Chandler, AZ Parking Rules: Commercial & Oversized Vehicles (2026)
Key Facts
- Weight threshold
- Over 14,500 lbs gross vehicle weight
- Distance from residential zone
- Within 200 feet
- Time limit
- 2 hours maximum
- Exception
- Active loading, delivery, or service call
- Repeat offense
- Class 1 misdemeanor, up to $2,500
Summary
Chandler prohibits parking any vehicle over 14,500 pounds gross weight, or any vehicle or trailer customized for business use with a crane, racks or frames, on a street, alley, vacant lot or right-of-way within 200 feet of a residential zone for more than two hours. The only exception is an active loading, delivery or service call at a residence.
No person shall stand or park any vehicle with a gross vehicle weight in excess of fourteen thousand five hundred (14,500) pounds, nor any vehicle modified or altered to add a crane, racks, frames or other structures to customize for a business purpose, nor any trailer or semi-trailer designed or intended to be drawn behind a motor vehicle and used or designed for a business purpose, on any vacant or unimproved lot, street, alley, or other public right-of-way in or within two hundred (200) feet of a residential zone for a period of time longer than two (2) hours, except such vehicles may be parked for a longer period of time only when such parking is necessarily required while actually loading, unloading, delivering or making a service call at a residence.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 79).
Full Breakdown
6 targets heavy and business-modified vehicles separately from the RV/boat clause in the same section. ' It applies not just to streets but to 'any vacant or unimproved lot, street, alley, or other public right-of-way in or within two hundred (200) feet of a residential zone,' and the time cap is two hours rather than the 48 hours given to RVs and boats elsewhere in the same section. The only carve-out is when the parking is 'necessarily required while actually loading, unloading, delivering or making a service call at a residence': a contractor's truck can sit longer only while work is actively underway at that address. The section dates to Ord. No. 244 and was most recently amended by Ord. No. 4909 (12-9-19). 3.
Violations & Fines
Section 12-6.3 makes the first violation of any Chapter 12 parking rule, including § 12-4.6, a civil traffic offense. A second violation of the same offense within 24 months elevates the owner to a Class 1 misdemeanor under § 1-8.3, punishable by up to $2,500 in fines, six months' imprisonment, or three years of probation, filed by Chandler Police or the City Prosecutor in Chandler Municipal Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How heavy does a truck have to be before it's restricted?
Can a contractor's truck park on my street while working on a house?
Does a work van with a rack count as a restricted vehicle?
Sources & Official References
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