Orange County and its towns restrict overnight parking of commercial vehicles in residential zones by ordinance. Heavy trucks, trailers, and tractor units are commonly barred; a single light work van or pickup is usually allowed.
No single North Carolina statute controls residential commercial-vehicle parking; the unincorporated county, Hillsborough, Chapel Hill, and Carrboro each set limits by zoning ordinance. The common pattern bars parking tractor-trailers, dump trucks, and vehicles above a stated weight or size in residential districts, while allowing one registered light pickup or service van used by the resident to sit in a driveway. Temporary parking for active deliveries and service calls is allowed. Landscapers and contractors with heavier equipment must keep it on commercially zoned property. In Chapel Hill and Carrboro neighborhoods, HOA covenants frequently add their own bans on commercial vehicles and lettered vans.
Parking a prohibited commercial vehicle in a residential zone brings county or municipal citations, commonly $50 or more and escalating for repeat offenses, with towing available for oversized vehicles.
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