{"title":"Kamloops RV, boat and trailer parking rules","question":"Can I park an RV, boat, or trailer on the street or in my yard?","slug":"rv-boat-trailer-parking","place":{"path":"ca/bc/kamloops","name":"Kamloops","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"category":{"slug":"parking-and-driving","name":"Parking, tickets and driving"},"owner":"municipal","owner_label":"Municipal","owner_body":{"name":"City of Kamloops","url":"https://www.kamloops.ca"},"short_answer":"In Kamloops, the Traffic Bylaw No. 23-30 bans parking a trailer on a street unless it is attached to a vehicle that can draw it. A vehicle over 5,500 kg or longer than 7.5 m is limited to two consecutive hours on a residential street. The bylaws read set no yard limit for RVs or boats.","aliases":["park rv on street kamloops","park boat trailer kamloops","camper parking kamloops","motorhome parking kamloops","48 hour parking kamloops"],"cost":"Weight- or length-restricted vehicle parked over two hours, or an unlicensed vehicle or trailer: $100. Trailer parking and block-face offences: $50 if paid within 24 hours, $75 within 30 days, then $100. Overtime at a posted limit: $40, $60 or $80 on the same timing.","how_long":null,"where":[{"type":"phone","label":"Community Services (bylaw enforcement)","value":"250-828-3409"},{"type":"email","label":"Community Services","value":"communityservices@kamloops.ca"},{"type":"phone","label":"Planning (zoning questions for your yard)","value":"250-828-3561"}],"documents":[],"forms":[{"title":"Traffic Bylaw No. 23-30 (PDF)","url":"https://kamloops.civicweb.net/document/8505"},{"title":"Municipal Ticket Information Bylaw No. 43-15, Schedule R (PDF)","url":"https://kamloops.civicweb.net/document/71966"},{"title":"Good Neighbour Bylaw No. 49-1 (PDF)","url":"https://kamloops.civicweb.net/filepro/document/73376/Good%20Neighbour%20Bylaw%20No.%2049-1.pdf"},{"title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 55 (PDF)","url":"https://kamloops.civicweb.net/document/138849"}],"related":[{"slug":"unsightly-property","title":"Kamloops unsightly property rules and how to report","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/kamloops/unsightly-property/"}],"nearby":[{"place":"ca/bc/sun-peaks","name":"Sun Peaks","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/sun-peaks/rv-boat-trailer-parking/"},{"place":"ca/bc/barriere","name":"Barriere","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/barriere/rv-boat-trailer-parking/"},{"place":"ca/bc/logan-lake","name":"Logan Lake","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/logan-lake/rv-boat-trailer-parking/"},{"place":"ca/bc/ashcroft","name":"Ashcroft","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/ashcroft/rv-boat-trailer-parking/"},{"place":"ca/bc/merritt","name":"Merritt","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/merritt/rv-boat-trailer-parking/"},{"place":"ca/bc/enderby","name":"Enderby","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/enderby/rv-boat-trailer-parking/"}],"topic":{"title":"RV, boat and trailer parking rules in British Columbia, by municipality","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/rv-boat-trailer-parking/"},"facts":{"on_street":{"label":"On the street","value":"A trailer may not be parked on a highway unless it is attached to a vehicle that can draw it (emergencies excepted). A vehicle over 5,500 kg gross weight or longer than 7.5 m may not park on a local street in a residential area for more than two consecutive hours. No vehicle or trailer may park on a highway or boulevard without a valid licence and plate. Posted time limits apply, and a vehicle may not return to the same non-metered block face until two hours have passed.","short":"No unattached trailers; posted time limits","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://kamloops.civicweb.net/document/8505","title":"Traffic Bylaw No. 23-30 (PDF)","section":"ss. 510, 516, 518, 520, 507","quotes":["No person shall park any trailer upon any highway unless in emergency situations or the trailer is attached to a vehicle by which it may be propelled or drawn.","park any vehicle having a gross vehicle weight exceeding 5,500 kg, or a length in excess of 7.5 m on a local street within a residential area for a consecutive period longer than two (2) hours","No person shall park a vehicle or trailer on any highway, boulevard,","without having a valid licence, and a numbered plate","until not less than two (2) hours has passed since the vehicle last occupied that block face"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-06"}},"on_property":{"label":"On your property","value":"Required off-street parking spaces may not be used for the display, storage, sale or rental of vehicles, trailers, boats or other products and materials. A derelict recreational vehicle (wrecked or disabled, or a trailer that cannot be towed) visible from a road or nearby property counts as 'unsightly' under the Good Neighbour Bylaw.","short":"Required parking not for storage; derelict RV unsightly","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://kamloops.civicweb.net/document/138849","title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 55 (PDF)","section":"s. 4.15.1","quotes":["Required off-Street parking space may not be used for the display, storage, sale, or rental of vehicles, trailers, boats, or other products and materials."]},{"url":"https://kamloops.civicweb.net/filepro/document/73376/Good%20Neighbour%20Bylaw%20No.