Seattle doesn’t let anyone park a vehicle on the same block of a city street for more than 72 hours. And if you own an RV without a permit, the city council passed a bill last month that says you can’t stay for more than two hours, starting from April 30, 2027.
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Seattle City Councilmember Dan Strauss wrote that permit bill, and it passed 6-3 on Oct. 20. On Nov. 2, Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson called him to say she’d veto it.
“Before we passed this legislation, Mayor Katie Wilson promised me not to veto it and to work together to implement,” Strauss said in a statement.
Wilson signed the other four RV bills but vetoed the permit program. Her office estimated that the program would cost over $10 million by the end of 2027, and she wants the city to focus on outreach instead.
How the permit program would have worked
Without a permit, an RV couldn’t park on a city street between midnight and 6 a.m. If you do park an RV past those limits, without a permit, the city could tow your RV without warning…