Cranston, RI Parking Rules: Commercial & Oversized Vehicles (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- Cranston Code § 10.32.225
- Restricted vehicles
- Trucks, campers, buses, trailers, RVs
- Streets covered
- Amflex Dr, Broad St, Kenwood St, Narragansett Blvd
- Loading exception
- Allowed while actively loading or unloading
- Fine
- $50.00 per offense (§ 10.04.030)
Summary
Cranston bars commercial vehicles, trucks, campers, buses, trailers, and other large vehicle attachments from parking on designated streets including Amflex Drive, Broad Street, Kenwood Street, and Narragansett Boulevard, except while actively loading or unloading at abutting properties.
Except when actively engaged in lawful loading, unloading, or other customary and active business activities at properties located on the following streets, highways, or parts thereof, no commercial vehicles or commercial vehicle attachments (including, but not limited to, motor trucks, semi-trucks, box trucks, motor homes, campers, buses, truck tractors, trailers, semitrailers, cargo trailers, flatbeds, car carriers, or fifth wheels) shall be parked, stored, or remain standing for any period of time within or upon any of the following streets or highways or parts thereof: Location Amflex Drive, both sides, east of Sailor Way Broad Street, both sides, from Montgomery Avenue to Wentworth Avenue Kenwood Street, both sides, from National Grid Pole #9 northerly for a distance of 900 feet Narragansett Boulevard, both sides from Montgomery Avenue to Norwood Avenue
B. Nothing in this Section 10.32.225 shall be construed to prohibit the use of any street or highway for the free and lawful movement of commercial vehicles and commercial vehicle attachments. (Ord. 2023-10, § 1, 4/24/2023; Ord. 2024-1, § 1, 1/22/2024; Ord. 2024-9, § 1, 4/22/2024; Ord. 2025-23, 8/25/2025)
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4824304; v14 updated 2026-05-18).
Full Breakdown
Cranston Code of Ordinances Section 10.32.225 prohibits commercial vehicles and commercial vehicle attachments, including motor trucks, semi-trucks, box trucks, motor homes, campers, buses, truck tractors, trailers, semitrailers, cargo trailers, flatbeds, car carriers, and fifth wheels, from being parked, stored, or left standing on four designated stretches: Amflex Drive east of Sailor Way, Broad Street between Montgomery and Wentworth Avenues, Kenwood Street north of National Grid Pole number 9 for 900 feet, and Narragansett Boulevard between Montgomery and Norwood Avenues. The ban lifts while a vehicle is actively loading, unloading, or otherwise engaged in customary business at an abutting property, and it does not block ordinary through traffic.
Violations & Fines
Parking a commercial vehicle in a posted zone is a civil parking offense. Cranston's general fine for parking in a prohibited area, set by Section 10.04.030, is fifty dollars per violation.
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