Carrollton, TX Parking Rules: Commercial & Oversized Vehicles (2026)
Key Facts
- Weight/size trigger
- Over 1 ton rated capacity
- Zoning covered
- Single-, two- and multi-family districts
- Street parking limit
- Loading, unloading or active work only
- Allowed street vehicles
- Motorcycles, non-commercial under 10,000 lb
- Max fine
- $2,000 under § 10.99(A)(2)
Summary
Carrollton bars trucks, tractors, trailers and buses rated over one ton from parking on property zoned single-family, two-family or multi-family under City Code § 92.42(A). The same section limits residential-street parking to loading and unloading or active work, and § 92.42(C) restricts what may stand on a residential street at all to motorcycles and non-commercial vehicles under 10,000 pounds.
§ 92.42. Parking of trucks and other commercial vehicles in residential districts. (A) It shall be unlawful for any person to park any truck-tractor, road-tractor, semi-trailer, bus, truck or trailer with a rated capacity in excess of one ton upon property within any area zoned as either a single-family, two-family or multiple-family dwelling district, according to the Zoning Ordinance 1470 of the city. This provision shall not prevent the parking or standing of the above-described vehicles in such zoned areas for the purpose of expeditiously loading and unloading passengers, freight or merchandise. (B) It shall be unlawful for a person to park a commercial vehicle on any residential public street at any time unless actively engaged in the expeditious loading and unloading of materials or passengers, or in connection with an approved construction project or work performed on property or properties during daylight hours. (C) Only the following motor vehicles shall be allowed to stand or park on any residential public street: (1) Motorcycles; (2) Non-commercial vehicles with a gross vehicle weight of less than 10,000 pounds.
Full Breakdown
42, added by Ordinance 3342 in 2009 and most recently amended by Ordinance 4175 on December 5, 2023, targets commercial vehicles in residential neighborhoods on three fronts. Subsection (A) makes it unlawful to park any truck-tractor, road-tractor, semi-trailer, bus, truck or trailer rated over one ton on property zoned single-family, two-family or multiple-family dwelling under the city's Zoning Ordinance 1470, though it does not stop those vehicles from briefly loading or unloading passengers, freight or merchandise there. Subsection (B) separately targets the street itself: a commercial vehicle may not park on any residential public street at any time unless it is actively engaged in expeditious loading or unloading of materials or passengers, or is connected to an approved construction project or work performed on nearby property during daylight hours.
Subsection (C) then narrows what is allowed to stand or park on a residential public street at all, to just two categories: motorcycles, and non-commercial vehicles under 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight, meaning most pickup trucks and passenger vehicles qualify but larger personal trucks or any commercial-rated vehicle does not. 99(A)(2), which caps fines at $2,000 for provisions governing public health, safety and sanitation, rather than the lighter $500 cap that applies to ordinary Chapter 70 through 73 Traffic Code offenses. 40(C) applies to prosecutions under this chapter as well.
Violations & Fines
Parking a truck, tractor, trailer or bus rated over one ton in a residential zoning district, or leaving any commercial vehicle standing on a residential street without an active loading, unloading or approved-construction reason, violates § 92.42 and is punishable by up to $2,000 per offense under § 10.99(A)(2). A vehicle over 10,000 pounds that is not a motorcycle cannot lawfully stand on a residential street at all under § 92.42(C).
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