Alameda, CA Parking Rules: Commercial & Oversized Vehicles (2026)

9 makes it unlawful to park a heavy commercial vehicle more than three hours on a street in a residential district or in any other area within one, unless the vehicle is actively loading or unloading property and needs added time to finish, or it is parked in aid of a service being performed on a property in the same block and needs added time to complete that service. The section separately and absolutely prohibits parking heavy commercial vehicles along the frontage of any City park, a prohibition that takes effect once signage is posted, with locations and limits recorded in the City Engineer's Office.

The Code defines a heavy commercial vehicle broadly: a single vehicle with more than two axles, a single vehicle or combination six feet eight inches or wider, an automobile dismantler's tow vehicle, or any vehicle meeting the Vehicle Code Section 615 definition of a tow truck, expressly including dump trucks, moving vans, tractors, pole trucks, pipe dollies and tow trucks. The rule originated in Ordinance No. and was amended by Ordinance Nos. , then codified with the current park-frontage clause by Ordinance No. in 2010.