Interesting replies so far. Some more detail... I contacted my HOA before I even purchased my Sprinter Van and got their approval to park it in my driveway. My immediate neighbors have all been complimentary regarding how pretty the Van looks in the driveway (I keep it very clean). Unfortunately, it appears not ALL the neighbors like it, since someone complained to the city. (The city inspector could only tell me it was an "anonymous caller"). I have a real good idea who it was, but that is a completely different matter. Some of the comments above are critical of me wanting to park this in my driveway. The reason we purchased a Sprinter based "touring coach" was to serve as both one of our "daily driver" cars as well as a nice vehicle to travel in. To store this thing off-site for some reason totally negates our intended usage. If I just wanted an RV, I could have purchased a good sized class A for considerably less money than I spent on this thing. In the end, this whole matter seems to hinge on what my vehicle is; if it is considered a Van, then it is ok to park in my driveway, if it is considered an RV, then I cannot. I have read my State Statutes and it defines an RV as a "unit built on a chassis intended primarily to serve as living quarters...." I have tried to explain to the city inspector that my Sprinter is a factory-built VAN... NOT an RV shell built upon a truck chassis. I have had no luck so far, in the end, I think the inspector has simply decided that anything as big as my van MUST be an RV regardless of the technicalities of it... i.e. my vehicle is simply failing his "sniff test". Still holding out some hope, but it's not looking good right now. The inspector said I could park on the side of my home, but there does not appear to be enough room for that... I can't extend/expand my garage because it would violate local building codes to do so... I am starting run out of options. I guess one option is just accept a violation every so often and consider the fine as storage expense? Has anyone hired a lawyer to successfully win a situation like this?
