Parking Rules in Pennsylvania (2026)

Allentown restricts on-street parking of recreational and oversized vehicles - including buses, dual-wheel motor homes…

Philadelphia Code 12-919 bars parking a boat, motor home, truck camper or vending cart for more than fifteen days in…

In Haverford Township, Delaware County, an unoccupied boat, motor home, travel trailer or other recreational vehicle…

Lower Merion Township bans parking any recreational vehicle, boat or boat trailer within the public right-of-way of any…

In Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, Township Code § 203-517 lets an owner park a recreational…

Reading limits parking a boat, camping trailer or recreational vehicle rated DOT Class 5 or higher to 24 hours in plain…

Bensalem Township bars owners, lessees, or possessors of a recreational vehicle from parking it on any public street or…

In Bristol Borough, Pennsylvania, a recreational vehicle, boat or utility trailer must be parked or stored on the lot…

Bristol Township's Property Maintenance Code requires recreational vehicles, boats and trailers kept on a property to…

Chester County sets no countywide rule for parking an RV, boat or trailer at your home: that is decided by your borough…

No Erie ordinance creates an RV- or boat-specific on-street parking program; recreational vehicles, boat trailers, and…

In the City of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, a lot can hold a maximum of two uninhabited recreational vehicles in…

In Millcreek Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania, RVs, travel trailers, boats and boat trailers can be parked only…

Montgomery County sets no countywide rule on parking RVs, boats, or trailers at a home. Each of the 62 boroughs and…

Penn Hills' Zoning Code allows a boat, camper, RV, or utility trailer as a residential accessory use only in the rear…

Pittsburgh limits commercial vehicles, campers, trailers unconnected to a vehicle, and boats to two hours of street…

Pottstown Borough Code Section 404, Subsection 2, bars parking or placing a truck, bus, trailer, motor home, boat…

Scranton's zoning code keeps recreational vehicles, trailers, campers and motor homes out of front yards. City Code §…

Upper Darby's zoning chapter bars storing trailers, boats and similar temporary dwellings in a front yard unless the…

York County itself sets no rule for RVs, boats, or trailers on residential streets or lots: that is decided by your…

Abington Township's amended Property Maintenance Code § 302.8 bars storing, parking, abandoning or keeping any licensed…

In Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, PA, no vehicle of any condition may be parked or stored in the front yard of…

Philadelphia's zoning code bans surface parking spaces, detached garages, and carports in any required front yard…

Pittsburgh bans parking in the front yard citywide except inside a City Planning Commission-designated Front Yard…

In Allentown's N (neighborhood/residential) zoning districts, Zoning Ordinance § 660-91.P limits how much of a front or…

Bensalem Township Code § 201-112(i) requires every residential motor vehicle parking area and driveway to be paved, and…

In Bristol Borough, Pennsylvania, the owner of an existing residential building with no present off-street parking can…

Bristol Township's Property Maintenance Code requires motor and recreational vehicles to be parked on the premises'…

Chester County sets no countywide rule on driveway parking, driveway aprons or curb cuts: these are handled by your…

Delaware County's countywide subdivision ordinance bans dirt driveways outright and forces every new residential…

Erie requires a City Engineer permit before building, rebuilding or cutting any curb or driveway. Residential lots 50…

Franklin Township regulates driveways down to the foot: permits are required for every new or widened driveway, minimum…

In the City of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, where a driveway crosses a front or side yard setback, no vehicle can be…

In Haverford Township, Delaware County, a paved surface used for off-street parking or drive access cannot exceed 25…

Lower Merion's Property Maintenance Code caps outdoor storage on residential lots at one boat, trailer, camper or…

In Millcreek Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania, vehicles at residential properties must be parked or stored only in…

Vehicles in Monroe County cannot block a public sidewalk or driveway under PA Vehicle Code §3353. Township zoning…

Penn Hills requires driveways and open parking spaces to be paved with bituminous or concrete surfacing, though…

Pottstown's zoning code lets a Conservation or Gateway District driveway sit in the side or front yard only when the…

Reading requires every off-street parking area, including driveways, to be permanently paved with concrete, macadam, or…

