RV parking rules in Franklin Township (Gloucester County)

Franklin Township (Gloucester County) RV parking at a glance

Does the trailer-coach rule cover my RV?

Section 360-1 defines a trailer coach as a highway conveyance constructed to permit occupancy as a dwelling or resting place, including automobile trailers, mobile homes, house-trailers and trailer coaches. The chapter uses its own definition. An empty vehicle is not automatically exempt merely because nobody sleeps in it. Confirm classification rather than importing a travel-trailer exclusion from a different chapter.

Can a covered trailer coach be kept at home?

Section 360-67A restricts locating, parking, keeping, constructing or maintaining a covered trailer coach on any lot or tract outside a fully compliant licensed trailer court, except for the stated routes. The rule is not merely an occupancy ban. A typical new home storage position should not be treated as allowed without an applicable exception.

What are the conversion and historic exceptions?

Section 360-67B concerns permanent conversion to a dwelling, with exclusive land ownership, clear trailer title, minimum building area, building-code compliance, stated intent and Building Inspector application/approval before placement. This is not ordinary RV storage.

Section 360-68 preserves qualifying permitted trailers existing 30 days after the chapter became effective. Section 360-69 allows a compliant replacement only through application and Township Committee approval. Section 360-70 prohibits moving non-court trailers from place to place. None is a new visitor-parking allowance.

Can a permit cover an emergency or hardship?

Under §360-71A, the Committee may issue a 30-day casualty-damage permit for an owner and family, renewed at its discretion up to 180 days, with intent and actual rebuilding within a year. The stated fee is $25 per 30 days, with a conditional $20 rebate per fee.

Section 360-71B is a separate hardship route for a resident with a lawfully situated trailer already outside a licensed mobile-home park, up to one year and discretionary reissuance. It requires a $50 nonrefundable application, hearing and notice to owners within 200 feet. Both routes retain the chapter’s other operation/maintenance provisions under §360-72.

What is not established?

Street parking and loading rights, utility connections, licensing a trailer court, and the parcel’s land-development requirements need separate determinations. A temporary permit, legacy status or highway registration is not blanket permission to camp or store anywhere.

Who to contact for your setup

Ask municipal zoning staff about your exact parcel, vehicle classification, proposed use and later ordinances. Ask Police about street restrictions. Confirm private covenants and utility approvals separately.

Use the Franklin Township (Gloucester County) parking checker to organize the starting conditions. The checker cannot approve a parcel, a variance or an unverified exception.

Official sources reviewed November 6, 2026

• Franklin §360-1 definitions

  Trailer coach includes highway vehicles constructed to permit dwelling or resting; chapter adopted December 18, 1967.

• Franklin §§360-67–360-70

  Location prohibition, conversion and legacy exceptions, approved replacement and no transfers.

• Franklin §§360-71–360-72

  Temporary emergency and hardship permits; amended December 4, 1972.

• Franklin code edition

  Check municipal boundary: Gloucester County, not other Franklin townships.

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 township determination may still be required. Read our research method.