RV parking rules in Lansdale Borough

Lansdale Borough RV parking at a glance

Can I park a camper on a Lansdale street overnight?

Section 370-4B(8) prohibits motor homes, recreational vehicles, campers and unattached trailers between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. The 12,000-pound threshold is for the separate commercial-vehicle category, not for an RV or camper. A trailer still attached to a tow vehicle may fall within an independently listed RV/camper category; attachment is not a blanket exemption.

What exceptions are listed?

The exempt categories are construction equipment in an active work zone, municipal vehicles, delivery vehicles, and police/emergency vehicles and fire apparatus at active scenes. Personal trip preparation is not automatically a delivery-vehicle exception. General loading language in the parallel-parking clause does not waive the separate overnight rule.

Does the warning procedure give me free parking days?

No. The rule prohibits overnight parking. Before the specified citation enforcement, Police give in-person notice with three calendar days to move and park legally, or first-class mailed notice with five calendar days. After that notice, further violation can be cited without another notice. This procedure is not permission to plan a prohibited overnight stay.

What else needs confirmation?

Daytime parking is not automatically allowed: signs, yellow curbs, marked spaces and specific streets have their own restrictions. The code also addresses repair work rendering a vehicle continuously inoperable for more than 48 hours on a public street or alley; a shorter repair is not blanket permission. Home storage, guest sleeping, dwelling use and hookups need separate zoning review.

Who to contact for your setup

Ask Lansdale Borough Police about the exact roadway, signs and exceptions. Ask municipal zoning staff about the parcel, vehicle classification, outdoor storage, occupancy and utility work. Confirm later ordinances, easements, leases and private covenants separately.

Use the Lansdale 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

• Lansdale §370-4B(8) and parking article

  Complete overnight restriction, exemptions and three-/five-day notice procedure; separate >48-hour inoperative repair clause in B(9).

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