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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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| * **Costa Mesa** forbids sleeping in vehicles, and window coverings must be open giving full view of interior.((https://www.reddit.com/r/vandwellers/comments/6o8vax/just_got_ticketed_last_in_costa_mesa_ca/)),((http://www.ocregister.com/news/sleeping-341606-schmutz-council.html)) | * **Costa Mesa** forbids sleeping in vehicles, and window coverings must be open giving full view of interior.((https://www.reddit.com/r/vandwellers/comments/6o8vax/just_got_ticketed_last_in_costa_mesa_ca/)),((http://www.ocregister.com/news/sleeping-341606-schmutz-council.html)) |
| * **Citrus Heights** includes sleeping in passenger vehicles in its anti-camping ordinance.((https://citrusheightssentinel.com/2024/09/14/citrus-heights-council-changes-course-votes-for-full-ban-on-camping-in-vehicles/)) | * **Citrus Heights** includes sleeping in passenger vehicles in its anti-camping ordinance.((https://citrusheightssentinel.com/2024/09/14/citrus-heights-council-changes-course-votes-for-full-ban-on-camping-in-vehicles/)) |
| | * in **Dana Point** "it is unlawful for any person to occupy for the purpose of sleeping or living, any motor vehicle or trailer (as defined by the California Vehicle Code or the Dana Point Municipal Code) or camping gear or apparatus, located in any public park, parking lot or public place or on any public street between the hours of 11 p.m. and 7 a.m"((https://www.picketfencemedia.com/danapointtimes/danapointtimes/eye-on-dp/city-council-reviews-ordinance-banning-sleeping-in-vehicles/article_cca4b6b5-941e-4736-a87e-2da263a7fce5.html)) |
| * in **Del Norte county** "overnight camping is prohibited in the following areas: The mouth of the Smith River; the Point St. George access area; Never Dying Redwood; Pyke Field sports complex; Bertsch Oceanview Park; Hunter Creek Park; Klamath Townsite Park; Klamath Community Park; the Klamath Townsite boat launch facility and the Klamath Glen boat ramp."((https://wildrivers.lostcoastoutpost.com/2021/jun/24/del-norte-supervisors-discuss-overnight-parking-so/)) | * in **Del Norte county** "overnight camping is prohibited in the following areas: The mouth of the Smith River; the Point St. George access area; Never Dying Redwood; Pyke Field sports complex; Bertsch Oceanview Park; Hunter Creek Park; Klamath Townsite Park; Klamath Community Park; the Klamath Townsite boat launch facility and the Klamath Glen boat ramp."((https://wildrivers.lostcoastoutpost.com/2021/jun/24/del-norte-supervisors-discuss-overnight-parking-so/)) |
| * **Dixon** passed an ordinance on July 2 enforcing overnight parking rules between 2:30 and 6 a.m., specifically for park-and-ride lots.((https://www.independentvoice.com/2024/07/23/498946/new-parking-law-in-effect)) | * **Dixon** passed an ordinance on July 2 enforcing overnight parking rules between 2:30 and 6 a.m., specifically for park-and-ride lots.((https://www.independentvoice.com/2024/07/23/498946/new-parking-law-in-effect)) |
| * **Irvine** prohibits sleeping in cars.((http://www.ocregister.com/news/sleeping-341606-schmutz-council.html)) | * **Irvine** prohibits sleeping in cars.((http://www.ocregister.com/news/sleeping-341606-schmutz-council.html)) |
| * **Laguna Niguel** prohibits sleeping in cars.((http://www.ocregister.com/news/sleeping-341606-schmutz-council.html)) | * **Laguna Niguel** prohibits sleeping in cars.((http://www.ocregister.com/news/sleeping-341606-schmutz-council.html)) |