Scranton requires every driveway and off-street parking area to carry a durable, dustless surface of concrete or…

Upper Darby bans parking in the front yard of any residential district, requires private driveways to be at least eight…

Allentown bars heavy commercial vehicles from residential neighborhoods both on-street and on-lot. The Zoning Ordinance…

Philadelphia Code 12-901(3) bars parking a commercial vehicle on any street within 100 feet of residential property…

Bensalem Township makes it unlawful to park, store, or house a commercial vehicle over 10,000 pounds gross weight on…

Bethlehem bans parking a truck tractor, truck tractor and trailer, or tri-axle dump truck on any street in a…

Bristol Township Code § 191-24C bars parking a commercial vehicle, truck or trailer over 7,000 pounds gross weight on…

In the City of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, no one can stand or park a tractor-trailer, motor home, utility trailer…

In Haverford Township, § 175-28 bars parking a truck, trailer, semitrailer or other commercial vehicle at any time on…

Lower Merion Township bars parking a truck, trailer, semitrailer or other commercial vehicle at any time on the…

In Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, Township Code § 203-516 bars trucks over one ton capacity…

In Millcreek Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania, trucks over one-ton capacity, tandems, tractor-trailers, school buses…

Oversized vehicles and unhitched trailers can't park on residential streets for more than two hours between 10 p.m. and…

Reading bars parking a commercial vehicle of 10,000 pounds GVWR or more, or a heavy tow truck, car carrier or low-boy…

Scranton City Code § 439-92 bars trucks, tractors, tractor-trailers, buses, and unhitched semitrailers from standing on…

Upper Darby bans parking any bus, tractor-trailer, dump truck, tow truck, concrete mixer, or other heavy commercial…

Abington Township bars residential properties from keeping trucks over 18 feet long, 80 inches wide or 8,200 pounds…

In Bristol Borough, Pennsylvania, no one can park a motor vehicle or trailer, or a combination of the two, longer than…

Erie's Zoning Ordinance limits commercial vehicles in residential districts: not more than one commercial truck may be…

In Lancaster County parks, no one may park a vehicle across more than one designated spot or in a way that obstructs…

Penn Hills bars any vehicle over 11,000 pounds registration weight, except recreation vehicles, as an accessory use in…

Pottstown Borough Code Section 404, Subsection 1, bars parking any truck, truck tractor, bus, or other vehicle with a…

Oversized and overweight vehicle parking is regulated by municipalities across York County, not the county. York City's…

Franklin Township's code bars parking a vehicle other than a passenger car, including buses and motor homes, on streets…

Municipality of Penn Hills bans parking within 5 feet of a residential driveway without owner consent and blocking…

Abington Township's Code § 157-1 bars stopping, standing or parking on sidewalks, in intersections, on crosswalks, or…

On-street parking in Allentown is governed by Chapter 615, Part 3 (Stopping, Standing and Parking) of the Codified…

Bensalem Township restricts parking, stopping and standing on specific streets listed in the Code's Appendix A, using…

Bethlehem bars parking on sidewalks, in intersections, on crosswalks and in front of any driveway, plus within 15 feet…

Section 15-415 of the Bristol Borough Code bars parking, stopping or standing within 20 feet of a crosswalk, within 15…

Bristol Township Code Chapter 191, Article IV bars leaving a vehicle idling unattended, requires parking wholly inside…

On roadways and lots inside the Bucks County Park System, § 6 bars parking in marked loading zones, blocking traffic or…

Erie Codified Ordinance Section 521.04 prohibits using city streets to store a vehicle: leaving any vehicle in one…

In Franklin Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, parking is banned at all times on the east side of Appleton-Elkton…

In the City of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, parking is banned in zones the traffic control maps mark as prohibited, no one…

In Haverford Township, Chapter 175 controls parking on public streets. Trailers, motor homes and boats cannot sit in…

Lower Merion Township's § 145-23 bars parking or standing in front of a driveway, within 15 feet of a fire hydrant…

In Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, no one can park or leave a vehicle standing where official signs or parking…

In Millcreek Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania, § 137-20.2 makes it unlawful to park or leave a vehicle standing…

