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title: Warfield RV, boat and trailer parking rules
question: "Can I park an RV, boat, or trailer on the street or in my yard in Warfield?"
place: Warfield, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/warfield
category: Parking, tickets and driving
owner: municipal
owner_body: Village of Warfield
sources_read: 2026-11-08
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# Warfield RV, boat and trailer parking rules

**Question:** Can I park an RV, boat, or trailer on the street or in my yard in Warfield?

**Short answer:** In Warfield, no vehicle may park on a highway over 24 hours continuously, and no recreation vehicle, including a camper, motor home, holiday trailer or boat trailer, may park in a residential area over 24 hours continuously. The bylaws read set no RV rule for your own lot.

**Who handles it:** Municipal (Village of Warfield, https://warfield.ca)  
**Cost:** Traffic Bylaw general penalty $25 to $2,000. Notices under Parts 3, 4, 5 and 7: voluntary payment $5 within 3 days, $10 within 7 days, $15 after 7 days. These amounts date from 1995.  
**How long:** Not applicable.  
**Where:**
- Phone: Village Office, 250-368-8202 (Monday to Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.; closed Friday)
- Email: Village Office, info@warfield.ca

## Key facts

- **On the street:** No vehicle may park on a highway over 24 hours continuously (s. 5.01(a)). No trailer may be parked on a highway unless attached to a vehicle that can draw it (except in an emergency). No recreation vehicle (camper, motor home, holiday trailer, boat trailer) may park in a residential area over 24 hours continuously.
  - Source: [Traffic Control Bylaw No. 545, 1995, consolidated with amendments to 2019, s. 5.06](https://warfield.ca/wp-content/documents/bylaws/Bylaw-545-Traffic-Control-CONSOLIDATED-WITH-AMENDMENTS-TO-2019.pdf)
  - Official wording: "No person shall park any trailer upon any highway unless in emergency situations" … "No person shall park any recreation vehicle upon any highway in a residential area" … "for more than twenty-four (24) hours continuously" … "vehicle on any highway for more than twenty-four (24) hours continuously."
  - Source: [Traffic Control Bylaw No. 545, 1995, consolidated with amendments to 2019, s. 1 definitions](https://warfield.ca/wp-content/documents/bylaws/Bylaw-545-Traffic-Control-CONSOLIDATED-WITH-AMENDMENTS-TO-2019.pdf)
  - Official wording: ""RECREATION VEHICLE" means a chassis mounted camper, a motor home, a holiday"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08
- **On your property:** No RV-specific rule for residential lots was found in the Zoning Bylaw. The Untidy and Unsightly Bylaw bans storing a trailer or vehicle that is not validly licensed or not able to move under its own power, unless inside a building.
  - Source: [Regulation of Untidy and Unsightly Properties Bylaw No. 686, 2006, s. 4.7](https://warfield.ca/wp-content/documents/bylaws/Bylaw-686-Untidy-And-Unsightly-Bylaw.pdf)
  - Official wording: "No owner or occupier of property in the Village shall allow the storage or accumulation of all" … "validly registered or licensed in accordance with the Motor Vehicle Act" … "capable of movement under its own power"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08
- **Living in an RV:** Not confirmed. Not found in the official sources that were read.
- **Fine:** General penalty under the Traffic Bylaw: $25 to $2,000. For notices issued under its Parts 3, 4, 5 and 7, voluntary payment is $5 within 3 days, $10 within 7 days, $15 after 7 days. Untidy and Unsightly Bylaw: court fine up to $500.
  - Source: [Traffic Control Bylaw No. 545, 1995, consolidated with amendments to 2019, ss. 7.01, 7.02](https://warfield.ca/wp-content/documents/bylaws/Bylaw-545-Traffic-Control-CONSOLIDATED-WITH-AMENDMENTS-TO-2019.pdf)
  - Official wording: "shall be liable to a fine of not less than Twenty-" … "five ($25.00) Dollars nor more than Two Thousand ($2,000.00) Dollars for each" … "pay to the Village the sum of Five ($5.00) Dollars as full satisfaction for each" … "pay to the Village the sum of Fifteen ($15.00) Dollars as full satisfaction for each offence"
  - Source: [Regulation of Untidy and Unsightly Properties Bylaw No. 686, 2006, s. 10.2](https://warfield.ca/wp-content/documents/bylaws/Bylaw-686-Untidy-And-Unsightly-Bylaw.pdf)
  - Official wording: "shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of not more than Five Hundred ($500.00) dollars"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08
- **Bylaw:** Village of Warfield Traffic Bylaw No. 545, 1995 (consolidated with amendments to 2019, s. 5.06) and Untidy and Unsightly Properties Bylaw No. 686, 2006 (s. 4.7)
  - Source: [Traffic Control Bylaw No. 545, 1995, consolidated with amendments to 2019, s. 1](https://warfield.ca/wp-content/documents/bylaws/Bylaw-545-Traffic-Control-CONSOLIDATED-WITH-AMENDMENTS-TO-2019.pdf)
  - Official wording: "Village of Warfield Traffic Bylaw No. 545, 1995"
  - Source: [Regulation of Untidy and Unsightly Properties Bylaw No. 686, 2006, s. 1.1](https://warfield.ca/wp-content/documents/bylaws/Bylaw-686-Untidy-And-Unsightly-Bylaw.pdf)
  - Official wording: "Village of Warfield Regulation of Untidy and Unsightly Properties Bylaw No. 686, 2006"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08

