Edmonds, WA Parking Rules: Commercial & Oversized Vehicles (2026)

100(A) sets the residential commercial-vehicle limit: no person may park or store more than one commercial vehicle, or any commercial vehicle whose licensed gross vehicle weight exceeds 10,000 pounds, per dwelling unit on a lot in any R-zoned district without first obtaining a conditional use permit reviewed under the standard CUP process. The section defines a commercial vehicle broadly as any motor vehicle principally used to transport commodities, merchandise, produce, freight, other vehicles, animals, or passengers for hire, or used primarily in construction or farming work, expressly naming bulldozers, backhoes, tractors and cranes as examples.

That means a single pickup truck registered to a contracting business and weighing under 10,000 pounds is allowed without a permit as the household's one commercial vehicle, but a second such vehicle, or any one vehicle over the weight threshold such as a dump truck or a crane, needs a conditional use permit before it can be kept on a residential lot. Subsection (B) carves out an exception for loading and unloading: a commercial vehicle actively being loaded or unloaded is not counted against the limit, so a delivery truck or moving van making a stop is not in violation even if it is heavier than 10,000 pounds. 50, Edmonds's off-street parking chapter, and applies specifically to R-zoned residential districts rather than the city's business or commercial zones.