires vehicles parked in the congested district to sit within painted…

Read full rule →

Oyster Bay

Some Restrictions

Oyster Bay bans parking anywhere a no-parking sign is posted, during posted no-parking hours, or beyond the posted time…

Read full rule →

Ramapo

Some Restrictions

Ramapo bans standing or parking in marked fire zones and no-parking areas under Town Code § 267-9, lets the Chief of…

Read full rule →

Rochester

Some Restrictions

Rochester bars parking within five feet of any driveway, blocking two-way passage on a street, or stopping against…

Read full rule →

Saratoga Springs

Some Restrictions

Saratoga Springs regulates on-street parking under City Code Chapter 225: vehicles must sit parallel within six inches…

Read full rule →

Schenectady

Some Restrictions

Schenectady bars parking that leaves too little roadway width for traffic to move freely. City Code § 248-44 lets…

Read full rule →

Syracuse

Some Restrictions

Section 15-316(a) bars standing or parking a vehicle on a Syracuse street in sixteen specific spots, including in front…

Read full rule →

Utica

Some Restrictions

On-street parking is legal where not signed otherwise. Where signs are posted, no person may park at any time on…

Read full rule →

Yonkers

Some Restrictions

Yonkers Code § 109-74 makes it unlawful to park anywhere parking is posted as prohibited or restricted, or in front of…

Read full rule →

Overnight Parking

Whether cars can be left on the street overnight, including any permit programs and restrictions during street sweeping hours.

Islip

Heavy Restrictions

Islip enforces a winter overnight on-street parking ban: from December 15 through March 15, no vehicle may park on a…

Read full rule →

Greenburgh

Significant Restrictions

Inside the Hartsdale Public Parking District's Site A garage, overnight parking on the second level requires a…

Read full rule →

Schenectady

Significant Restrictions

Schenectady bans overnight on-street parking for larger commercial vehicles. Under City Code § 248-87, no bus or…

Read full rule →

Smithtown

Significant Restrictions

Smithtown Code Section 101-6F bars parking overnight in Town parks and beaches, with narrow exceptions for permitted…

Read full rule →

Suffolk County

Significant Restrictions

Suffolk County prohibits parking any vehicle on county-owned or county-controlled property overnight, from sunset to…

Read full rule →

Amherst

Some Restrictions

Amherst bans overnight street parking every winter: no vehicle may park on any Town or county road between 1:00 a.m…

Read full rule →

Babylon

Some Restrictions

The Town of Babylon has no single townwide overnight parking curfew. Traffic Code § TC-3-4 instead lets the Town Board…

Read full rule →

Brookhaven

Some Restrictions

Brookhaven Code § 10-19.1 bans overnight parking without authorization at the Town's North, South, and East parking…

Read full rule →

Cheektowaga

Some Restrictions

From November 1 to April 1, Cheektowaga bans overnight street parking between 1:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. on all Town and…

Read full rule →

Clarkstown

Some Restrictions

Clarkstown bars parking on every town street, road and highway between midnight and 6:00 a.m. each night from November…

Read full rule →

Glen Cove

Some Restrictions

Glen Cove bars overnight parking at its municipal beach lots. Mercandante Beach at Garvies Point, Pryibil Beach and…

Read full rule →

Greece

Some Restrictions

Greece bans parking on all Town and county streets between midnight and 8:00 a.m. every night from November 1 through…

Read full rule →

Hempstead

Some Restrictions

Buses, trucks, trailers, taxis, house coaches and other commercial vehicles cannot be parked on any Hempstead street…

Read full rule →

Huntington

Some Restrictions

Huntington bars parking or leaving unattended heavy equipment, trucks and commercial rigs on Town roads between 10:00…

Read full rule →

Mount Vernon

Some Restrictions

On nine named commercial corridors, Mount Vernon bans all on-street parking between 2:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. under City…

Read full rule →

New Rochelle

Some Restrictions

On streets listed in Schedule XIII, New Rochelle bars overnight parking during set nighttime windows under City Code §…

