Berkeley County, SC Parking Rules: Commercial & Oversized Vehicles (2026)

Section 15.8(E) sets a hard weight and lot-size threshold for residential truck parking in unincorporated Berkeley County: trucks, tractor-trailer units, or other such vehicles with over a two-ton load capacity or which weighs more than 10,000 pounds tare weight cannot be parked or stored anywhere on a residential lot smaller than .69 acre (30,000 square feet), and that prohibition extends to streets or public rights-of-way, not just the lot itself. On a lot of .69 acre or larger, the same heavy vehicle may be parked or stored, but only if it sits at least 35 feet from the front lot line and 15 feet from the side lot lines.

The ordinance defines the covered unit broadly: tractor-trailer unit encompasses the entire unit or the tractor alone or the trailer alone, so parking just the cab or just the trailer on a small residential lot triggers the same ban. The section carves out day-to-day exceptions, too: it does not stop the temporary loading and unloading of service vehicles, nor does it reach emergency stops and parking or the parking of recreational vehicles, which are addressed separately under § 15.8(C). Enforcement runs through the same zoning-administrator process as the rest of article 15: violations are misdemeanors under § 20.6, carrying a fine up to $500.00 or up to 30 days in jail, or both, with each day of continued parking a separate offense, and the administrator can order the vehicle removed under § 20.7, subject to an appeal to the board of zoning appeals within 30 days under § 20.8.2.