Aliso Viejo, CA Parking Rules: Commercial & Oversized Vehicles (2026)
Key Facts
- Length trigger
- Any vehicle longer than 24 feet
- Weight trigger
- Any vehicle heavier than 10,000 pounds
- Width trigger
- Wider than 84 inches in the listed classes
- Night limit
- No parking 2:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. on two consecutive days
- Day limit
- Not more than 12 consecutive hours, two consecutive days
- Move requirement
- At least one-tenth of a mile, or 100 feet without odometer
Summary
In the City of Aliso Viejo, California, AVMC 9.04.090 bars parking an oversized vehicle on any city street between 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. on two consecutive days, or beyond 12 consecutive hours between 6:00 a.m. and 2:00 a.m. on two consecutive days. Oversized means longer than 24 feet, heavier than 10,000 pounds, or wider than 84 inches in the listed classes.
A. Nighttime Parking. No person shall park or leave standing any oversized vehicle upon any city street or highway between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. on two consecutive days. B. Daytime Parking. No person shall park or leave standing any oversized vehicle upon any city street or highway between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 2:00 a.m. for more than 12 consecutive hours on two consecutive days. C. Notwithstanding the prohibitions set forth in subsections (A) and (B) of this section, oversized vehicles may be parked or left standing on city streets and highways under the following conditions: 1. While actively loading or unloading persons and/or property, which for purposes of this section shall mean active loading or unloading, including the performance of those activities required to prepare the vehicle for either travel or storage, and shall also include a period of time not to exceed 12 hours during which the vehicle cannot reasonably be taken on the road or moved to a place of otherwise lawful storage; 2. When parked or left standing in connection with, or in aid of, the performance of a service to or on a property in the block in which such vehicle is parked or left standing; 3. While performing repairs of an emergency nature on the vehicle itself.
Full Breakdown
AVMC 9.04.090 applies to "any oversized vehicle upon any city street or highway." The definition sits in AVMC 9.02.030 and has five prongs: any vehicle longer than 24 feet; any vehicle weighing more than 10,000 pounds; a vehicle used for transporting persons for hire, compensation or profit, or for transporting property, including buses, motor trucks, trailers, semitrailers, trailer coaches or truck tractors, wider than 84 inches at the widest part of the body not counting mirrors; any similar vehicle or recreational vehicle wider than 84 inches; and any farm machinery or special purpose machinery.
The night limit and the day limit are separate. Nighttime parking is barred between 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. on two consecutive days. Daytime parking is barred between 6:00 a.m. and 2:00 a.m. for more than 12 consecutive hours on two consecutive days. Moving a few feet does not reset the clock: the code defines "park" or "leave standing" to include failing to move a vehicle at least one-tenth of a mile on the odometer, or at least 100 feet axle to axle when there is no odometer reading.
Subsection (C) lists three exceptions: active loading or unloading, including preparing the vehicle for travel or storage and up to 12 hours when the vehicle cannot reasonably be taken on the road or moved to lawful storage; being parked in connection with a service to a property in the same block; and emergency repairs on the vehicle itself. Authorized emergency vehicles are exempt. Ordinance 2025-247 amended the section.
Other street limits stack on top. AVMC 9.04.040(C) bars any vehicle on a city street longer than 72 consecutive hours, and AVMC 9.04.070 authorizes removal at 72 or more consecutive hours. The public works director can issue permits for variations from the California Vehicle Code Division 15 size, weight and load limits under AVMC 9.04.120, with a fee set by council resolution and security the director can require. Chapter 9.08, titled Advertising on Parked Vehicles, presumes a commercial vehicle parked in the same space for more than four hours is not engaged in its ordinary business.
Violations & Fines
Violating the oversized vehicle section is punishable under AVMC 1.06.010: a misdemeanor with a fine of up to $1,000, six months in jail, or both, unless the city attorney proceeds by infraction at not more than $100 for a first violation, $200 for a second within one year and $500 for each additional one. Each day is a separate offense under AVMC 1.06.020, and a vehicle left 72 or more consecutive hours is subject to removal.
Frequently Asked Questions
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