Read full rule →

New York

Some Restrictions

New York City has no blanket overnight parking ban for ordinary cars; under 34 RCNY 4-08(m)(9) a vehicle may stay…

Read full rule →

North Hempstead

Some Restrictions

North Hempstead's Uniform Traffic Code bars any commercial vehicle from parking on a residence-district street between…

Read full rule →

Oneida

Some Restrictions

The City of Oneida, Madison County, New York bans parking on any street or public lot for more than 30 minutes between…

Read full rule →

Rochester

Some Restrictions

Rochester bars leaving a vehicle parked on any city street for more than 12 hours without moving it, including…

Read full rule →

Saratoga County

Some Restrictions

Saratoga County bars overnight parking in county-owned and leased lots from midnight to 6 a.m. every night between…

Read full rule →

Saratoga Springs

Some Restrictions

Saratoga Springs has no year-round overnight parking ban, but once the Public Works Commissioner declares a snow…

Read full rule →

Syracuse

Some Restrictions

City Code § 15-318 bars parking on any street inside Syracuse's central traffic district between midnight and 7:00 a.m…

Read full rule →

Utica

Some Restrictions

Utica uses alternate 24-hour parking: where signed, you park on one side of the street for 24 hours beginning at 11:00…

Read full rule →

Tompkins County

Light Restrictions

Tompkins County Code § 162-13 lets the County Legislature or its designee set overnight hours when parking is banned or…

Read full rule →

Dibs & Space Saving

Rules about saving shoveled-out parking spots with chairs, cones, or other objects after snowfall, including enforcement and removal timelines.

EV Charging

Rules about installing home EV chargers, running cables across sidewalks, and any incentives or permits required for charging stations.

New York: statewide

StatewideSome Restrictions

New York has adopted statewide building code and Public Service Commission rules governing EV charging installation…

Read full rule →

Albany

Some Restrictions

Albany reserves signed parking spaces exclusively for electric vehicles actively charging, and non-EVs or disconnected…

Read full rule →

Babylon

Some Restrictions

Town of Babylon requires any solar carport built over parking in the town's business, industrial, PIP or…

Read full rule →

Brookhaven

Some Restrictions

Brookhaven's Table of Parking Requirements, Code § 85-852, requires 5% of all parking stalls to carry an electric…

Read full rule →

Clarkstown

Some Restrictions

Added to the parking chapter in 2025, § 290-22C permits electric vehicle charging stations in every Clarkstown zoning…

Read full rule →

Glen Cove

Some Restrictions

Glen Cove designates electric vehicle charging spaces at the Pulaski Street and Brewster Street parking garages under…

Read full rule →

Huntington

Some Restrictions

Huntington's Town Board designates specific spaces on public streets and in Town-owned lots as electric vehicle parking…

Read full rule →

Mount Vernon

Some Restrictions

In Mount Vernon's MVW Transit-Oriented Development District near the Mount Vernon West train station, any parking lot…

Read full rule →

New Rochelle

Some Restrictions

New Rochelle regulates electric vehicle charging stations under Zoning Code § 331-45A and § 331-115.4. Personal EV…

Read full rule →

North Hempstead

Some Restrictions

North Hempstead lets commercial properties count up to 10% of parking spaces devoted to EV charging toward off-street…

Read full rule →

Utica

Some Restrictions

Utica's 2021 Zoning Code requires new construction to install two EV charging ports per 10 parking spaces, and it…

Read full rule →

Westchester County

Some Restrictions

New or rebuilt parking garages and open lots built or funded under a County contract must dedicate 10% of spaces to EV…

Read full rule →

Yonkers

Some Restrictions

Yonkers requires a building and electrical permit for every Level 2 or Level 3 electric vehicle charging station and…

Read full rule →

Rochester

Light Restrictions

Rochester's zoning code treats electric vehicle charging stations as an accessory use, permitted in every zoning…

Read full rule →

Buffalo

Few Restrictions

Buffalo supports EV charging infrastructure with public stations downtown and at municipal lots. NY State supports…

