RV's not welcome in Denton Texas

[Schertz]

FYI:

Arrived in Denton Texas 3 days ago and parked in front of family members home for my wife to receive daily chemotherapy and radiation nearby.

Denton city police, without knocking on the door, placed a 48 hour tow sticker on the side window AND a $50.00 parking citation.

I was not aware of Denton's parking statue. Fortunately, many communities do allow short term parking.

[ksg5000]

Hospitals in my area allow RV parking - worth a call. I would also call the police and explain your situation - they may not rescind the ticket but they may leave you alone for the rest of your stay.

[FunnyCamper]

wowens79 wrote:
First off, prayers for your wife!!

Like others have said, check with the hospital. We have a Cancer Treatment Centers of America location in my town, and they have a sites that I believe are full hookups.

That is SO fab that places like CTCA takes all travelers into the mix of what it takes to seek help along with hosp. in general. Thank goodness for smart folks 🙂

[wowens79]

First off, prayers for your wife!!

Like others have said, check with the hospital. We have a Cancer Treatment Centers of America location in my town, and they have a sites that I believe are full hookups.

[Terryallan]

Ralph Cramden wrote:

HadEnough wrote:
There are thousands of towns with these same RV laws. No overnight street parking for RVs is quite common throughout the USA.

I often wonder why I live in a small backwater podunk borough/township of about 400 people, where I can burn a tire, rebuild a car in the yard, cut down a tree, park my RV on the street, or paint my house fluorescent chartreuse if I want to. Oh the humanity.

I too live in a small town. We often build fires in the backyard. My TT is under a cover in the backyard. My son has often worked on his car in the driveway, I have changed my oil in the drive way. there are time I do park in the road in front of my house. But NEVER at night. Drunks have been known to run over parked cars, and folks, Drunks are every where.

I would NEVER live in a HOA neighborhood. My house, my rules

[Matt_Colie]

azdryheat wrote:
Here's the Denton law. You're not allowed to park an RV in a residential area:

Sec. 18-92.1. - Parking nuisances.
(a) It shall be unlawful for a person to park or store or allow another to park or store a recreational vehicle, travel trailer, boat or boat trailer, tow truck, truck, truck-tractor, pull trailer, semi-trailer or any vehicle other than a passenger car on any public right-of-way in any residential zoned district.

Azdryheat was nice enough to quote the statue, but there may be a hole in it. One needs to get into the city and state codes to find out if there is a legal definition of "Recreational Vehicle". My coach is on a passenger car registration. This is true of many states. Then it is up to them to prove it is not.

Matt

[PartyOf_Five]

Stop in at the police station and as explain your situation, asking for a waiver- there's usually an appeals process as the chief has latitude. BoondockersWelcome, an area business' parking lot, a storage place, etc. Are options on where to park temporarily. Most towns around Chicago have similar rules but they vary from one to the next. I've seen hospitals with dedicated spots for patient families as well, which is a great idea.

Our prayers with your family.

[FunnyCamper]

guidry wrote:
To the OP, I'm not sure if this might help, but I am 1.5 hours south of you and have an RV pad that is currently vacant if you want to store your MH temporarily. PM me for details if I can help. Good luck and prayers for your wife.

very generous offer, love that an RV'er wants to help another!! 🙂 🙂

[Dutch_12078]

I once asked a local cop about parking our RV in front of a friends house for a few days in a heavily residential area of a medium sized NJ town. He said there is an ordinance prohibiting it, but if I stuck a small "For Sale" sign in the window with a ridiculously high price, nobody would bother us. 🙂

[Ralph_Cramden]

SoundGuy wrote:

Ralph Cramden wrote:
I often wonder why I live in a small backwater podunk borough/township of about 400 people, where I can burn a tire, rebuild a car in the yard, cut down a tree, park my RV on the street, or paint my house fluorescent chartreuse if I want to. Oh the humanity.

And that's why ... can't say I'd really appreciate my neighbour burning tires or rebuilding a car in his yard. Yeah, the humanity. :R

A lot of tongue in cheek in my comment, as I haven't had to light up a tire for awhile or change my house color to look like a Barnum and Baily circus LOL. I do not care much for HOA's and over restrictive government entities however. We can burn leaves and other yard debris any day but Sunday. The older gent across the road from me has a 4 car garage behind the house, he restores hotrods as a hobby. Once in a while I can smell the paint when he's shooting one. Do I care? Not at all. He has the coldest beer in town in his garage. Would I care if he painted his house bright yellow? Park on the street oh my? If you were restricting me turning out of my driveway, I may come ask you to move while I get out if it was a physical impossibility to make the turn, but surely would not get flustered over it.

I have yet to have a problem with a neighbor since moving here 19 years ago, and if I would all it takes is a call over to the Township and it would be taken care of. Its called the International Property maintenance code, and it has enough teeth in it without being overly restrictive as HOA's and government bodies will get if allowed to run loose. I once bought a lot (actually almost bought a lot as I had hand money down) in Ocean City MD, back in the early 80's. I'll never forget during the process when I found out I had to have the local municipality come out to determine what scrubby pine trees I could cut down. Screw that. I've had a bad taste about that kind of thing since.

[guidry]

To the OP, I'm not sure if this might help, but I am 1.5 hours south of you and have an RV pad that is currently vacant if you want to store your MH temporarily. PM me for details if I can help. Good luck and prayers for your wife.

[FunnyCamper]

Sending prayers for your wife's illness and hoping everything goes well for her recovery!!

Yea, residential zoned areas are tough. It is like that in alot of places. You really must check before taking the chance on the stupid ticket 😞

[Hondavalk]

The hospital I work at also allows campers and motorhomes to stay on site for patients and families.

[TennesseeBob]

HadEnough wrote:
There are thousands of towns with these same RV laws. No overnight street parking for RVs is quite common throughout the USA.

Not in Dover,New Hampshire. I parked in the street in front of my parents house from 1975 to 2004 for a week to 10 days and no one bothered us .Even had the police cruise by without stopping 🙂

[riven1950]

We park on the street for 2-4 days at my daughters house in Jacksonville going and coming to South Florida. They have a pretty strict HOA and I'm surprised no one has said anything. Guess the neighbors haven't complained, which probably starts most of the " police" action. Maybe just
a matter of time.
I feel for you. Good luck to you and your wife.

[Tom_Trostel]

Denton is a city of 134,000. It has 40,000 college students. Not hard to guess why their city ordinances are strict.