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   * **Fairhope** city code says "it shall be unlawful for any person to sleep in an automobile, van, truck, camper, trailer, or other vehicle of any kind or nature within the corporate limits”... between the hours of 10 p.m. and 6 p.m.((https://www.fairhopeal.gov/home/showdocument?id=22510))    * **Fairhope** city code says "it shall be unlawful for any person to sleep in an automobile, van, truck, camper, trailer, or other vehicle of any kind or nature within the corporate limits”... between the hours of 10 p.m. and 6 p.m.((https://www.fairhopeal.gov/home/showdocument?id=22510)) 
 +  * **Homewood** bans "bans sleeping in vehicles or bathing on public property"((https://www.wbrc.com/2025/10/14/city-homewood-passes-new-ordinance-regulating-homeless-encampments/))
   * **Huntsville** "outlawed sleeping inside vehicles parked along public roads"((https://www.al.com/news/mobile/2019/08/why-did-fairhope-make-sleeping-in-vehicles-illegal.html))   * **Huntsville** "outlawed sleeping inside vehicles parked along public roads"((https://www.al.com/news/mobile/2019/08/why-did-fairhope-make-sleeping-in-vehicles-illegal.html))
  
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   * In **Santa Rosa** RVs and oversized vehicles will "not be allowed on streets, alleys or city lots 12-5 a.m."((https://santacruzlocal.org/2021/11/09/rv-parking-limits-adopted-in-santa-cruz/))  Oversize vehicles” are vehicles or trailers at least 20 feet long. Vehicles that are at least 8 feet tall and 7 feet wide also are considered oversize.  See article for Safe Parking options.    * In **Santa Rosa** RVs and oversized vehicles will "not be allowed on streets, alleys or city lots 12-5 a.m."((https://santacruzlocal.org/2021/11/09/rv-parking-limits-adopted-in-santa-cruz/))  Oversize vehicles” are vehicles or trailers at least 20 feet long. Vehicles that are at least 8 feet tall and 7 feet wide also are considered oversize.  See article for Safe Parking options. 
   * **Saratoga** law states "RVs, boats and commercial trailers longer than 20 feet or taller than 8 feet cannot be parked in residential areas between 8 p.m. and 8 a.m. for more than 72 consecutive hours...These vehicles must be moved at least a mile away within that time frame to be code compliant."((https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2022/10/27/saratogas-new-rv-boat-ordinance-switches-up-parking-compliance/))   * **Saratoga** law states "RVs, boats and commercial trailers longer than 20 feet or taller than 8 feet cannot be parked in residential areas between 8 p.m. and 8 a.m. for more than 72 consecutive hours...These vehicles must be moved at least a mile away within that time frame to be code compliant."((https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2022/10/27/saratogas-new-rv-boat-ordinance-switches-up-parking-compliance/))
 +  * **Sausalito** bans parking on street for >72 hours, and also "possessing inside or on a vehicle items that are not associated with ordinary vehicle use, such as a sleeping bag, bedroll, blanket, sheet, pillow, kitchen utensils, cookware, or cooking equipment, or obscuring some or all of the vehicles windows."((https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/sausalito-tightens-decades-old-vehicle-habitation-ban/ar-AA1MYGqK))
   * **Seal Beach** requires a permit to park oversize vehicles on city streets, and cannot remain in place for more than 72hrs.  Unattached trailers are not permitted.((https://www.sunnews.org/briefing-room-permits-and-motor-homes-in-seal-beach/))  Sleeping in vehicles is prohibited from 9pm - 9am.((https://www.sunnews.org/briefing-room-about-parking-restrictions-for-recreational-vehicles/))   * **Seal Beach** requires a permit to park oversize vehicles on city streets, and cannot remain in place for more than 72hrs.  Unattached trailers are not permitted.((https://www.sunnews.org/briefing-room-permits-and-motor-homes-in-seal-beach/))  Sleeping in vehicles is prohibited from 9pm - 9am.((https://www.sunnews.org/briefing-room-about-parking-restrictions-for-recreational-vehicles/))
   * **Sebastopol** has extensive rules about parking RVs in the city.  See [[https://sebastopol.municipal.codes/SMC/10.76.040|the language of the law]].   * **Sebastopol** has extensive rules about parking RVs in the city.  See [[https://sebastopol.municipal.codes/SMC/10.76.040|the language of the law]].
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    * **Atlantic Beach** forbids camping, sleeping, and lodging in public spaces.((https://www.wokv.com/news/local/atlantic-beach-passed-ordinance-that-bans-sleeping-camping-public-spaces/QRCVP6J3KJBFHPBRRZWDAK2S3A/))  The law appears to be aimed at the traditionally homeless but may affect 'dwellers.     * **Atlantic Beach** forbids camping, sleeping, and lodging in public spaces.((https://www.wokv.com/news/local/atlantic-beach-passed-ordinance-that-bans-sleeping-camping-public-spaces/QRCVP6J3KJBFHPBRRZWDAK2S3A/))  The law appears to be aimed at the traditionally homeless but may affect 'dwellers. 
    * in **Boca Grande** on Gasparilla Island, "RV parking is now allowed only on the east side of E. Railroad Avenue between 5th and 7th Streets... [and] is not allowed anywhere else on the island."((https://bocabeacon.com/news/parking-ordinance-amendment-adopted-by-lee-county-commissioners-at-regular-meeting-on-tuesday/))    * in **Boca Grande** on Gasparilla Island, "RV parking is now allowed only on the east side of E. Railroad Avenue between 5th and 7th Streets... [and] is not allowed anywhere else on the island."((https://bocabeacon.com/news/parking-ordinance-amendment-adopted-by-lee-county-commissioners-at-regular-meeting-on-tuesday/))
 +   * **Gulfport** prohibits cooking in vehicles.((https://thegabber.com/gulfports-no-cooking-in-cars-ordinance-could-deter-van-lifers/))
    * in **Sarasota** " No overnight RV Parking is permitted, and vehicles need to fit within the allowed parking spaces."  The city website goes on to say: "Please Note: The city works very hard at protecting public access to parking spaces through. City of Sarasota Parking Code 33-118 prohibits a parker from relocating from one space to another on that block or any other block within one block radius in any direction for the ordinal parking space, including both sides of the relevant streets…"  ((https://www.sarasotafl.gov/our-city/parking-information/on-street-parking))      * in **Sarasota** " No overnight RV Parking is permitted, and vehicles need to fit within the allowed parking spaces."  The city website goes on to say: "Please Note: The city works very hard at protecting public access to parking spaces through. City of Sarasota Parking Code 33-118 prohibits a parker from relocating from one space to another on that block or any other block within one block radius in any direction for the ordinal parking space, including both sides of the relevant streets…"  ((https://www.sarasotafl.gov/our-city/parking-information/on-street-parking))  
  
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