Read full rule →

Monroe County

Few Restrictions

NY State Energy Conservation Construction Code (2020) requires new construction to include EV-ready parking…

Read full rule →

New York

Few Restrictions

New York City's zoning code lets any accessory parking space in residence or commercial districts host electric vehicle…

Read full rule →

Oneida

Few Restrictions

The City of Oneida, Madison County, New York, allows a private electric vehicle charging station as an accessory use at…

Read full rule →

Orange County

Few Restrictions

EV charging in Orange County NY is governed by the NY State Uniform Code and NEC Article 625. The NY CLCPA (2019)…

Read full rule →

Schenectady

Few Restrictions

Schenectady lists electric vehicle charging stations among the permitted accessory uses allowed on any lot alongside a…

Read full rule →

Abandoned Vehicles

How cities define and handle abandoned or inoperable vehicles on private property and public streets, including removal timelines.

New York: statewide

StatewideSome Restrictions

New York Vehicle and Traffic Law sets uniform definitions and removal procedures for abandoned vehicles statewide…

Read full rule →

Babylon

Heavy Restrictions

Abandoning any vehicle anywhere in the Town of Babylon is unlawful, with fines escalating from $500 to $2,500 per…

Read full rule →

Schenectady

Heavy Restrictions

Storing or depositing a junked, abandoned, or dangerous motor vehicle, or its parts, on any property in Schenectady is…

Read full rule →

Albany

Significant Restrictions

Albany makes it unlawful to park, store, or abandon a junk vehicle on private property for more than one week, with…

Read full rule →

Amherst

Significant Restrictions

Amherst's Vehicles, Abandoned chapter deems a car abandoned after set time thresholds: six hours unregistered, 24 hours…

Read full rule →

Greece

Significant Restrictions

Greece prohibits storing a junked motor vehicle on private property unless it sits inside a fully enclosed building, is…

Read full rule →

Huntington

Significant Restrictions

Huntington deems a vehicle abandoned if it sits plateless for over 6 hours, poses a safety risk with plates on, stays…

Read full rule →

New Rochelle

Significant Restrictions

New Rochelle bans storing or depositing any abandoned, junked, discarded, dismantled, or unregistered motor vehicle on…

Read full rule →

Oneida

Significant Restrictions

The City of Oneida, Madison County, New York bars keeping an abandoned or junked motor vehicle on private property…

Read full rule →

Oyster Bay

Significant Restrictions

Oyster Bay Town Code makes it a violation, fined $250 to $1,000 and up to 15 days in jail, for an owner to abandon a…

Read full rule →

Ramapo

Significant Restrictions

Ramapo bans abandoning a vehicle anywhere in Town and gives junked, wrecked or partially dismantled vehicles only 24…

Read full rule →

Rochester

Significant Restrictions

Rochester bans storing a junked vehicle out in the open on private property unless it's necessary for a lawfully sited…

Read full rule →

Syracuse

Significant Restrictions

Storing an abandoned, junked or discarded motor vehicle outdoors on public or private property anywhere in Syracuse is…

Read full rule →

Yonkers

Significant Restrictions

Yonkers City Code prohibits leaving a disabled or willfully abandoned motor vehicle on any public street, highway or…

Read full rule →

Albany County

Some Restrictions

Albany County Code Chapter 288, Article I, adopted in 1970, defines when an unattended vehicle counts as abandoned on…

Read full rule →

Brookhaven

Some Restrictions

Brookhaven's Highways chapter lets the Town remove, store and dispose of abandoned vehicles under Vehicle and Traffic…

Read full rule →

Buffalo

Some Restrictions

Vehicles with three or more outstanding parking summonses within 18 months may be towed or immobilized (booted) in…

Read full rule →

Cheektowaga

Some Restrictions

Cheektowaga's property maintenance code bars storing unlicensed, wrecked, partially dismantled or unregistered motor…

Read full rule →

Clarkstown

Some Restrictions

Clarkstown police may impound any vehicle abandoned on a town highway or left where parking is prohibited, then store…

