Compare RV parking rules in Rhode Island

Listed property-owner residential equipment group: one unit, no taller than 10 ft; no affirmative current clearance because enacted-body gaps remain.

Rear-yard storage where possible; outdoor stored equipment safe/effective or repairable within 6 months. Boat itself separately one,≤25 ftlong/15 fthigh.

Published §6-5 adds registration/inspection and safe/effective condition for RV storage exceeding 1 year; no affirmative clearance.

Garage/shed occupant-ownership and separate A/R accessory-building rules; full current footprint review needed.

Ordinary home storage unresolved; this chapter concerns camps and retail overnight camping.

Defined tourist/trailer grounds require a valid city police-committee permit and chapter compliance.

Express storage route is inside a lawful private garage or shed; occupant ownership and applicable registration/inspection required.

No ordinary outdoor-yard permission established by the enclosed-storage clause.

RV storage exceeding 3 months requires safe/effective condition and applicable state registration/inspection; no general short-term permission.

House/commercial classes and outdoor defective/unregistered automobiles/trucks/trailers have separate residential rules and exceptions.

Private driveway storage outside this traffic review.

Residential-zoning storage needs a separate source route.

Residential outdoor RV group: max one, no taller than 15 ft; condition, ownership/use/history and other current conditions apply.

Boat group max one, max 15 ft; strictly beyond 24 ft from road pavement or 12 ft in R-10.

Ordinary unoccupied parking/storage not cleared; defined temporary residence needs qualifying project, owner/family and permits.

Temporary residence must be at least 10 feet from every lot line; current footprint and district scope remain material.

Confirm residential zoning and applicable parking-facility standards.

No front-yard storage; outdoor equipment operable or restorable within three months.

Residential storage route covers equipment owned by the legal occupant.

No front-yard storage; outdoor equipment must be safe/effective or restorable within six months.

Permitted residential accessory use; open storage must be in side or rear yards.

At least 20 feet from side/rear lines; one RV up to 65,000 square feet, two on larger lots; confirm mixed-equipment counts.

Residential storage must be enclosed or in a screened rear yard.

Rear-yard outdoor storage requires screening from public rights-of-way other than alleys; temporary storage tents are prohibited.

Private-lot placement and residential zoning need separate confirmation.

Do not apply the street prohibition as a complete private-yard storage answer.

One covered camping vehicle; confirm applicable residential district and lawful site.

All district storage setbacks apply; outdoor equipment must be safe and functional.

Private-property RV placement and storage require a separate zoning answer.

Do not apply the street time threshold as a yard-storage allowance.

One listed camping vehicle may be stored on a person’s own residential property.

Confirm actual siting and access rules; the adjacent front-yard clause concerns trucks and heavy equipment.

One qualifying RV at an occupied dwelling, owned and registered to its occupant.

Safe, well maintained and positioned according to the Zoning Official and zoning code.

Written landowner permission and council-authorized Town Clerk permit required outside trailer parks.

Storage route: one covered unit, lot at least 100 by 100 feet, permit at most one year per issuance.

A driveway inside the required front yard does not avoid the recreation-equipment restriction.

One covered RV/trailer/camper, at most 10 ft high, outside required front yard and at least 10 ft from side/rear lines.

One occupant-owned item per lot in Residence Districts; outside required front yard.

One occupant-owned item per lot in Residence Districts; outside required front yard.

Private storage not evaluated.

Private storage not evaluated.

No public-street allowance established.

Commercial/industrial loading-facility standards are not a generic RV trip-loading exception.

Separate traffic source review required.

No trip-loading exemption established.

No curb-parking permission or clock established.

No active-loading exemption established by the overnight-camping clause.

Separate current traffic review required.

No general active-loading exemption established by the accessory-storage clause.

No public-street clock established.

Off-street commercial loading standards are not a generic RV trip-loading exception.

Named RV/trailer categories: 11 p.m.–6 a.m. prohibition; five all-time segments; additional residential-weight and idle rules.

No generic trip-loading exception established.

No public-street allowance established by §§709–710.

No independent active-loading exemption established.

No public-street allowance from this same-lot temporary-residence chapter.

No independent loading or repair exception reviewed.

Residential storage standards do not grant street-parking permission.

No RV loading-time waiver is established here.

This off-street chapter does not authorize public-street parking.

No automatic loading exception or six-month parking entitlement follows from the condition rule.

The residential storage section does not authorize public-street parking.

No loading-time exception is established by §340-4.18.

Section 1409 is not a street-parking permission.

No general loading-time waiver is established by this storage section.

Major recreational vehicles may not be parked on any portion of any street.

The cited RV street prohibition contains no general loading-time exception.

Residential equipment storage rules do not grant street-parking permission.

No specific RV loading-time exemption is established here.

Covered camper/trailer parking beyond 30 minutes is restricted, subject to active-business exception.

