In some situations, parking your boat in your driveway can mean that you have to park your vehicle in the street and this can be a similar issue to parking your boat in the street. Now that we have covered parking on your street and in your driveway, we can delve into parking your boat at your home.
This means that you need to have your boat parked either to the side or behind your residence where it cannot be seen from the street. Some places allow your boat to be placed behind a parking structure or home where it cannot be seen. Other places allow you to park your boat to the side of your residence so it is not quite as far forward or close to the street. There are even some communities that restrict how many boats or trailers you are allowed to have in your yard or on your property at once, whether they can be seen or not.
There are even some communities where your boat is not able to be on your property at all for certain durations of time. The most consistent rule about parking your boat on your property is that if it can fit in a garage, pole barn, or other enclosed space where it cannot be seen, it is allowed to be parked there. This can be good news for those who plan to store their boat on their own property when they winterize it or even storage in between trips on the water. If you do not have a storage building, you will likely have to have a slip in a marina, a private dock or a storage facility for boating season as well as a storage option if you have to winterize your boat.
If your community allows you to store your boat in a community space or behind your home in the summer, you still might want to look into possible storage options for winter for the safety and care of your boat in the winter. Parking your boat in a commercial parking space is often only allowed for extremely short periods of time.
If you are headed to the grocery store for a few things before you head out or are stopping quickly at a fast-food restaurant, or even a gas station, as long as you park in the back and try to take up only the necessary space you will likely be okay. However, if you intend to leave your vehicle and boat, or simply your vehicle and trailer in one of these spaces for the long term or even overnight, you will likely not be allowed to do so.
Boat launches or marinas will generally have a place for you to keep your vehicle and trailer while you are out on the water and they are aware that these spaces could be utilized for multiple hours. But if you are looking for long term storage, you will have to find another place to do so.
Trailer regulations are very similar to boating regulations when it comes to parking. In some communities, even an empty trailer must follow the same regulations whether there is a boat loaded onto it or not. Some people still believe a trailer is an eyesore and they do not want to look at it or have it parked in their street. Additionally, the formatting and pagination of the posted documents varies from the formatting and pagination of the official copy.
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PDF documents are not translated. They must be towed past the nearest cross street, however can be parked back in the same location for a further 28 days. Council officers have discretion when enforcing the law and will not penalise people who park the boat outside their own home.
If your boat has a sticker placed on it by a Council officer you have 28 days to move it before it is impounded. If it is not possible to park your boat outside your own home you need to find somewhere off the street you can park it, such as a private property or a commercial storage area.
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