Read full rule →

Colonie

Some Restrictions

Colonie's Highway Superintendent or Police Department may remove any vehicle abandoned or left unattended on a Town…

Read full rule →

Glen Cove

Some Restrictions

Glen Cove's traffic code treats an unattended car as abandoned if it has no plates for more than six hours, sits…

Read full rule →

Greenburgh

Some Restrictions

Once Greenburgh has lawfully impounded an abandoned vehicle, the Town may convert up to 1% of its unclaimed abandoned…

Read full rule →

Hempstead

Some Restrictions

A vehicle left on a Hempstead street without plates for more than six hours, or parked illegally for more than 48…

Read full rule →

Islip

Some Restrictions

New York Vehicle and Traffic Law authorizes the Town of Islip to remove and store vehicles abandoned on highways during…

Read full rule →

Mount Vernon

Some Restrictions

Mount Vernon can tow any vehicle abandoned or illegally parked on a City street, and if it goes unclaimed for 15 days…

Read full rule →

New York

Some Restrictions

New York City's Sanitation Department must identify an abandoned vehicle on any street within 24 hours of a report and…

Read full rule →

North Hempstead

Some Restrictions

North Hempstead's Uniform Traffic Code treats a vehicle as abandoned if it has no license plates on any public street…

Read full rule →

Saratoga County

Some Restrictions

Saratoga County Code § 325-9 bars parking or abandoning a vehicle on County highways during snowstorms, floods, fires…

Read full rule →

Saratoga Springs

Some Restrictions

Saratoga Springs prohibits abandoning or storing any vehicle, or vehicle part, on any street or public place. A vehicle…

Read full rule →

Smithtown

Some Restrictions

Abandoning a vehicle in any public place in Smithtown is a declared nuisance under Town Code Chapter 293, and the…

Read full rule →

Tompkins County

Some Restrictions

Chapter 160 lets Tompkins County treat an unattended vehicle as abandoned after set time limits, from as little as 6…

Read full rule →

Utica

Some Restrictions

Storing an abandoned, junked, dismantled or unlicensed vehicle on private property in Utica is a public nuisance and…

Read full rule →

Suffolk County

Light Restrictions

Suffolk County's towing ordinance explicitly excludes abandoned vehicles: those fall under state Vehicle and Traffic…

Read full rule →

Curb Color Rules

What red, yellow, white, green, and blue painted curbs mean in your city, who can paint them, and how parking restrictions are enforced.

Loading Zones

Yellow and white loading zone rules, time limits for commercial and passenger loading, and which vehicles qualify as commercial loaders.

Albany County

Significant Restrictions

Commercial vehicles picking up or dropping off passengers at Albany County Airport must buy an access card or lease…

Read full rule →

Amherst

Some Restrictions

Amherst zoning requires nonresidential buildings to provide dedicated off-street loading spaces sized at least 12 by 20…

Read full rule →

Babylon

Some Restrictions

The Town of Babylon designates curb zones, no parking, no standing, no stopping, bus stops and taxi stands, under its…

Read full rule →

Brookhaven

Some Restrictions

Brookhaven's noise code bars loading and unloading work, including handling crates, containers, building materials and…

Read full rule →

Cheektowaga

Some Restrictions

Cheektowaga's zoning code sets no fixed loading-zone hours, but § 260-57 requires any loading or unloading platform or…

Read full rule →

Clarkstown

Some Restrictions

In the New City Hamlet Center's H1, H3 and H4 Districts, Clarkstown limits loading docks to one bay per building and…

Read full rule →

Colonie

Some Restrictions

Colonie does not run a fixed loading-dock schedule. Under § 190-48, the Planning Board sets the number, size and…

Read full rule →

Glen Cove

Some Restrictions

Glen Cove designates specific curb locations as loading zones through Schedule XIX of its traffic code, with some zones…

Read full rule →

Greenburgh

Some Restrictions

Within the Hartsdale Public Parking District, no vehicle may park in a bus stand, taxicab stand or loading area, and no…