%2049-1.pdf","title":"Good Neighbour Bylaw No. 49-1 (PDF)","section":"s. 2.1 \"Derelict Vehicle\", \"Unsightly\"","quotes":["is physically wrecked or disabled;","the placement, storage, or Accumulation of one or more DERELICT VEHICLES that are visible to a person standing on a Highway or on or in nearby Property;"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-06"}},"living_in":{"label":"Living in an RV","value":"In parks, on public lands and on boulevards, no one may camp or park vehicles overnight without a facility use permit or overnight camping permit. Overnight camping in self-contained RVs is allowed only in designated parks for a special event or tournament, with a permit and fee. The bylaws read say nothing about living in an RV on a street or private lot.","short":"No overnight camping on public land without a permit","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://kamloops.civicweb.net/document/8507/","title":"Parks and Public Lands Bylaw (PDF)","section":"ss. 4(b), 6 (prohibited acts) vii)","quotes":["Camp or park vehicles overnight unless a facility use permit or overnight","Overnight camping for self-contained recreational vehicles only shall be"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-06"}},"fine":{"label":"Fine","value":"Parking a weight- or length-restricted vehicle longer than two hours (s. 516): $100. Parking an unlicensed vehicle or trailer (s. 518): $100. Other Part V parking offences, including trailer parking (s. 510) and block-face parking (s. 520): $50 if paid within 24 hours, $75 within 30 days, $100 after 30 days. Overtime at a posted time limit (s. 507): $40, $60 or $80 on the same timing.","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://kamloops.civicweb.net/document/71966","title":"Municipal Ticket Information Bylaw No. 43-15, Schedule R (PDF)","section":"Schedule R","quotes":["Parking weight or length restricted vehicle longer 516 $100.00","Parking unlicensed vehicle 518 $100.00","Paid within 24 hours Part V, excluding $50.00","After 30 days 507, 611, and $80.00"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-06"}},"bylaw":{"label":"Bylaw","value":"Traffic Bylaw No. 23-30, 1981 (street parking); Zoning Bylaw No. 55 (off-street parking); Good Neighbour Bylaw No. 49-1, 2017 (unsightly property)","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://kamloops.civicweb.net/document/8505","title":"Traffic Bylaw No. 23-30 (PDF)","section":"title","quotes":["TRAFFIC BYLAW NO. 23-30"]},{"url":"https://kamloops.civicweb.net/document/138849","title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 55 (PDF)","section":"title","quotes":["City of Kamloops Zoning Bylaw No. 55"]},{"url":"https://kamloops.civicweb.net/filepro/document/73376/Good%20Neighbour%20Bylaw%20No.%2049-1.pdf","title":"Good Neighbour Bylaw No. 49-1 (PDF)","section":"s. 1","quotes":["This bylaw may be cited as the “Good Neighbour Bylaw No.49-1, 2017”."]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-06"}}},"facts_summary":{"total":5,"stated":5,"matched":5,"none":0,"unknown":0},"body_markdown":"## How it works\n\nThe City of Kamloops has no web page on this question. Street rules are in the [Traffic Bylaw No. 23-30](https://kamloops.civicweb.net/document/8505). For private property the zoning and Good Neighbour bylaws apply, and the bylaws read set no limit on the number, size or location of RVs, boats or trailers on a residential lot.\n\n## Steps\n\n1. Street: keep a trailer or boat trailer attached to a vehicle that can draw it. A detached trailer may not be parked on a street (emergencies excepted).\n2. Keep plates and licence current. No vehicle or trailer may park on a highway or boulevard without a valid licence and plate.\n3. Obey posted time limits. A vehicle may not return to the same non-metered block face until two hours have passed.\n4. Yard: ask Planning (250-828-3561) before parking or storing an RV or boat.\n\n## Good to know\n\n- A vehicle over 5,500 kg gross weight or longer than 7.5 m may not park on a local residential street for more than two consecutive hours.\n- Residential Parking Permit holders may not leave a vehicle more than 48 hours without moving it, according to the City's parking FAQs.\n- Required off-street parking spaces may not be used to display, store, sell or rent vehicles, trailers or boats.\n- A derelict RV or trailer (wrecked, disabled or not towable) visible from a road or nearby property counts as \"unsightly\" under the Good Neighbour Bylaw.\n- Living in an RV: no bylaw read says whether you may sleep in one on a street or private lot. In parks, on public lands and on boulevards, overnight camping or parking needs a permit.","sources":[{"url":"https://kamloops.civicweb.net/document/8505","title":"Traffic Bylaw No. 23-30 (PDF)","accessed":"2026-11-05"},{"url":"https://kamloops.civicweb.net/document/71966","title":"Municipal Ticket Information Bylaw No. 43-15, Schedule R (PDF)","accessed":"2026-11-05"},{"url":"https://kamloops.civicweb.net/filepro/document/73376/Good%20Neighbour%20Bylaw%20No.%2049-1.pdf","title":"Good Neighbour Bylaw No. 49-1 (PDF)","accessed":"2026-11-05"},{"url":"https://kamloops.civicweb.net/document/138849","title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 55 (PDF)","accessed":"2026-11-05"},{"url":"https://kamloops.civicweb.net/document/8507/","title":"Parks and Public Lands Bylaw (PDF)","accessed":"2026-11-05"},{"url":"https://www.kamloops.ca/public-safety/community-services/parking-services/parking-faqs","title":"Parking FAQs, City of Kamloops","accessed":"2026-11-05"},{"url":"https://www.kamloops.ca/business-development/planning-development/apply-epermit/zoning-information-request","title":"Zoning Information Request, City of Kamloops (Planning phone)","accessed":"2026-11-05"}],"sources_read":"2026-11-05","review":{"status":"machine_checked","badge":"Checked against official text","label":"Checked by script, not yet by a person: the official wording behind 5 of 5 facts was matched to the official text."},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/kamloops/rv-boat-trailer-parking/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/kamloops/rv-boat-trailer-parking.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/kamloops/rv-boat-trailer-parking.json"}}