Inglewood, CA Parking Rules: Commercial & Oversized Vehicles (2026)

Section 3-65 of the Inglewood Municipal Code, adopted by Ordinance 18-06 on May 8, 2018, defines a commercial vehicle broadly: any motor vehicle used or maintained for hire, compensation or profit, or designed primarily to transport property. The definition names four vehicle classes that trigger the ban: buses; "for hire" passenger vehicles such as taxis, limousines, shuttles, livery vehicles, charter-party vehicles, or ambulances; any motor truck, multipurpose vehicle, or pickup truck where any part of the vehicle, including a fixture or load, measures more than seven feet in width or seven feet in height; and tow trucks, truck tractors, or yard trucks. Parking any of these on a public street inside a residential district is unlawful under subsection (a), with no minimum duration required to trigger a citation.

The ordinance carves out three exceptions in subsection (c). A commercial vehicle may stop in a residential district while making pickups or deliveries to a building there, while delivering materials for a bona fide repair, remodel, or construction job for which a building permit was already issued, or while displaying a valid temporary parking permit issued by the City. Temporary permits are handled separately under § 3-65.5, where the Police Department sets the issuance policy, subject to City Manager approval, with any fee set by Council resolution.

The ban works alongside the companion oversized-vehicle rule at § 3-65.2, which additionally bars any commercial vehicle rated 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight or more from a residential district at any time, and bars oversized vehicles generally between 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m., enforceable under Vehicle Code § 22507.5 without advance signage.