Bessemer, AL Parking Rules: Commercial & Oversized Vehicles (2026)
Key Facts
- Commercial vehicles allowed
- 1 per family
- Weight cap
- 1.5 tons rated capacity
- Size cap
- 32 ft long, 8 ft wide
- Time limit in front
- 48 hours unless behind building line
- Outright bar
- No explosives/gasoline/LPG hauling vehicles
Summary
Bessemer allows only one commercial vehicle per family in a residential district, capped at one and one-half tons rated capacity, 32 feet in length and eight feet in width, under Appendix B, Section 10.9(1). Vehicles left over 48 hours must sit behind the front yard building line, and hauling explosives, gasoline or LPG is barred outright.
(1)Commercial vehicles and trailers of all types, including travel, boat, camping and hauling, shall not be parked or stored on any lot occupied by a dwelling or on any lot in any residential district except in accordance with the following provisions:(a)Not more than one commercial vehicle, which does not exceed one and one-half tons rated capacity, per family living on the premises, shall be permitted; and in no case shall a commercial vehicle used for hauling explosives, gasoline or liquefied petroleum products be permitted.(b)Commercial vehicles and trailers shall not exceed 32 feet in length, or eight feet in width, and shall not be parked or stored for more than 48 hours unless it is located behind the front yard building line.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Republication).
Full Breakdown
9, 'Storage and parking of trailers and commercial vehicles,' governs how commercial vehicles and trailers, including travel, boat, camping and hauling trailers, may sit on residential lots. Subsection (1) opens by barring these vehicles from any lot occupied by a dwelling or any residential-district lot, except under the conditions that follow. Subsection (1)(a) then permits not more than one commercial vehicle per family living on the premises, capped at one and one-half tons rated capacity, and flatly bars any commercial vehicle used for hauling explosives, gasoline or liquefied petroleum products, regardless of size.
Subsection (1)(b) adds size and duration limits: qualifying commercial vehicles and trailers cannot exceed 32 feet in length or eight feet in width, and cannot be parked or stored for more than 48 hours unless the vehicle sits behind the front yard building line. The same subsection bars occupying a camping or travel trailer, temporarily or permanently, while it is parked or stored anywhere outside an authorized mobile home park. 9.
Violations & Fines
Exceeding the one-commercial-vehicle limit, parking an oversized vehicle in front of the building line for more than 48 hours, or storing a vehicle used to haul explosives, gasoline or LPG on a residential lot violates Section 10.9. The building and inspections department enforces the rule, and a violation carries the Code of Ordinances' general penalty under Section 1-8: a fine up to $500.00, imprisonment or hard labor up to six months, or both, with each continuing day a separate offense.
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