Jurisdiction and research scope
Town of Batavia, Genesee County, New York, not the City of Batavia. A single code-defined RV on a private lot with an existing lawful permanent dwelling. Screens unoccupied storage, one ordinary temporary-dwelling period, or an already-issued temporary-use permit. Excludes public streets, campgrounds, vacant lots, commercial storage, manufactured homes, sport recreational vehicles, special districts or parcel conditions, nonconforming rights, variances and new utility connections.
Research by Can I Park My RV?Official municipal sources; access limits shown belowEditorial standard
Batavia Town RV parking at a glance
| Location or use | What to check |
|---|---|
| driveway | Storage only if outside required front/side yards, at least 15 ft from lot lines and public ROW, with no connections. |
| yard | Required front/side yard areas excluded for storage; 15-ft clearances also apply. |
| street | Not evaluated; no street-parking permission from this guide. |
| guest | One RV, same lot as a permanent dwelling; at most two separate periods per year, each at most two weeks. |
| hookups | None during storage. Temporary-use connections require separate review and removal when the permit expires. |
Unoccupied storage has two separate placement tests
The RV must stay outside the required front and side yard areas and at least 15 feet from every lot line and public right-of-way. The required yard is a zoning boundary, not simply a casual description of the front or side of the house. Confirm the applicable district and survey lines with the Town. No connections are permitted while the RV is stored. The storage rule does not itself set a numerical unit limit; this checker deliberately screens only one RV.
Ordinary temporary dwelling is limited to two separate periods
One RV may serve as a temporary dwelling on the same lot as a permanent dwelling for no more than two separate periods per year, each no longer than two weeks. These are separate periods, not a pooled 28-day allowance. This screen asks for the Town-confirmed applicable annual period and includes the proposed stay in the count. It does not infer a reset on January 1 or decide how interrupted stays should be grouped. Utility arrangements and sanitation still require separate review.
The six-month route needs both a permit and Health Department approval
A temporary-use permit can allow temporary dwelling for a period no longer than six months, with Genesee County Health Department approval. Six months is not converted here to 180 days. Use the actual permit dates and conditions. When the permit expires, any connections must be removed and the RV must be moved to an approved parking location. Applying for a permit is not approval. The checker only records whether an issued permit and the reported conditions align; it does not issue or extend a permit.
Use the Town’s RV definition and the correct government
The RV definition covers temporary living units for recreation, camping or travel, including travel trailers, camp trailers, truck campers and motor homes. Boats and other sport recreational vehicles, manufactured homes and permanent structures are not interchangeable with this class. The code’s minimum requirements do not cancel private covenants or other applicable obligations. Campgrounds have a separate special-use route and are outside this home-lot checker. A Batavia mailing address alone does not establish Town jurisdiction.
Who to contact for your setup
Confirm the parcel, required yards and temporary-use permits with the Town of Batavia. Temporary-use occupancy also requires approval from the Genesee County Health Department. Administrative screening of cited local provisions only. Not a permit, legal opinion, safety assurance or complete land-use approval. The Town and Genesee County Health Department decide applications and site-specific requirements.
Use the Batavia Town parking checker to organize the starting conditions. The checker cannot approve a parcel, a variance or an unverified exception.
Official sources reviewed November 7, 2026
- Town of Batavia §235-43: RVs and campgrounds
Complete §235-43A and B captured in open15, lines 1577–1715; ordinary residence scenarios use A only.
- Town of Batavia §§235-4 and 235-5: application and definitions
Application and RV/yard definitions captured in open13 and open14; required-yard dimensions remain parcel-specific.
- Official Town code and update cutoff
Published code current through August 19, 2026.
- Town of Batavia uncodified laws
All three listed laws were read across open12 and open15; none changes the narrow RV provisions.
A review date records when we checked these sources. The notes above explain any use of older code editions or limits on access to the full source; an address-specific local-government determination may still be required. Read our research method.
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