Bellevue, NE Parking Rules: Commercial & Oversized Vehicles (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- § 18-95
- Size trigger
- 5-ton+ plate, over 8'/21'
- Loading window
- Max 2 hours
- Exemption
- Construction/repair/moving vehicles
- Related rule
- § 18-96, transport trucks
- Last amended
- Ord. 4152 (2024)
Summary
In the City of Bellevue, Nebraska, a truck, semi-trailer, tractor or truck tractor rated five tons or more that is wider than eight feet or longer than 21 feet cannot park on any city street except for up to two hours while loading, unloading, delivering or collecting goods. Construction, repair, service and moving vehicles are exempt.
(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to park a truck, semi-trailer, tractor, or truck tractor with a five-ton or greater license certificate or plate and which exceeds eight feet in width or 21 feet in length on any street within the city except for that period of time necessary for loading and unloading, delivery or collection of goods, wares and merchandise. In no event shall this period of time exceed two hours. (B) Subsection (A) shall not apply to trucks or motor vehicles being used within the city in connection with construction, repair, service or moving operations.
Full Breakdown
Bellevue Code of Ordinances § 18-95 targets oversized commercial trucks parked on ordinary city streets, including residential streets, rather than confining the rule to a business district. Subsection (A) sets a two-part trigger: the vehicle must carry a five-ton or greater license certificate or plate, and it must exceed eight feet in width or 21 feet in length. Once both conditions are met, parking on any street in the city is unlawful except for the period actually needed to load, unload, deliver or collect goods, wares or merchandise, and subsection (A) caps that window at two hours regardless of how long the loading task takes.
Subsection (B) exempts trucks and other motor vehicles being used in the city for construction, repair, service or moving operations, so a contractor's flatbed or a moving company's box truck actively working a job is not swept in even if it otherwise meets the size threshold. The section was adopted by Ord. 2386 in 1985 and most recently amended by Ord. 4152 in 2024; an editor's note explains that Ord. 2386 did not expressly amend the Code, so its placement at § 18-95 was an editorial choice rather than the council's own numbering.
A related section, § 18-96, separately bans parking a petroleum or chemical transport truck within 200 feet of a school, hospital, church or dwelling except while actively loading or unloading.
Violations & Fines
Section 18-95 sets no fine of its own, so parking an oversized truck beyond the two-hour loading window, or with no loading purpose at all, falls under the citywide general penalty in § 1-11: up to $500, up to six months in jail, or both, with each day a separate offense.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I park my semi-truck on a Bellevue street overnight?
Does the two-hour limit apply to a contractor's truck on a job site?
Are chemical or fuel tanker trucks restricted differently?
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