Read full rule →

Hempstead

Some Restrictions

Town of Hempstead Code § 80-9 limits parking in public parking fields outside marked loading areas to pleasure vehicles…

Read full rule →

Huntington

Some Restrictions

Huntington's zoning code requires off-street loading space whenever a building is enlarged by 50% or more, converted to…

Read full rule →

Islip

Some Restrictions

Within Islip's Mixed-Use Planned Development District, dedicated loading docks are optional for tenants under 15,000…

Read full rule →

New Rochelle

Some Restrictions

New Rochelle designates specific curb locations as loading zones under City Code § 312-46, with each zone's hours and…

Read full rule →

New York

Some Restrictions

New York City reserves curb space with dedicated-use signs (including 'Loading Only,' 'Commercial Vehicles Only,' and…

Read full rule →

North Hempstead

Some Restrictions

Section 25 of North Hempstead's Uniform Traffic Code designates specific street segments as loading zones, listed…

Read full rule →

Oyster Bay

Some Restrictions

The Town of Oyster Bay designates specific curb locations as loading zones and bars general parking there during set…

Read full rule →

Ramapo

Some Restrictions

Ramapo Code § 376-77 requires off-street loading berths for every nonresidential use, sized 10 by 40 feet with a…

Read full rule →

Schenectady

Some Restrictions

Schenectady caps loading-zone stops at 30 minutes for delivery and pickup of materials under City Code § 248-47…

Read full rule →

Smithtown

Some Restrictions

Every nonresidential building or lot in Smithtown must provide off-street truck-loading spaces sized to its floor area…

Read full rule →

Syracuse

Some Restrictions

Section 15-329 limits loading zones to two uses: a vehicle with commercial plates may stop only for the expeditious…

Read full rule →

Utica

Some Restrictions

Utica requires off-street loading facilities for commercial and industrial uses, with each required loading berth at…

Read full rule →

Yonkers

Some Restrictions

Yonkers caps commercial curb use in marked loading zones at 30 minutes and passenger zones at three minutes under City…

Read full rule →

Mount Vernon

Light Restrictions

Only licensed commercial vehicles may stop in a Mount Vernon street space marked by official signs as a loading zone…

Read full rule →

Oneida

Light Restrictions

The City of Oneida, Madison County, New York caps stops in a marked loading zone at 30 minutes for loading or unloading…

Read full rule →

Rochester

Light Restrictions

A marked Rochester loading zone can only be used for expeditious pickup, delivery or loading of materials or passengers…

Read full rule →

Preferential Parking Districts

Permit-only residential parking districts, how they're established, who qualifies for permits, and how visitor passes work.

Babylon

Significant Restrictions

The Town of Babylon reserves spaces in its Downtown Copiague railroad commuter lots, and in Wyandanch Village lots on…

Read full rule →

Hempstead

Significant Restrictions

Hempstead created resident-only permit parking zones on designated streets in East Meadow near Nassau University…

Read full rule →

Huntington

Significant Restrictions

Huntington designates certain Town parking fields under Schedule L as resident-commuter or non-resident commuter permit…

Read full rule →

New Rochelle

Significant Restrictions

New Rochelle's only residential parking permit district covers Farragut Circle, Decatur Road and Sutton Manor Road…

Read full rule →

Oneida

Significant Restrictions

The City of Oneida, Madison County, New York lets the Common Council designate specific streets or public parking areas…

Read full rule →

Oyster Bay

Significant Restrictions

Oyster Bay's Public Parking District designates certain streets, mostly near Long Island Rail Road stations, as…

Read full rule →

Yonkers

Significant Restrictions

Yonkers runs three named residential parking permit districts under Chapter 109, Article XII: Tibbetts Brook Park (§…

Read full rule →

Buffalo

Some Restrictions

Buffalo runs one preferential parking district: the Fruit Belt Residential Pilot Parking Area around Buffalo General…

Read full rule →

Greenburgh

Some Restrictions

In the Hartsdale Public Parking District, Sites C, D, E and F are reserved for permit holders. Site C runs on…

Read full rule →

Snow Removal Parking Rules

On-street parking bans during declared snow events, alternate-side rules for plow access, and tow/fine schedules in snow-belt cities.

