Haverford, PA Parking Rules: Commercial & Oversized Vehicles (2026)

Section 175-28 of the Haverford Township Code works in three tiers. Subsection A bars parking a truck, trailer, semitrailer or other commercial vehicle at any time on the highways in Schedule XVII (§ 175-92), which lists streets such as Achilles Road, Ardmore Avenue and Ashton Road by side and location. The ban does not apply to vehicles of the Police Department or Fire Department, commercial vehicles of a public utility company engaged in public utility work, or vehicles making local deliveries or rendering service to occupants of buildings on the named highways.

Subsection B uses a broader definition. A commercial vehicle there is any motor vehicle used in a commercial business or enterprise, any motor vehicle on which appears advertising or identification of a business or enterprise, or any motor vehicle with more than two axles or exceeding two tons in gross weight. That definition applies on both sides of Rising Sun Road between Ardmore Avenue and Malvern Road and both sides of Bryn Mawr Avenue between Loraine Street and Willow Avenue.

Subsection C bans parking trucks, trailers, semitrailers or other commercial vehicles in excess of 8,000 pounds at any time on designated highways, subject to the subsection A exceptions. The list names stretches such as Johnson Road, both sides, entire length, East Park Road, entire length, and Olcott Avenue, both sides, from Willow Avenue to Loraine Street. Section 175-29B adds hour-based limits: commercial vehicles cannot stand between the hours specified on the highways in Schedule XVIII (§ 175-93B).

Public lots follow separate rules. Under § 175-51E, tractors and trailers of any kind and trucks whose capacity is in excess of 8,000 pounds gross vehicle weight rating cannot park or operate on a public off-highway parking place or lot at any time. Trucks under 8,000 pounds are barred from 2:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. without a valid permit, which costs $15 per month for a Township resident, one truck per resident, applied for at the Haverford Township Police Department.