Apple Valley, MN Parking Rules: Commercial & Oversized Vehicles (2026)

Section 71.19(B)(2) of the Apple Valley Code of Ordinances sets the commercial vehicle rule for all residential districts in the city. Under the rule adopted by the City Council of Apple Valley, Minnesota, a commercial motor vehicle in excess of one ton capacity and any commercial trailer cannot be parked or stored in a residential district, except when loading, unloading or rendering a service. One commercial vehicle not over one ton capacity can be parked at the residence of the person who owns or operates it. Under no circumstances can parking facilities accessory to residential structures be used for open air storage of commercial vehicles.

Division (B)(3) gives the City Council a discretionary tool. It can direct the removal or otherwise limit the parking of any large vehicles upon or adjacent to any residential use where it determines the parking has a detrimental effect upon residential use. The large vehicles include, but are not limited to, buses, motor homes, cruisers or large trucks.

Chapter 71 defines the vehicle classes. A non-passenger vehicle is any motor vehicle measuring eight feet or more in overall height or 22 feet or more in overall length, or any vehicle with a manufacturer's nominal rating carrying capacity of one ton or more, or vehicles not customary or incidental to residential use, such as dump trucks, step vans, cargo trucks, tow trucks, semi trailer tractors, fire trucks, boom trucks, tank trucks and hearses. Recreational vehicles are excluded from that definition and have their own Class I and Class II size categories.

The same division also caps ordinary vehicles. On R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4 or R-5 zoned property, no more than four vehicles per lawful dwelling unit can be parked or stored outside. The City Council can approve an annual on site parking permit for more than four but not more than six, if the property meets the parking standards in § 155.378, the applicant files an affidavit that abutting property owners were notified and given a chance to respond in writing, and the owner pays an administrative fee set by the Council by ordinance. In commercial and industrial districts, division (C) bars using required off-street parking for open storage of goods or overnight parking of vehicles, except where otherwise permitted.