Albany

Significant Restrictions

When Albany declares a snow emergency, parking flips to the odd-numbered side of the street for the first 24 hours…

Read full rule →

Buffalo

Significant Restrictions

From November 15 through April 1, Buffalo bans parking on every street served by NFTA-Metro passenger buses between…

Read full rule →

Greenburgh

Significant Restrictions

From December 1 through March 15, Greenburgh bans parking on any public highway between 1:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. so…

Read full rule →

Islip

Significant Restrictions

From December 15 through March 15, Islip prohibits parking any motor vehicle on residential or business-district…

Read full rule →

Nassau County

Significant Restrictions

Nassau County designates certain county roads as snow routes. Once the County Executive declares a snow emergency…

Read full rule →

New York

Significant Restrictions

When New York City's Transportation Commissioner declares a snow emergency, standing and parking are banned on every…

Read full rule →

North Hempstead

Significant Restrictions

When the Town Supervisor declares a snow emergency in North Hempstead, no vehicle may be parked or left on a designated…

Read full rule →

Oyster Bay

Significant Restrictions

When the Town Supervisor declares a snow emergency, or the National Weather Service predicts three or more inches of…

Read full rule →

Syracuse

Significant Restrictions

Section 15-337 makes it unlawful to park or stand on any street designated an emergency snow route once the mayor has…

Read full rule →

Amherst

Some Restrictions

The Town of Amherst requires anyone who plows snow with a vehicle outside the Village of Williamsville to hold an…

Read full rule →

Babylon

Some Restrictions

During a declared snow emergency, the Town of Babylon bans parking on residential streets and on the even side of…

Read full rule →

Cheektowaga

Some Restrictions

Anyone plowing snow commercially in Cheektowaga outside Depew and Sloan needs a $25 Town Clerk permit, must carry…

Read full rule →

Glen Cove

Some Restrictions

When Glen Cove's Mayor declares a snow emergency, City Code Section 265-32.1 bans parking on the even-numbered side of…

Read full rule →

Greece

Some Restrictions

Greece bans parking on all Town and county streets from midnight to 8:00 a.m. every night between November 1 and April…

Read full rule →

Hempstead

Some Restrictions

Once the Town Supervisor declares a snow emergency, leaving a vehicle parked on any Town street is against the law…

Read full rule →

Mount Vernon

Some Restrictions

Once three or more inches of snow falls within 24 hours, Mount Vernon declares a public snow emergency and bans parking…

Read full rule →

New Rochelle

Some Restrictions

New Rochelle bans on-street parking on designated Schedule XXVIII streets, such as Alden Court and Lakeview Road, once…

Read full rule →

Ramapo

Some Restrictions

Ramapo bans parking on any public road once snow starts accumulating and keeps that ban in force until the street is…

Read full rule →

Rochester

Some Restrictions

When plowing crews can't get through, Rochester's Mayor can declare a snow parking emergency and ban parking along…

Read full rule →

Saratoga Springs

Some Restrictions

Every Saratoga Springs street except posted alternate-side blocks is a declared emergency snow route. When the…

Read full rule →

Schenectady

Some Restrictions

When snow or ice exceeds three inches, Schenectady's Mayor can declare a snow emergency under § 248-38, forcing cars to…

Read full rule →

Suffolk County

Some Restrictions

Suffolk County law makes it illegal to shovel or dump snow into a handicapped parking space, with fines up to $200 per…

Read full rule →

Yonkers

Some Restrictions

When the Mayor of Yonkers declares a snow emergency, City Code Chapter 108 bars parking on eleven signed emergency…

Read full rule →

Towing & Impound Rights

What a towing company may charge and must do when a vehicle is taken without the owner consenting: capped hookup, mileage and storage rates, the drop fee owed if the driver returns before the tow leaves, signage required at private lots, retrieval of belongings left inside, and how a tow gets contested.