Jurisdiction and research scope
Village of Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, within the Town of Greenburgh in Westchester County. This packet screens listed trailer/RV land uses and the construction field-office/storage exception under §295-51. It does not govern the entire Town of Greenburgh, approve street parking, interpret a variance, or decide unclassified vehicle storage.
Local administrative screen only, not a permit, a complete legal opinion or a guarantee of lawful parking. State law, signs, road ownership, other code provisions, approvals and private restrictions may impose additional limits. Unknown facts never establish permission.
Research by Can I Park My RV?Official municipal sources; access limits shown belowEditorial standard
Hastings-on-Hudson RV parking at a glance
| Location or use | What to check |
|---|---|
| driveway | A listed placement option for an authorized construction field office/storage unit only. |
| yard | The construction exception permits rear-yard placement, not a general residential storage right. |
| street | Street parking is outside this land-use packet. |
| loading | No loading allowance decided. |
| guest | Temporary field offices cannot be overnight living quarters. |
| hookups | No connection, dwelling or building approval decided. |
Listed trailer uses are not ordinary accessory dwellings
Check a listed trailer land use
Section 295-51A prohibits the listed tents, trailers, houseboats, boats, mobile homes and portable storage units as principal or accessory uses, or as part of those uses, in any district except as provided in the section. Permanent dwelling use is expressly included. The trailer definition reproduced in the section includes self-propelled or towed wheeled vehicles equipped for living, sleeping or cooking. Removing wheels or putting a vehicle on a foundation does not remove that classification.
The legal question is the actual vehicle and land-use classification. This guide does not declare every parked vehicle to be an accessory use or infer a storage exception that the section does not state. The specified construction field-office/storage procedure is the narrow express exception considered here. A claimed variance, different authorization or unresolved classification needs the Village. The rules apply to the incorporated Village, not automatically to surrounding Greenburgh or other places called Hastings.
Construction permits have limited terms and automatic expiry
Check construction-permit time limits
Section 295-51B allows the Building Inspector to issue a temporary permit for a trailer or portable storage unit used as a field office or storage in connection with construction or repair of a principal or accessory use on the same lot. Use is tied to the course of that work. The initial permit may not exceed six months. Up to two additional six-month renewals are discretionary and depend on work diligently progressing but not yet complete.
Renewals are not automatic, and a six-month period is not interchangeable with an invented fixed number of days. The actual permit and calendar dates control. The permit automatically expires fourteen days after construction or repair is completed, even if its printed term would otherwise continue. Permit fees are set by Board of Trustees resolution and are not estimated here. The checker flags admitted excess term, excess renewals, absent permission or post-completion expiry; an apparently within-limit application is still subject to the Inspector's decision.
Placement is limited and field offices cannot be sleeping quarters
Check field-office placement and living
Section 295-51C permits a temporary field office or portable home storage unit only on a driveway, in a rear yard, or inside an enclosed garage or similar structure. A front lawn, side-yard site outside those categories, or neighboring lot is not approved by this exception. The same-lot construction requirement from subsection B also remains applicable. Confirm the actual lot boundaries and intended use rather than relying on a nearby construction project.
No temporary field office may be used for overnight living quarters. A construction permit does not create a guest-camping exception, and sleeping in the office cannot be justified by an otherwise permitted placement. The checker returns a restriction when the stated location or overnight use fails the clause, but does not certify a driveway, garage, structure, fire-safety condition or issued permit. Other building, zoning, parking and private restrictions remain separate.
Who to contact for your setup
Ask the local code or parking administrator to confirm the address, classification, current signs and actual permit terms before relying on an exception.
Use the Hastings-on-Hudson 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
- Hastings-on-Hudson trailer uses, §295-51
Reviewed 2026-11-07; local administrative scope only.
- Current Village code edition
Reviewed 2026-11-07; local administrative scope only.
- Village uncodified laws
Reviewed 2026-11-07; local administrative scope only.
- Adopted Local Law 6-2026
Reviewed 2026-11-07; local administrative scope only.
- Official Village identity and county
Reviewed 2026-11-07; local administrative scope only.
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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