RV parking rules in Hanover Borough

Hanover Borough RV parking at a glance

Street parking and active loading

Chapter 348 includes motor homes, travel trailers and truck campers in its large-vehicle rules. Large vehicles may not park on borough streets. The definition of parking excludes temporary stops while actually loading or unloading property or passengers. That is not a general timed grace period, a waiting allowance or overnight permission. The specific delivery exception for trucks is not silently extended to every RV.

Private storage and surfaces

Unoccupied large vehicles may be stored on private property, including private roads owned or leased to the vehicle owner. Storage must be to the side or rear, on crushed stone, blacktop or concrete capable of supporting the vehicle. Parking and access areas created or expanded after April 25, 2018 require a hard, homogeneous, all-weather surface such as cement, asphalt or an equivalent, proper drainage and good maintenance. Existing areas require a maintained aggregate base, cement or asphalt all-weather surface. Do not assume a grass access path is acceptable because the parking pad is paved. Motor vehicles must remain operable with applicable current registration, inspection and emissions documentation.

Living occupancy and utility limits

RV living occupancy is prohibited on streets, public property and private property. This guide does not interpret an unoccupied-storage allowance as permission for guests to sleep. Utility connections, repair work, separate approvals and unusual vehicle classifications need their own confirmation. Emergency vehicles, borough vehicles, Postal Service vehicles and vehicles actively working on streets, curbs, sidewalks or utilities have specified exemptions; an ordinary vacation RV does not qualify merely by being useful during an emergency.

Who to contact for your setup

Ask Hanover Borough planning or zoning staff to confirm the parcel, vehicle class, exact placement and any approval. Ask the road authority separately about the proposed street. Check private restrictions and obtain utility approvals before connecting services.

Use the Hanover Borough 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

• Hanover Borough Chapter 348

  Current codification read November 6, 2026. Article I adopted April 25, 2018 by Ordinance 2269; no new laws shown.

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.