Montgomery County does not regulate on-street or residential parking. Streets are controlled by the borough or township…

On-street parking in Philadelphia is governed by Title 12 of The Philadelphia Code and enforced by the Philadelphia…

Pittsburgh bars parking in front of driveways, at hydrants, and against traffic direction, with the Parking Authority…

Pottstown Borough Code Section 402, Subsection 1, lists fourteen lettered situations where parking or standing is…

Reading bars parking in any posted no-parking area, treats blocking a driveway as a $70 complaint-based violation, and…

Scranton City Code § 439-15 lists 13 places where on-street parking is prohibited citywide, including intersections…

Section 464.05(c) of the Code of the Municipality of Penn Hills, in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, states that…

Allentown does not impose a blanket residential overnight on-street parking ban, but a vehicle parked in one place on a…

Section 6(A)(1) of the Bucks County Park System Rules and Regulations bars parking any vehicle inside a county park…

Chester County has no countywide overnight on-street parking ban: your borough or township decides. Many municipalities…

Delaware County has no countywide overnight on-street parking ban; that is set by each municipality. The one county…

Erie has no blanket overnight ban on ordinary cars, but the 72-hour storage limit (Section 521.04) caps how long a car…

In Haverford Township, § 175-29 bars parking during the hours listed in Schedule XVIII for named streets, and some…

In the Lancaster County Park System, no vehicle may be parked between sunset and sunrise unless the Director grants…

Lower Merion Township bars overnight parking on specific streets listed in Schedule XVII of its traffic code, each with…

There is no countywide overnight parking ban in Montgomery County. Overnight on-street restrictions are set by your…

Commercial vehicles, campers, unhitched trailers, and boats can't stay parked on any Pittsburgh street for more than…

Vehicles cannot stay overnight in a Pottstown park's parking area. Section 102(H) of the Parks and Recreation chapter…

Overnight on-street parking bans are set by individual boroughs and townships, not York County. The county's only…

Philadelphia has no general citywide overnight on-street parking ban, but overnight parking is restricted on…

Bensalem Township bans reserving or blocking a parking space or roadside parking area with cones, trashcans, chairs…

Pottstown Borough Code Section 402.3 makes it unlawful to use cones, garbage cans, chairs, or any other object to block…

Philadelphia Code Section 12-1131 lets the Parking Authority designate reserved on-street electric vehicle parking…

In Bristol Borough, Pennsylvania, a vertical or stacked parking structure must provide a minimum of 5% of its spaces…

Bucks County requires an annual license for every commercial electric vehicle charging station (EVCS) output in the…

In Haverford Township, § 175-32 reserves parking spaces with an electric charging station on Township public property…

Lancaster County has no countywide EV-charging-station ordinance. County parks allow e-bikes wherever bicycles are…

Lower Merion Township's Subdivision and Land Development Code, Section 135-4.9R, requires new development to build in…

Lower Paxton Township Code § 203-910 sets design rules for electric vehicle charging stations in Dauphin County…

New structured or integral parking garages with six or more spaces in Pittsburgh's Mixed-Use districts must make at…

Scranton's zoning code defines an electric vehicle charging station and lists it as a permitted accessory use by right…

Allentown's zoning code treats private electric vehicle charging as an accessory use permitted outright in every zone…

Bensalem's zoning ordinance allows electric vehicle charging stations as a permitted accessory amenity at a convenience…

In Millcreek Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania, the zoning chapter defines an electric vehicle charging station as an…

Pennsylvania Title 75 Chapter 73 governs abandoned vehicles statewide, defining when a vehicle is abandoned and…

Municipality of Penn Hills code makes it illegal to keep an abandoned, unregistered, or nuisance motor vehicle, or one…

Abington Township's Housing Standards chapter amends the International Property Maintenance Code's § 302.8 to bar…

Bristol Borough makes it unlawful to maintain a motor vehicle nuisance on open private grounds. A vehicle qualifies by…

In Bristol Township, Bucks County, an abandoned vehicle cannot remain on public or private property more than 48 hours…

In Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, Chapter 119 treats any premises with one or more junked motor…

