Jurisdiction and research scope
Polk Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania only. One temporary occupied RV on an existing lawful, conforming, ordinary R-1 interior residential lot with one public-street frontage, in one calendar year. No campground/RV park, vacant lot, conservation subdivision, nonconforming lot, variance, corner/through/irregular lot, floodplain, stream/wetland/slope buffer or other special constraint. Only self-contained no-hookup occupancy with documented Township-compliant sewage disposal is screened. Private unoccupied storage and public-street parking remain unresolved.
Research by Can I Park My RV?Official municipal sources; access limits shown belowEditorial standard
Polk Township RV parking at a glance
| Location or use | What to check |
|---|---|
| driveway | Occupied RV access: at least twelve-foot mud-free stone/shale drive plus four cleared feet each side; emergency access required. |
| yard | Ordinary conforming R-1 principal setbacks: sixty feet front, sixty rear, twenty each side. |
| street | Unresolved; the occupied-RV section gives no public-road permission. |
Thirty-day permits and a ninety-day annual ceiling
Section 400-612(A) applies to an occupied RV. At thirty consecutive occupied days a permit is required, and it must be reissued for each successive thirty-day period. Occupancy may not exceed ninety days in any calendar year. A shorter stay does not waive sewage, setback or access rules, and this checker does not promise that no other permit is needed below thirty days. Use the full uninterrupted stay and complete annual occupancy, including the proposal; confirm counting with the Township. The checker is limited to stays within one calendar year and requires actually issued permits and all necessary reissues covering the planned stay when the thirty-day threshold is reached.
Use principal setbacks and emergency-capable access
Occupied RVs must meet the district’s principal-structure setbacks, not the smaller accessory-building setbacks. For the narrow ordinary conforming R-1 lot used here, Attachment 2 requires sixty feet front, sixty feet rear and twenty feet from each side. Front setbacks are measured from the ultimate street right-of-way under section 400-502(A), not from pavement. Special, nonconforming, conservation and environmental-buffer routes can be stricter or different and are excluded. Section 400-612(B) also requires a mud-free stone/shale driveway accessible by emergency vehicles, at least twelve feet wide plus four feet of cleared area on each side. Lot access must comply with section 400-502(H); this screen requires confirmed direct public-street frontage and excludes private access-road design alternatives.
Section 400-612: occupied recreational vehicles Schedule of Development Standards, Attachment 2 Sections 400-502 and 400-503: access and lot rules
One RV, documented sewage and no added structures
Section 400-612(D) permits only one RV per lot. For occupied RVs, roofovers, decks, enclosed or covered porches, screened enclosures and other accessory structures are prohibited. Factory-produced awnings attached to the RV are expressly allowed. Applicants must document sewage disposal meeting all Township requirements; having a holding tank alone is not proof of an approved disposal plan. This screen requires Township-confirmed documentation for a self-contained no-hookup proposal and does not authorize dumping, septic connections or utilities. Campgrounds and RV parks are excluded by section 400-612(C) and need their own rules. Unoccupied storage and road parking are not resolved by this occupied-RV screen.
Section 400-612: occupied recreational vehicles Section 400-303: recreational-vehicle definition
Who to contact for your setup
Confirm the exact parcel, classification and proposal with Polk Township. Administrative screening of the cited local provisions only. Not a permit, legal opinion, safety assurance or complete land-use approval.
Use the Polk Township 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
- Section 400-612: occupied recreational vehicles
Full operative section, added by Ordinance 2022-02 on February 28, 2022; all paragraphs A–D captured.
- Schedule of Development Standards, Attachment 2
Full four-page adopted schedule; ordinary conforming R-1 principal setbacks 60 feet front, 60 rear, 20 side. Notes preserve stricter and exceptional rules.
- Sections 400-502 and 400-503: access and lot rules
Relevant full provisions captured, including ultimate street-right-of-way measurement and public/private access distinction.
- Section 400-303: recreational-vehicle definition
Full relevant definition and adjacent campground definition captured; temporary recreational, camping or travel living unit.
- Current Polk Township code
Code identifies legislation through January 5, 2026.
- Published adopted New Laws ledger
Complete available ledger captured before a different alias route later returned 403. Sole listed item: Resolution 2026-03.
- Resolution 2026-03
Full two-page adopted March 23, 2026 conference-expense resolution; no amendment to RV law.
- Polk Township official zoning office
Municipal link to adopted code and zoning administration; independent Polk zoning authority is preserved.
- District regulations and separate municipal authority
Section 400-401 preserves each participating municipality’s separate zoning ordinance and approval powers; the regional plan is not a joint ordinance.
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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