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The Town Property Maintenance Code and Zoning Code regulate the allowed size and allowed location of recreational vehicles.

(iii) No major recreational equipment may be stored or parked on any property in a residential zone unless it is thirty feet or less in total length and is (i) parked or stored in a garage or other completely enclosed structure that is legal under applicable East Hartford zoning regulations or (ii) parked on a parking space at least five feet from side and rear lot lines, no closer than twenty-five feet to any adjoining residence. Such equipment, during the time it is parked or stored on such property, shall not be used or occupied for living, sleeping, housekeeping, storage or business purposes and there shall be no connections to any utility service, including electric, heat, water, sewage disposal, or natural gas services. Such equipment shall be owned or leased by a person residing on such property, registered with the Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles, if applicable and operational and fit for its intended use.

 

The owner or lessor of such recreational equipment shall be current with respect to the payment of taxes to the Town. (iv) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (iii), major recreational equipment that has a total length of thirty feet or less may be parked on a driveway or parking space of such property for a period not exceeding twenty-four hours. (v) No oversized motor vehicle or commercial motor vehicle shall be parked on property in a residential zone. “oversized motor vehicle” means any motor vehicle or commercial motor vehicle which: (i) has a gross weight of over 10,000 pounds; or (ii) exceeds 30 feet in length; or (iii) exceeds 8 feet in height; or (iv) has more than 2 axles; or(v) is designed to sell or deliver food or merchandise directly from the vehicle; or (vi) is a vehicle used for transporting hazardous materials or waste; or(vii) is a commercial trailer, bucket loader, bucket truck, crane, fork lift, wrecker, tanker truck, front end loader, bulldozer, bus, dump truck, tow truck, track vehicles, backhoe or bobcat.

 

For additional information, please see Town ordinances Ch. 7  and the Town Zoning Regulations Section 6.2