Fresno County, CA Parking Rules: Commercial & Oversized Vehicles (2026)
Key Facts
- Size threshold
- Over 25 ft long or 10,000 lbs GVWR
- Width threshold
- Over 90 inches wide, excluding mirrors
- Delivery exception
- Active pickup, delivery, or construction trips only
- Visibility rule
- Applies even if hidden behind a fence
- Enforcement
- Abatement under §11.45.091, Gov. Code §25845
Summary
Fresno County Code Section 11.45.071 bars parking or storing any commercial vehicle over twenty-five feet long or ten thousand pounds gross vehicle weight, including buses, motor trucks, trailers, and truck tractors wider than ninety inches, on residential-zoned property within the Fresno-Clovis Metropolitan Area, with an exception for vehicles actively delivering goods or construction materials to that address.
Notwithstanding Section 11.45.070 of this chapter, it is unlawful for any person to store or park any motor vehicle in excess of twenty-five feet in length or a weight in excess of ten thousand pounds gross vehicle weight rating, any vehicle used or maintained for the transportation of persons for hire, compensation or profit, and designed and used or maintained for the transportation of property, including buses, motor trucks, trailers, semi-trailers, trailer coaches or truck tractors as defined in the Vehicle Code and similar vehicles of a width in excess of ninety inches as measured at the widest portion of the body, not including mirrors or other extensions, on public or private residential zoned property within any area of the county described in Section 11.45.210. This section shall not affect any commercial vehicle making pickups or deliveries of goods, wares and merchandise from or to any dwelling house located on a residential zoned property, or for the purpose of delivering materials to be used in the actual and bona fide repair, alteration, remodeling or construction of any dwelling house or structure associated with residential use.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 51).
Full Breakdown
070, but drops the "visible from a street" qualifier that limits the general prohibited-vehicle ban, so a covered commercial vehicle is unlawful on residential-zoned property in the Fresno-Clovis Metropolitan Area even if it's tucked behind a fence. 020: any motor vehicle over twenty-five feet long or with a gross vehicle weight rating above ten thousand pounds, any vehicle used to transport people or property for hire or compensation, and any vehicle wider than ninety inches measured at its widest point, not counting mirrors, including buses, motor trucks, trailers, semi-trailers, trailer coaches, and truck tractors as the state Vehicle Code defines them.
The section carves out two everyday exceptions: a commercial vehicle making a pickup or delivery of goods, wares, or merchandise to or from a residence, and a commercial vehicle delivering materials for the actual and bona fide repair, alteration, remodeling, or construction of a dwelling or associated structure. Neither exception covers overnight parking; both describe active, in-progress delivery or construction work. 110 for ordinary prohibited vehicles.
Violations & Fines
Deputies can cite the property owner or vehicle owner directly under Section 11.45.060, an infraction under Section 1.12.020. Separately, Section 11.45.091 lets the enforcement officer treat the parked truck or trailer as a nuisance and abate and remove it after the same ten-day notice required for other prohibited vehicles, with removal and administrative costs assessed against the property owner if the vehicle stays past the deadline.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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