Elyria, OH Parking Rules: Commercial & Oversized Vehicles (2026)

Two sections of the Elyria Traffic Code, both enacted by the Elyria City Council, regulate commercial and oversized vehicles on the streets of the City of Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio. Section 351.155, passed as Ordinance 91-232 on 11-18-91, applies to owners, operators, manufacturers and dealers alike. The vehicle list is long: commercial tractors, tow trucks, motor buses, trailers, semitrailers, travel trailers, motor homes and truck campers. None of them can be parked upon the streets of any residential area within the City. The timed exceptions are three minutes while actually discharging or taking on passengers, and ten minutes while engaging in receiving or discharging goods, wares or merchandise. The ordinance followed the repeal of former § 351.15, which dealt with stopping and parking by motor carriers.

Section 351.16, from Ordinance 60-23 passed 3-14-60, is a separate weight-and-hours rule that covers the streets of the City rather than residential areas alone. It bars parking any commercial vehicle weighing more than 5000 pounds between 2:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m.

Where trucks are tied to residences, other sections apply. Section 351.19(b) bars a commercially licensed vehicle in excess of one ton capacity from the driveway or parking lot of any dwelling used as a residence, and Zoning Code § 1175.03 prohibits trucks, tractors and commercially licensed vehicles over one-ton capacity from front yard parking in the COS, R-LD, R-MD, R-UD, R-TH, R-MHL, R-MHH and R-MHP Districts. Truck zones follow a different clock under § 351.09: marked zones are reserved for loading from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., with a thirty-minute cap per stop.