Winston-Salem's UDO limits parking commercial and business vehicles in residential yards, and repair or storage operations are confined to business/industrial zones. Two or more untagged vehicles in a residential yard is treated as an illegal 'storage yard.' Towns set their own commercial-parking rules.
In residential zoning districts, commercial vehicle storage and motor-vehicle repair are not permitted uses. Winston-Salem Code Enforcement treats two or more untagged vehicles in a yard as a 'motor vehicle storage yard,' which is only allowed for legally established repair or paint/body facilities that received Planning Board and City Council approval and sit in a Business or Industrial zoning district. Front-yard parking restrictions and the 30%-improved-surface limit also apply to any parked vehicle. Unincorporated county land follows the joint UDO; incorporated towns (Kernersville, Clemmons, Lewisville) apply their own zoning limits on commercial trucks, trailers, and equipment in residential neighborhoods.
Operating an unpermitted storage yard or parking untagged commercial vehicles in a residential zone draws a Code Enforcement citation; vehicles may be tagged and towed after the compliance deadline.
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