RV parking rules in Wellsville

Wellsville RV parking at a glance

First confirm the lot size

Section 18.1406 is titled for recreational equipment and vehicles on lots less than one acre. Exactly one acre or more is not a permission category in this guide; ask the city which provisions apply. The city boundary is separate from a Wellsville mailing address.

Store in the side or rear yard

For this small-lot route, major recreational equipment and vehicles such as boats, campers, trailers and motor homes may be stored only in a side or rear yard. A paved front driveway does not by itself remove that placement limit.

Read the incorporated setbacks

Section 18.1406 refers to 18.1403(C). That subsection specifies a minimum seven-foot side-yard setback and/or seven feet to a principal structure, and a minimum ten-foot rear-yard setback. Because the cross-reference also uses accessory-structure terminology, have the city confirm how it measures and applies these distances to the RV.

Storage is not living permission

The storage provision expressly requires that the equipment or vehicle not be used for living purposes. It does not state a guest-occupancy allowance. The checker does not convert a short stay or an unknown occupancy answer into permission.

Accessory-use approval still matters

Under 18.1401(E), an accessory structure or use must not commence before application and approval by the Building Inspector. The Planning Director determines whether an accessory use is appropriate. Meeting a setback is not the same as obtaining any required approval.

Street parking has separate restrictions

The storage provision is not a street-parking rule. Ordinance 942 adds posted restrictions on specified sides of First, Fourth, Sixth and Eighth Streets, Hunt and Main between First and Fourth, Sixth Terrace, and Pendelton Avenue between K33 and Main. Its emergency exception is for physicians or city emergency personnel on emergency calls. Read current signs and confirm other traffic restrictions.

Who to contact for your setup

Ask Wellsville city staff to confirm jurisdiction, classification, site conditions, later amendments and any applicable permit or utility requirements before relying on an exception.

Use the Wellsville parking checker to organize the starting conditions. The checker cannot approve a parcel, a variance or an unverified exception.

Official sources reviewed October 26, 2026

• Wellsville accessory-use regulations

  City-linked code Article 14, especially 18.1401(E), 18.1403(C) and 18.1406, retrieved October 26, 2026. The RV provision is expressly titled for lots less than one acre; no larger-lot permission is inferred.

• Current city code and ordinance links

  Official city page links this code and newer Ordinance 942, adopted July 30, 2025; that ordinance adds posted street restrictions, not a residential RV-storage amendment.

• Wellsville Ordinance 942

  Signed 2025 ordinance regulating parking on specified streets, reviewed October 26, 2026. This is not a blanket RV street permission.

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