In unincorporated Sarasota County residential districts, storing or overnight-parking a commercial vehicle over 6,000 pounds empty weight is prohibited, along with semi-trucks, dump trucks, wreckers, construction equipment, and similar heavy vehicles. Larger limits apply on rural parcels of one acre or more.
The Unified Development Code (Ch. 124-120) bars residential storage or overnight parking of semi-trucks and trailers, dump trucks, wreckers, bucket trucks, construction equipment, tractors, box trucks, food-vending vehicles, and any commercial vehicle exceeding 6,000 pounds empty vehicle weight. On residential/open-use parcels of one acre or greater outside the urban service boundary, a personal vehicle's empty weight may reach 7,500 pounds and trailers 2,500 pounds. These weight caps do not apply to licensed recreational vehicles. Incorporated cities regulate commercial vehicles under their own codes.
Code enforcement issues a notice; uncorrected violations draw daily fines set by the Special Magistrate. Repeat/heavy vehicles may be towed.
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