Philadelphia bans leaving an inoperable, tireless, or unregistered vehicle parked on any street, with towing as…

Pittsburgh's property maintenance code bans keeping any inoperative, uninspected, or unlicensed motor vehicle on a…

Pottstown's Property Maintenance Code amendment, Section 302.8, bars keeping any inoperative, unregistered, uninspected…

Abandoned vehicles on public and private property in Allegheny County are handled under PA Vehicle Code Title 75…

A car left unattended and inoperable, unregistered, or on someone else's property without consent for more than 48…

Bensalem Township treats any vehicle with an expired license left outside a protective enclosure, and any licensed…

Pennsylvania's Vehicle Code defines an abandoned vehicle and lets police remove it. A vehicle left inoperable or…

Bethlehem's amended property maintenance code bars inoperative, unregistered or abandoned motor vehicles from being…

A vehicle left in the Bucks County Park System for more than 48 hours after Park Police or a Department employee…

Abandoned vehicles are governed by Pennsylvania state law. A vehicle is presumed abandoned after 48 hours illegally on…

Pennsylvania, not the county, defines an abandoned vehicle. Under 75 Pa.C.S. §102, a vehicle is presumed abandoned once…

Erie forbids leaving a wrecked, junked, stripped or abandoned vehicle on private property where it creates a hazard…

In the City of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, no one can abandon a motor vehicle, and the code treats a vehicle as abandoned…

In Haverford Township, Delaware County, it is unlawful to leave a disabled motor vehicle on private property for more…

Pennsylvania law prohibits abandoning any vehicle on a highway or on public or private property without consent. A…

Lower Merion Township limits how many unregistered, uninspected or similar vehicles can sit outdoors on residential…

In Millcreek Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania, leaving a vehicle anywhere in the Township so that it reasonably…

Abandoning a vehicle is prohibited statewide under the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code. 75 Pa.C.S. §3712 bars abandoning a…

Reading bans storing, parking or placing any unregistered, uninspected, inoperative, unlicensed or nuisance motor…

Scranton makes it unlawful to abandon a vehicle on any public or private property without the owner's consent, under…

A vehicle that illegally sits on county-owned or leased property for more than 48 hours is abandoned under York County…

Painting a public sidewalk or curb in Pottstown is off-limits to private residents and businesses under Section 213 of…

Abington Township's Police Department marks individual parking spaces in metered zones with lines painted on the curb…

When Penn Hills designates a fire lane on private property, the owner must mark it with painted lane markers, curb…

Reading bans stopping or parking at any curb the city has painted yellow, one of eleven standing and parking…

In Franklin Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, internal drives built as part of a new subdivision or land…

Vehicles in a marked Allentown loading zone can stay only 20 minutes without active loading, and just 5 minutes in a…

Bensalem Township requires any commercial, industrial or institutional building, or an apartment house, to provide…

In Bristol Borough, Pennsylvania, any use that customarily receives or distributes goods by truck must provide…

Bristol Township Code § 205-122 requires off-street loading facilities for any new or enlarged use in Bristol Township…

Bucks County bars stopping, standing or parking in any space marked as a passenger or loading zone inside its Park…

Loading zones on public streets are designated and enforced by your borough or township, not by Chester County. On…

New commercial developments in Delaware County must screen loading areas with an eight-foot solid buffer of plantings…

Erie caps material loading and unloading in a marked loading zone at 30 minutes flat, and passenger zones are limited…

In Franklin Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, standing beside an already-parked curbside vehicle (double parking)…

In the City of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, every use that receives or ships goods by truck larger than a pickup or…

In Haverford Township, Delaware County, commercial lots must provide off-street loading and unloading spaces at the…

In Lancaster County parks, marked passenger or loading zones may be used only for prompt loading and unloading of…

Lower Merion Township's Zoning Code, § 155-8.7, sets design standards for loading, unloading and drive-through queuing…

In Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, any use that receives or ships material or merchandise by…

In Millcreek Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania, loading is regulated inside the off-street parking article of Chapter…

In Penn Hills, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, vehicles cannot stop, stand, or park in a marked loading zone longer…

