Jurisdiction and research scope
Town of Grand Island, Erie County, New York only; not Grand Island, Nebraska or neighboring New York municipalities. Current eCode through December 15, 2025, read November 6, 2026; subsequent law list includes zoning-map, battery-storage, motor-driven-vehicle and tax amendments. Local Law 4-2026 regulates motor-driven recreational devices and excludes properly registered motor vehicles operated on public highways; it does not amend Chapter 348. Chapter 348 retains the October 15, 2012 amendment history.
Research by Can I Park My RV?Official municipal sources; access limits shown belowEditorial standard
Grand Island RV parking at a glance
| Location or use | What to check |
|---|---|
| Driveway / yard | One unit per ordinary lot; residential licensing, registration and maintenance requirements apply. At least five feet from the side lot line and outside the required street setback; no permanent wheel removal or ground affixation. |
| Street / loading | At most six hours per day on a public highway, subject to other parking restrictions. No separate loading grace period in Chapter 348; highway daily ceiling still applies. |
| Sleeping / utilities | Occupied stays outside campgrounds: no longer than one month in every 12 months without Town Board emergency/hardship extension. A parking allowance does not authorize utility connections; obtain separate approval before connecting services. |
Ordinary lots: one unit and specific placement
Section 348-6 allows no more than one travel trailer or motorhome on each separate lot outside a campground. In residential districts it must be licensed, registered and maintained in compliance with applicable law. Keep at least five feet from the side lot line and outside the street-line setback required by Chapter 407. Do not permanently remove wheels or affix the unit to the ground. Two or more units may raise campground licensing issues; do not treat an ordinary driveway as a licensed campground.
Six hours on highways is a ceiling
Public-highway parking is limited to six hours per day, subject to all other applicable parking restrictions. This is not a reservation of street space, permission to block traffic, or an exemption from posted restrictions. The chapter does not create a separate loading grace period. Its within-building exception applies only to unoccupied storage or garaging and does not authorize street parking.
Occupied stays use a different clock
Outside campgrounds, occupied stays cannot exceed one month in every 12 months, absent a Town Board emergency or hardship extension. Do not convert a calendar-month standard into a fixed 30-day permission. Campground stays have their own six-month-in-12-months ceiling, even when unoccupied. A license does not waive state, Town or health rules. Utility connections and site approvals remain separate, and enclosing the vehicle does not exempt sleeping or living use.
Who to contact for your setup
Ask Grand Island Planning or Code Enforcement to confirm jurisdiction, the actual parcel or road, vehicle classification, position, duration and intended use. Obtain the required road, building, electrical, plumbing or wastewater approvals before relying on a parking exception. Easements, HOA rules and leases remain separate. Start with the official rule or permit guidance.
Use the Grand Island 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
- Grand Island travel trailers and motor homes
Chapter 348, especially §§348-6 and 348-11.
- Grand Island uncodified laws
Current adopted-law list.
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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