## How it works

In Warfield, the [Traffic Control Bylaw No. 545](https://warfield.ca/wp-content/documents/bylaws/Bylaw-545-Traffic-Control-CONSOLIDATED-WITH-AMENDMENTS-TO-2019.pdf) says no vehicle may park on a highway (street) over 24 hours continuously. No trailer may be parked on a highway unless it is attached to a vehicle that can draw it, except in an emergency. No recreation vehicle (camper, motor home, holiday trailer or boat trailer) may park in a residential area over 24 hours continuously.

## Steps

1. Move a street-parked vehicle or RV before 24 hours are up.
2. For storing an RV or boat on your own lot, ask the Village Office (250-368-8202). No RV-specific rule for residential lots was found in the Zoning Bylaw.

## Good to know

- The [Untidy and Unsightly Properties Bylaw No. 686](https://warfield.ca/wp-content/documents/bylaws/Bylaw-686-Untidy-And-Unsightly-Bylaw.pdf) bans storing a trailer or vehicle that is not validly licensed or not able to move under its own power, unless it is inside a building.
- No bylaw read says whether you may live or sleep in an RV on a street or lot. Ask the Village.
- The Traffic Bylaw's general penalty is $25 to $2,000. For notices under its Parts 3, 4, 5 and 7, voluntary payment is $5 within 3 days, $10 within 7 days and $15 after 7 days. These amounts date from 1995 and may have been replaced by the Village's Bylaw Notice Enforcement Bylaw 950, whose online copy is a scanned image that could not be read.
- Under the Untidy and Unsightly Bylaw the court fine is up to $500.

## Official forms and pages

- [Traffic Control Bylaw No. 545, 1995, consolidated with amendments to 2019 (PDF)](https://warfield.ca/wp-content/documents/bylaws/Bylaw-545-Traffic-Control-CONSOLIDATED-WITH-AMENDMENTS-TO-2019.pdf)
- [Untidy and Unsightly Properties Bylaw No. 686, 2006 (PDF)](https://warfield.ca/wp-content/documents/bylaws/Bylaw-686-Untidy-And-Unsightly-Bylaw.pdf)

## Related questions

- [Warfield unsightly property rules and how to report](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/warfield/unsightly-property.md)
- [Warfield bylaw fines and how tickets work](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/warfield/bylaw-fines.md)
- [Warfield zoning: find your zone and what it allows](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/warfield/zoning-lookup.md)
- [Warfield noise bylaw: quiet hours, construction hours and fines](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/warfield/noise-rules.md)

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## Sources

- [Traffic Control Bylaw No. 545, 1995, consolidated with amendments to 2019 (PDF), Village of Warfield](https://warfield.ca/wp-content/documents/bylaws/Bylaw-545-Traffic-Control-CONSOLIDATED-WITH-AMENDMENTS-TO-2019.pdf) (read 2026-11-08)
- [Regulation of Untidy and Unsightly Properties Bylaw No. 686, 2006 (PDF), Village of Warfield](https://warfield.ca/wp-content/documents/bylaws/Bylaw-686-Untidy-And-Unsightly-Bylaw.pdf) (read 2026-11-08)
- [Contact Us, Village of Warfield](https://warfield.ca/contact-us/) (read 2026-11-08)

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