Burleson, TX Parking Rules: Commercial & Oversized Vehicles (2026)

Section 78-68 of the Burleson Code of Ordinances keeps large work vehicles off residential lots in the City of Burleson. No person shall park or store any oversized commercial vehicle or commercial equipment upon private property in a district zoned for residential use, including any portion of a front yard, driveway, side yard, or rear yard. Two carve-outs are printed. The vehicle can be parked in a residential district between 7:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. to provide a service to an adjacent residential property, or it can be parked or stored in an enclosed building constructed in compliance with all other codes and ordinances of the city.

Subsection (b) lists defenses to prosecution: the vehicle or equipment was utilized in providing an urgent service to a business or residence which cannot be performed during the hours of 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., or it was utilized by the city or a public or franchise utility, or their contractors, in constructing, maintaining, or repairing public infrastructure.

Section 78-41 defines what is covered. An oversized commercial motor vehicle includes tow trucks, dump trucks, truck-tractors, concrete mixing trucks, stake-bed trucks, buses and trailers, and any vehicle more than twenty feet in length, seven feet in width, or seven feet in height. Recreational vehicles are excluded, as is a utility-owned vehicle kept at an on-call employee's residence. Commercial equipment means any self-propelled or towable device used for profit that carries personal property or moves or compacts dirt, sand or gravel, including trailers of any shape or design except recreational trailers.

The street side is separate. Section 78-43 bars parking or storing an oversized commercial motor vehicle or commercial equipment on public property in any zoning district, except in designated parking spaces or loading zones, and § 78-43(c) limits a disabled or inoperable oversized commercial vehicle to no more than four hours. Both sections were adopted in 2016 and 2017 under Ord. Nos. CSO#482-07-2016 and CSO#630-05-2017.