| * **Lompoc** probihits "overnight parking of recreational vehicles on city streets without a permit. Permits will only be issued to city residents".((https://santamariatimes.com/news/local/lompoc-council-prohibits-overnight-recreational-vehicle-parking-without-permit/article_ef32cbde-f2bd-542f-81a9-b9de299dd0cd.html)) The previous law nammed "overnight parking between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. in... the 300 block of North Ninth Street, Industrial Way, and Chestnut Court."((https://www.ksby.com/news/local-news/lompoc-city-council-approves-overnight-parking-ban-in-two-areas)) | * **Lompoc** probihits "overnight parking of recreational vehicles on city streets without a permit. Permits will only be issued to city residents".((https://santamariatimes.com/news/local/lompoc-council-prohibits-overnight-recreational-vehicle-parking-without-permit/article_ef32cbde-f2bd-542f-81a9-b9de299dd0cd.html)) The previous law nammed "overnight parking between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. in... the 300 block of North Ninth Street, Industrial Way, and Chestnut Court."((https://www.ksby.com/news/local-news/lompoc-city-council-approves-overnight-parking-ban-in-two-areas)) The law was later "tightened".((https://www.santamariasun.com/news-2/lompoc-tightens-its-overnight-parking-rules/)) |
| * **Long Beach** forbids parking oversized vehicles (including RVs) on residential streets, starting in 2018.((http://www.signaltribunenewspaper.com/?p=35731)) | * **Long Beach** forbids parking oversized vehicles (including RVs) on residential streets, starting in 2018.((http://www.signaltribunenewspaper.com/?p=35731)) |
| * **Los Angeles** | * **Los Angeles** |
| * **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]]. |
| * **Tustin** prohibits sleeping in cars.((http://www.ocregister.com/news/sleeping-341606-schmutz-council.html)) | * **Tustin** prohibits sleeping in cars.((http://www.ocregister.com/news/sleeping-341606-schmutz-council.html)) |
| | * **Ventura County** prohibits vehicular camping near some agriculural areas.((https://www.thecamarilloacorn.com/articles/county-takes-stand-on-overnight-parking/0)) |
| * **Victorville** Ordinance No. 2445 says it is unlawful to camp on "Any Street; Any Park; Any Open Space; Any Waterway, including any portion of the Mojave Riverbed Area; Any Public Area, or Any Public Parking Lot".((https://www.vvng.com/city-of-victorville-approves-new-ordinance-to-address-homelessness-and-ensure-public-safety/)),((https://victorvilleca.primegov.com/meetings/ItemWithTemplateType?id=48489&meetingTemplateType=2)) | * **Victorville** Ordinance No. 2445 says it is unlawful to camp on "Any Street; Any Park; Any Open Space; Any Waterway, including any portion of the Mojave Riverbed Area; Any Public Area, or Any Public Parking Lot".((https://www.vvng.com/city-of-victorville-approves-new-ordinance-to-address-homelessness-and-ensure-public-safety/)),((https://victorvilleca.primegov.com/meetings/ItemWithTemplateType?id=48489&meetingTemplateType=2)) |
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| * in **Aurora** "Recreational Vehicles cannot be parked on the public right-of-way for more than 24 hours during any seven-day period, lengthening the limit from five days. They must stay off the public right-of-way at least 72 hours when they move. Moving from one public right-of-way spot to another is not a defense for violating the ordinance."((https://original.newsbreak.com/@david-heitz-561257/3204606057524-aurora-cracks-down-on-illegally-parked-semi-trucks-and-rvs-as-well-as-broken-down-cars)) | * in **Aurora** "Recreational Vehicles cannot be parked on the public right-of-way for more than 24 hours during any seven-day period, lengthening the limit from five days. They must stay off the public right-of-way at least 72 hours when they move. Moving from one public right-of-way spot to another is not a defense for violating the ordinance."((https://original.newsbreak.com/@david-heitz-561257/3204606057524-aurora-cracks-down-on-illegally-parked-semi-trucks-and-rvs-as-well-as-broken-down-cars)) |
