Kings County's Code limits commercial activity from vehicles on county highways (secs. 23-1 to 23-3) and restricts weight on some roads. Heavy commercial-vehicle parking in residential areas is reached by California Vehicle Code 22507.5, which allows limits on vehicles rated 10,000 lbs or more.
Kings County does not have a comprehensive ordinance banning commercial-vehicle parking on residential streets, but several provisions touch it. Code sections 23-1 through 23-3 declare any vehicle, trailer, or structure parked wholly or partly within a county highway for the purpose of selling goods to be a public nuisance, removable by a peace officer, and make such sales-from-a-vehicle a misdemeanor (with a narrow exception for taking orders or delivering to an adjacent purchaser). Section 23-4 imposes weight limitations on certain roads tied to the Avenal Community Services District, and the County's through-highway and load provisions further channel heavy traffic. For residential-district parking of large trucks, the governing tool is California Vehicle Code section 22507.5(a), which lets a local authority restrict parking of commercial vehicles with a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or more in residential districts (after a noticed public hearing). The County Development Code also regulates commercial and industrial uses by zone, so habitually parking or operating a commercial fleet on residential-zoned property can be a zoning matter. Posted signs and the Vehicle Code control day-to-day enforcement on county roads.
Selling from a vehicle parked in a county highway is a misdemeanor and the vehicle is removable (secs. 23-2, 23-3). Heavy commercial vehicles parked where a CVC 22507.5 residential restriction is posted may be cited. Zoning violations for commercial use of residential property draw administrative fines of $100/$200/$500 within a year (Code sec. 1A-3).
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