Philadelphia's Parking Authority runs sensor-equipped 'smart loading zones' on stretches of Walnut, Sansom, and…

Pittsburgh caps commercial loading-zone stops at 30 minutes for merchandise pickup or delivery, while passenger zones…

Pottstown Borough Code Section 407 bars stopping, standing or parking on the roadway side of a vehicle already parked…

Reading limits marked loading zones to vehicles actively loading or unloading within the posted time, reserves…

Scranton lets the city designate up to one 30-minute loading and unloading zone per block for businesses, under City…

Every commercial, office, retail, manufacturing or industrial building in Upper Darby must provide off-street loading…

York County limits marked passenger and loading zones inside its park system to quick, active use only. Under Code §…

Bristol Township Council can designate, revise or repeal residential parking districts, but only in residential zones…

In Franklin Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, the Board of Supervisors can designate residential permit parking…

In the City of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, City Council approves residential permit parking zones, restricted on weekdays…

Haverford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, runs a resident sticker program under Article IV of Chapter 175. An…

City Council designates residential permit parking districts by ordinance after weighing curbside-parking hardship on…

Pottstown Borough Code Section 409 creates residential permit parking zones, including the PDIDA District and areas…

Abington Township's Board of Commissioners can designate residential parking permit areas under Code § 156-55 to shield…

Allentown designates Residential Permit Parking zones where only permit-holding residents can park past posted time…

Bethlehem's Parking Authority can designate impacted residential blocks as Residential Permit Parking areas, letting…

Bristol Borough runs a residential permit parking program under § 15-409, with three listed areas on Radcliffe Street…

Erie streets qualify for resident-only permit parking when 70% of on-street capacity is occupied on weekdays and 70% of…

Lower Merion Township lets owners and lessees of single-family homes, semidetached homes, two-family dwellings and…

Lower Paxton Township runs a resident permit parking program under § 196-25.1 for residential streets crowded by…

City Council designates residential parking permit areas by resolution after a parking study and public hearing…

Scranton designates residential parking permit districts under City Code § 439-63 et seq. once on-street parking in a…

Once Bethlehem's Snow Emergency Coordinator declares a snow emergency, parking is banned on designated Snow Emergency…

In Millcreek Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania, it is unlawful to park or leave a vehicle on the cartway of a street…

When the Emergency Coordinator declares a Snow Emergency, no vehicle, trailer, dumpster or other object may be parked…

In Abington Township, a snow and ice emergency exists under Code § 156-39 whenever snowfall exceeds two inches in 24…

When the Mayor declares a snow emergency, parking is banned citywide on designated snow emergency routes until the…

In Bristol Borough, the Mayor can declare a snow and ice emergency. While it lasts, § 15-702 makes it unlawful to park…

In Bristol Township, vehicles must be off Township streets within two hours after snow or sleet covers the street…

In Franklin Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, the Board of Supervisors can declare a snow and ice emergency, and…

In the City of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, the Mayor or a designee declares a snow emergency when snow or ice causes…

In Haverford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, the Township Manager can declare a snow and ice emergency. Once…

Once the Township Manager declares a snow emergency, triggered by three or more inches of snow, Lower Merion bans…

In Lower Paxton Township the Township Manager or a designee can declare a snow emergency when snow or ice on streets…

Once the Mayor declares a snow emergency, parking is banned on designated snow emergency routes starting one hour…

Pottstown Borough Code Section 802 bars parking anywhere on a designated snow emergency route once the Borough Manager…

When Reading's Mayor, or the Managing Director in the Mayor's absence, declares a snow emergency, parking becomes…

Once the Mayor declares a snow emergency under City Code § 412-54, § 412-55 bars parking on any posted snow emergency…

A Pennsylvania private parking lot cannot tow you unless it is posted. Under 75 Pa.C.S. § 3353(b)(2) the…

Pittsburgh splits towing and impound rights across two chapters of its City Code. Chapter 525 governs what may be…

When Reading tows your car, only a storage garage that City Council has designated may hold it, and that garage may…

Philadelphia runs two separate towing regimes, and this page covers the city one: Chapter 12-2400, Towing and…