Jurisdiction and research scope
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.
Research by Can I Park My RV?Official municipal sources; access limits shown belowEditorial standard
West Greenwich RV parking at a glance
| Location or use | What to check |
|---|---|
| Driveway / yard | 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. |
| Street / loading | Chapter 261 private-land permits do not establish public-street parking permission. No general RV loading or maintenance exemption is established here. |
| Sleeping / utilities | Occupied use needs specific eligibility, permit, larger lot/frontage, setbacks and sanitation approval. Storage permit does not authorize hookups; occupied-use sanitation and installation approvals are separate. |
A permit is required even for storage
Outside a trailer park, §261-13 requires written landowner permission and a Town Clerk permit authorized by the Town Council to locate a covered trailer, mobile home or house car for storage or living quarters. The definition includes vehicles used for temporary or permanent sleeping/living, self-propelled or towed. Camping- or hunting-only use is expressly subject to the article. An unoccupied storage permit may last up to one year and may be renewed if no ordinance violations occurred. No more than one covered unit may be on a lot, with minimum dimensions of 100 by 100 feet.
Occupied use has a different set of conditions
Sections 261-14 and 261-15 address temporary living during personal home construction and disaster displacement, plus occupancy-permit conditions. Do not infer routine guest-camping eligibility from the dimensional rules alone. Occupancy permits may run no more than one year. The unit must be at least 15 feet from buildings, 50 feet from property lines and 60 feet from a public street/highway. The lot must have at least two acres and 200 feet of public-road frontage. Building Official sanitation approval is required; nonpublic sewage disposal requires state health approval under the codified text.
Campgrounds, streets and service connections
Paid camping areas are separately licensed under Chapter 165. The current operating rule allows eleven continuous months or less in each calendar year, with the closed period stated in the annual license. A campground license is not a private-yard storage permit. Public streets, loading and utility installations require separate authorization. A storage permit cannot be used as an occupied-use or electrical/plumbing approval; zoning, flood hazards and permit-specific conditions remain applicable.
Who to contact for your setup
Ask West Greenwich Planning or Code Enforcement to confirm jurisdiction, the actual parcel or road, vehicle classification, position, duration and intended use. Obtain the required road, building, electrical, plumbing or wastewater approvals before relying on a parking exception. Easements, HOA rules and leases remain separate. Start with the official rule or permit guidance.
Use the West Greenwich 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
- West Greenwich Code §§261-12–261-15
Storage and occupied-use permit requirements, lot size, count, duration and sanitation.
- West Greenwich Code Chapter 165, camping areas
Licensed paid camping areas and eleven-month-or-less operating season after December 2025 amendment.
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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