Actual temporary loading is separately defined; active business work is a narrow exception.

No street-parking permission follows from the residential storage rule.

Commercial loading facilities must prevent projection into the street; no residential RV loading waiver established.

Public parking-lot/area exception excludes 1–5 a.m.; street status needs confirmation.

No general loading or maintenance waiver is established by §167-21.

Chapter 261 private-land permits do not establish public-street parking permission.

No general RV loading or maintenance exemption is established here.

The residential-lot storage section does not establish street parking permission.

No separate front-yard loading exception is established by these sections.

No street or loading allowance established by §185-82.

No street or loading allowance established by §185-82.

Trailers prohibited on streets/public land, subject to applicable exceptions and signage.

Only expressly described loading routes are evaluated.

No living, sleeping or housekeeping while major recreation equipment is parked or stored.

Town of Coventry, Rhode Island only. Full §255-1220(C)(1)–(5), property-owner equipment scope and surrounding Article XII reviewed October 22, 2026; later direct access was restricted. Publisher includes legislation through January 13, 2026 and the section cites March 25, 2025 Ord.2025-16. Eight 2026 zoning laws appear in the publisher’s listings. Full operative texts of 11,14,15,16,18 and 19 were reviewed; only an opening excerpt of 12 and basic publication information for 13 were available. Those two incomplete enacted texts and a 16/17-law discrepancy between listings prevent affirmative clearance. The checker covers particular published restrictions only.

Actual RV residential occupancy barred outside stated fire/natural-destruction route; short guest sleep classification unresolved.

Town of Cumberland, Rhode Island only. Full published §6-5 and related §6-3 yard text read October 22, 2026; §6-5 shows a December 3, 2025 amendment. Uncodified Ord.26-17 A operative amendment pages 1–4 read (buffers/stormwater, adopted August 19,2026). Ord.26-22 is listed adopted September 16,2026 and a state-posted official agenda identifies a data-center subject, but complete enacted text was not readable because only publication details were available and later full-page access was restricted. These edition limits prevent an affirmative clearance; actual RV residential-occupancy and more-than-one-year storage restrictions are modeled conservatively.

Retail overnight camping prohibited; ordinary home guest stays require separate review.

City of Cranston only. Current eCode edition dated May 18, 2026; complete Chapter 15.32 read October 22, 2026, including definitions, retail overnight-camping prohibition, camp permits, penalties and operating standards. No uncodified laws are listed on the chapter. This is a retail-camping and tourist-camp review; ordinary residential driveway storage and public streets are unresolved.

RV residential occupancy prohibited in the reviewed residential accessory route.

City of Pawtucket only. Current eCode publisher includes legislation through May 21, 2026. Complete operative §410-46 introductory language and A(1)–(8) read October 22, 2026; the six-law uncodified list was checked and lists no Chapter 410 amendment. This guide models compliant private-garage/shed storage and the residential-occupancy prohibition, with outdoor parking and public streets unresolved.

Sleeping and ongoing residential use need a separate source route.

Town of Lincoln, Rhode Island only. Official zoning PDF cover says updated through November 18,2025 and is currently linked by the Town Planning page. Complete operative §§260-31–32 on PDF pages 45–47 (printed 42–44), related §260-20 accessory scope and relevant definitions read October 22,2026. No later 2026 RV amendment was identified by focused official searches, which does not establish none exists. The three-month provisions impose additional conditions, not a short-term storage permission; street parking, sleeping and utilities remain unresolved.

No street sleeping or ongoing-residence permission inferred.

City of Woonsocket only. Current ClerkBase Chapter 17 definitions, general parking provisions and full operative §17-91 restriction paragraphs read October 22, 2026. Section 17-91 incorporates Ch.8642 §1 adopted September 14, 2026 and Ch.8581 adopted June 16, 2025. The exact current enactment/effective-date record for Ch.8642 is not separately certified; no affirmative street allowance is emitted. Private zoning, sleeping and utilities remain outside this traffic review.

No living, sleeping or housekeeping in major recreational equipment while parked or stored.

Town of Middletown, Rhode Island only, not Newport or a namesake Middletown. Full current American Legal publisher §§709–710 read October 22, 2026. Publisher edition is 2025 S-45, legislation through July 7, 2025; later uncodified amendments are not certified. Residential outdoor equipment, occupancy, nonresident ownership/use and separate automobile/trailer condition rules are modeled; public streets and utility connections remain separate.

Actual qualifying temporary family residence may fit Chapter15.02; ordinary guest sleeping is not automatically that use.

Town of Richmond, Rhode Island only. This is a temporary residential-use route during casualty repair or new single-family construction, not ordinary driveway storage or visitor camping. Full Chapter 15.02, §18.36.030 and Chapter 18.44 read October 22, 2026 from the Town-linked ClerkBase code. Chapter 15.02 histories list 2018 and 2019 amendments; §18.36.030 lists May 21, 2024. The live publisher supplies no global through-date here, and later uncodified changes are not certified. The separate state casualty provision names mobile/manufactured homes; an RV is not automatically assigned that classification.