| * in **Buena Vista** "It shall be unlawful for any person to camp in any public park or recreation area or upon any public property, or to set up a tent, shack, recreational/camping vehicle, camping vehicle or any other shelter upon such property for such purpose within the town"((http://www.chaffeecountytimes.com/legals/town-of-buena-vista-colorado-ordinance-no/article_a982cf64-5ff9-11ea-b309-e7b34250348d.html)) | * in **Buena Vista** "It shall be unlawful for any person to camp in any public park or recreation area or upon any public property, or to set up a tent, shack, recreational/camping vehicle, camping vehicle or any other shelter upon such property for such purpose within the town"((http://www.chaffeecountytimes.com/legals/town-of-buena-vista-colorado-ordinance-no/article_a982cf64-5ff9-11ea-b309-e7b34250348d.html)) |
| * **Colorado Springs** extended the county ban below to include all public streets.((https://gazette.com/news/city-council-bans-rvs-from-colorado-springs-streets/article_77f8fbb0-fd6e-11e8-90c4-7b1229893ce2.html)),((https://gazette.com/news/rv-owners-must-move-or-face-tickets-as-colorado-springs/article_e55d99a4-8257-11e9-88a9-e7d33261e563.html)) | * **Colorado Springs** extended the county ban below to include all public streets.((https://gazette.com/news/city-council-bans-rvs-from-colorado-springs-streets/article_77f8fbb0-fd6e-11e8-90c4-7b1229893ce2.html)),((https://gazette.com/news/rv-owners-must-move-or-face-tickets-as-colorado-springs/article_e55d99a4-8257-11e9-88a9-e7d33261e563.html)) In addition, "...the Colorado Springs City Council voted 7-2 to adopt a new municipal ordinance that makes living in a vehicle illegal on public property."((https://gazette.com/2026/02/24/vehicle-camping-now-illegal-in-colorado-springs-city-council-decides-after-another-impassioned-session/)) |
| * **Denver** RVs >22' can only park for 24hrs on public right of ways in residential areas. In other areas the limit is 72hrs.((https://pagosadailypost.com/2021/11/24/denverites-not-pleased-with-homeless-living-in-vehicles/)) | * **Denver** RVs >22' can only park for 24hrs on public right of ways in residential areas. In other areas the limit is 72hrs.((https://pagosadailypost.com/2021/11/24/denverites-not-pleased-with-homeless-living-in-vehicles/)) |
| * In **El Paso county** (which includes **Colorado Springs**), RVs may not be parked on public roads.((http://www.denverpost.com/2017/12/14/people-living-in-vehicles-el-paso-county-roads/)) | * In **El Paso county** (which includes **Colorado Springs**), RVs may not be parked on public roads.((http://www.denverpost.com/2017/12/14/people-living-in-vehicles-el-paso-county-roads/)) |
| * 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/)) | * **Gulfport** prohibits cooking in vehicles.((https://thegabber.com/gulfports-no-cooking-in-cars-ordinance-could-deter-van-lifers/)) |
| | * **New Smyrna Beach** bans sleeping in public (including vehicles) "between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m.".(()) |
| * 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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| * **Dixon** prohibits "parking a vehicle overnight for the purposes of sleeping or otherwise using the vehicle for public camping"((https://www.shawlocal.com/sauk-valley/2024/11/21/dixon-city-council-approves-ordinance-to-ban-sleeping-and-camping-in-public-spaces/)) | * **Dixon** prohibits "parking a vehicle overnight for the purposes of sleeping or otherwise using the vehicle for public camping"((https://www.shawlocal.com/sauk-valley/2024/11/21/dixon-city-council-approves-ordinance-to-ban-sleeping-and-camping-in-public-spaces/)) |
