New Franklin Recreational Vehicles ordinance (§ 240.030)
Chapter 240: Recreational Vehicles
In short: Nobody may live in an RV more than 30 days in a row or 90 days a year, an RV must sit empty 14 days between stays longer than 3 days, and RVs may not park on a street or within 10 feet of the pavement.
Added by Ordinance 817 (May 13, 2024). It is not in the city's printed code book yet. Read Ordinance 817
Text read by machine from the city's scanned copy; check the original for exact wording.
A. Recreational Vehicles may not be used for residential occupation for a continuous period of more than thirty (30) days. Recreational Vehicles occupied for more than three (3) days continuously shall remain unoccupied for no less than fourteen (14) days prior to being occupied again. No Recreational Vehicle shall be used for residential occupation for more than ninety (90) total days in a calendar year. There shall be a rebuttable presumption that any Recreational Vehicle connected to public utilities is being used for residential occupation while so connected
B. Recreational Vehicles may not be connected to any public utilities unless that connection meets all current City Codes.
Recreational Vehicles may not be parked on any City street or any State or County Road or within ten feet (10) feet of the edge of the pavement of any such street or road.
D. Any recreation vehicle that does not comply with this Chapter is hereby deemed a nuisance.
Official source: Ordinance 817 (PDF on the city site)
Last checked October 30, 2026. The city's official copy controls; this page is a reading copy, not legal advice.