Living, sleeping and housekeeping are prohibited while equipment is parked or stored.

Town of Charlestown, Rhode Island only; not Charleston or a namesake municipality in another state. Current codified §218-59(B), read November 6, 2026. Listed 2026 Ordinances 435 and 437 address other zoning provisions, not this RV subsection. Confirm parcel-specific requirements with the town. Confirm site-specific restrictions and any use outside the stated route.

No living, sleeping or housekeeping while parked or stored under the residential rule.

Town of Johnston, Rhode Island only; not another municipality or a namesake jurisdiction. Current codified §§340-31–340-34 read November 6, 2026. No amendment date is printed beside §340-34; confirm recent and site-specific changes with the town. Confirm site-specific restrictions and any use outside the stated route.

No living, sleeping or housekeeping on the ordinary residential lot.

Town of North Smithfield, Rhode Island only; not the separate Town of Smithfield. Current codified §340-4.18 in Chapter 340 adopted March 16, 2026, read November 6, 2026. The chapter supersedes the older standalone §6.14 numbering. Confirm site-specific restrictions and any use outside the stated route.

Living, sleeping and housekeeping in an RV are prohibited in any district under §1409(D).

City of Providence, Rhode Island only; not East Providence, North Providence or other municipalities. Official city-linked zoning ordinance through Ordinance 2026-35, No. 305, July 22, 2026; section 1409 read November 6, 2026. Subsection B is reserved in this edition; older 72-hour wording should not be applied. Confirm site-specific restrictions and any use outside the stated route.

Street parking is prohibited; private sleeping needs its own zoning answer.

City of Warwick, Rhode Island only; not West Warwick or the namesake municipalities in New York or Pennsylvania. Current indexed official Code §76-223, enacted by Ordinance O-12-19 on October 11, 2012, read November 6, 2026. The retrieved section does not state a full-code amendment cutoff; private-lot zoning is a separate question. Confirm site-specific restrictions and any use outside the stated route.

Living, sleeping and housekeeping are prohibited while parked or stored.

Town of East Greenwich, Rhode Island only; not West Greenwich, Warwick, Greenwich Connecticut or Greenwich New York. Current codified §§260-8 and 260-9(B)(7), read November 6, 2026; §260-9 lists amendments through December 11, 2023. Confirm the parcel district and applicable dimensional table. Confirm site-specific restrictions and any use outside the stated route.

The street section grants no sleeping or dwelling permission.

Town of Exeter, Rhode Island only; not Exeter New Hampshire, California, Pennsylvania or the United Kingdom. Current indexed official Code Chapter 46, especially §46-99, read November 6, 2026. No full-code amendment cutoff is stated in the retrieved chapter. Private-lot zoning is outside this street-focused answer. Confirm site-specific restrictions and any use outside the stated route.

Storage allowance does not establish permission for sleeping or another dwelling.

Town of Hopkinton, Rhode Island only; not Hopkinton Massachusetts or New Hampshire. Current indexed official zoning Appendix A §28(B), with section history through June 6, 2005 and surrounding code amendments through May 4, 2026, read November 6, 2026. The exact full-code amendment cutoff is not established. Confirm site-specific restrictions and any use outside the stated route.

No living, sleeping, housekeeping or business use on the dwelling-storage route.

Town of Westerly, Rhode Island only; not adjoining Connecticut towns or another Rhode Island municipality. Current codified §167-21, including amendments of August 17, 2009, read November 6, 2026. The section does not state a full-code amendment cutoff. Confirm site-specific restrictions and any use outside the stated route.

Occupied use needs specific eligibility, permit, larger lot/frontage, setbacks and sanitation approval.

Town of West Greenwich, Rhode Island only; not East Greenwich, Greenwich Connecticut or another namesake. Current codified Chapter 261 Article II and Chapter 165, read November 6, 2026. Article II derives from March 1964; §165-8 was amended December 10, 2025. Zoning and flood-hazard requirements remain additional. Confirm site-specific restrictions and any use outside the stated route.

Living, sleeping and housekeeping in parked/stored equipment are prohibited.

Town of North Providence, Rhode Island only; not the City of Providence or other Providence County municipalities. Current codified §§35-76 and 35-86, derived from Zoning Ordinance 2014 §§305 and 313; read November 6, 2026. Chapter includes 2026 amendments. Confirm site-specific restrictions and any use outside the stated route.

No temporary or permanent living, sleeping or housekeeping while stored.

Town of Barrington, Bristol County, Rhode Island only. Ordinary occupant-owned major recreational equipment in Residence Districts under §185-82; special-use permits under §185-83 require separate review.

Public camping prohibited.

Police directions, required traffic stops and uncertain signage require separate assessment.