Franklin County, KY Parking Rules: Commercial & Oversized Vehicles (2026)

Subsection (D) of § 155.338, Parking of Special Vehicles in Residential Districts, is the Fiscal Court's commercial truck rule. It is a two-part test. A vehicle falls under it only if it has more than two axles and also requires a commercial driver's license. A two-axle box truck, a pickup or a van does not meet the axle test, however large, and a three-axle truck that does not require a CDL does not meet the license test.

A vehicle that meets both tests can be parked or stored only within an enclosed building. The ban applies in any residential zoning district under one and one-half acres, which means the lot size decides the outcome: a residential lot of one and one-half acres or more is outside the restriction. The word stored matters as much as parked, so a tractor or dump truck left sitting on the lot for days is covered, not only one that is driven in nightly.

The rest of § 155.338 sits right around the truck rule and covers different vehicles. Subsection (B) bars using any vehicle for living, sleeping or housekeeping purposes when parked or stored on a residential lot, or in any location not approved for such use. Subsection (C) excludes pick-up trucks with campers attached, or similar vehicles, used for normal work day transportation from the recreational-equipment restriction while in regular use for that purpose. Subsection (E) bars junk, salvage or inoperable vehicles, and vehicles without current license, from residential districts under five acres, unless stored within a completely enclosed garage.

The section applies to unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky. Frankfort is governed by its own code, and the Fiscal Court's rule does not reach inside the city limits.