is it illegal to park (and sleep in) a camper van if its parked on a public street?

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I have a camper van that I plan on living in for awhile, and i plan on parking it on a public street every day and night while i live in it. I dont need the hookups or anything, just a place to come "home" to every night and sleep in before i go off to work the next day. Is it illegal for me to do this? Im going to move the van every morning and night to change its location, but it will still always remain around a certain block of streets and apartments and look as if its just another car who belongs to someone living in a nearby apartment.

thoughts? do you think i can get away with it? There is a parking enforcement officer that drives through hourly to make sure people arent illegally parked.
 
A rather dubious friend of my husband's does this in San Francisco, Denver and Las Vegas. He has avoided tickets for it, but tells us that if caught, he would get a ticket and the camper towed.

He moves it everynight that he is in town. He basically had a seriously bad marriage with a spouse who got him in deep trouble with the State of CA Tax Board. So, now he refuses to be trackable.

Also, when we were young my husband and I lived on a sailboat for two years while we sailed around the Pacific. It was fine while we were on the ocean or touring a port. Living without a full bathroom, shower and kitchen takes its toll. Good luck.
 
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