| * **East Peoria** bans camping and sleeping on public property and "includes whether a place incorporates the use of a tent, shack, other structure, or a vehicle as a temporary or permanent place of residence. It also defines campsite as a place where any material used as bedding is on site, along with a place for a fire or stove, used as a place to maintain a temporary or permanent place to live."((https://wmbdradio.com/2024/09/04/east-peoria-amends-public-property-camping-ordinance/)) | * **East Peoria** bans camping and sleeping on public property and "includes whether a place incorporates the use of a tent, shack, other structure, or a vehicle as a temporary or permanent place of residence. It also defines campsite as a place where any material used as bedding is on site, along with a place for a fire or stove, used as a place to maintain a temporary or permanent place to live."((https://wmbdradio.com/2024/09/04/east-peoria-amends-public-property-camping-ordinance/)) |
| | * **Jacksonville** has banned public camping.((https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/jacksonville-gets-no-camping-ordinance-doubt-21342778.php)) The vehicle section specifically bans "public vehicle[s] on any property under the jurisdiction of the City for the purpose of Public Camping, for two consecutive hours without permission from the City Council, between the hours of midnight and 6:00 a.m.." |
| * In **Sandwich City** it is illegal to park an RV or trailer on a public street((http://www.kendallcountynow.com/2017/09/13/sandwich-bans-rvs-trailers-truck-tractors-from-parking-on-public-streets/ad3nm56/)) | * In **Sandwich City** it is illegal to park an RV or trailer on a public street((http://www.kendallcountynow.com/2017/09/13/sandwich-bans-rvs-trailers-truck-tractors-from-parking-on-public-streets/ad3nm56/)) |
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| * **Greenville** prohibits parking on Main Street from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m..((https://www.ledgertranscript.com/Greenville-approved-new-parking-restrictions-47583190)) | * **Greenville** prohibits parking on Main Street from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m..((https://www.ledgertranscript.com/Greenville-approved-new-parking-restrictions-47583190)) |
| * **Lebanon** forbids overnight camping.((http://www.vnews.com/City-Council-Holds-Public-Hearing-on-Overnight-Parking-Camping-Ordinance-Lebanon-NH-6751506)) | * **Lebanon** forbids overnight camping.((http://www.vnews.com/City-Council-Holds-Public-Hearing-on-Overnight-Parking-Camping-Ordinance-Lebanon-NH-6751506)) |
| | * **Rye** prohibits camping overnight.((https://www.fosters.com/story/news/local/2025/12/19/rye-bans-overnight-parking-camping-issues-beach/87811551007/, partial article behind paywall)) |
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| | * **Allen** prohibits "parking of a motor vehicle, motor home, or trailer for the apparent purpose of overnight occupancy."((https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/collin-county/extremely-concerning-allen-passes-ban-sleeping-or-camping-in-public-spaces-prompting-concern-from-nonprofit/287-1b3e7927-7e0c-42f7-a30f-71304ddbaae5)) |
| * **Copperas Cove** bans "[RV parking] on the city streets. Period"((http://kdhnews.com/news/local/cove-hosts-public-meeting-on-parking-ordinance/article_2c272666-e2b4-11e6-8d1a-b78d65a6b4be.html)) | * **Copperas Cove** bans "[RV parking] on the city streets. Period"((http://kdhnews.com/news/local/cove-hosts-public-meeting-on-parking-ordinance/article_2c272666-e2b4-11e6-8d1a-b78d65a6b4be.html)) |
| * **Fort Stockton** code says it is “unlawful to park any vehicle, truck, trailer, boat, recreational vehicle, or other type of delivery truck with a load carrying capacity of more than one (1) ton on any street or alley within the city limits..."((http://www.newswest9.com/2018/11/22/new-ordinance-restricts-parking-fort-stockton/)) | * **Fort Stockton** code says it is “unlawful to park any vehicle, truck, trailer, boat, recreational vehicle, or other type of delivery truck with a load carrying capacity of more than one (1) ton on any street or alley within the city limits..."((http://www.newswest9.com/2018/11/22/new-ordinance-restricts-parking-fort-stockton/)) |
