Citrus County, FL Parking Rules: Commercial & Oversized Vehicles (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- LDC Sec. 3320
- Banned outright in
- CLR, HDR, most PUD, MHP, RVP districts
- Conditional-use districts
- CL, RUR, LDR, MDR, PSO, NEC, PORT-residential
- Minimum lot for conditional use
- greater than 5 acres
- Truck limit
- one truck per lot of record
- Allowed outright in
- GNC, CLC, LIND, IND, PORT-industrial, AGR, PUD-Industrial
Summary
Citrus County bans parking, stopping, or standing trucks in Coastal and Lakes Residential, High Density Residential, most Planned Unit Development, Mobile Home Park, and Recreational Vehicle Park land use districts within unincorporated territory. Other residential and mixed-use districts allow one truck per lot only as a Conditional Use on parcels over five acres.
A. Trucks, as defined by this LDC, shall not be parked, stopped, or allowed to stand in any CLR, Coastal and Lakes Residential; HDR, High Density Residential; PUD, Planned Unit Development (except PUD-Industrial, or where otherwise authorized by ordinance); MHP, Mobile Home Park and RVP, Recreational Vehicle Park, land use districts other than to load or unload building materials, merchandise, or household goods or while performing maintenance or repair services to or upon real property or improvements thereon during daylight; nor may any vehicle of any size, which has operating motorized cooling units, be parked, stopped or stored in such districts. ... B. Trucks as defined by this LDC, shall be allowed as a Conditional Use within the CL, Low Intensity Coastal and Lakes Residential; RUR, Rural Residential; LDR, Low Density Residential; MDR, Medium Density Residential ... subject to the following criteria: 1. The minimum lot size for all districts shall be greater than five acres. 2. No proposed parking shall be allowed in an established front yard. 3. No detachable trailers (semi-trailers) shall be permitted. 4. Only one truck per lot of record can be permitted.
Full Breakdown
Section 3320 of the Citrus County Land Development Code, "Trucks Parked in Selected Land Use Districts," flatly prohibits parking, stopping, or standing a truck (as the LDC defines the term) in the CLR (Coastal and Lakes Residential), HDR (High Density Residential), PUD (Planned Unit Development, other than PUD-Industrial or where an ordinance authorizes it), MHP (Mobile Home Park), and RVP (Recreational Vehicle Park) land use districts. The only exceptions are daylight loading/unloading of building materials, merchandise, or household goods, active maintenance or repair work on the property, a lawful nonconforming or approved Conditional Use, an active Citrus County development order, or crop harvesting where farming is permitted.
No vehicle of any size with an operating motorized cooling unit may be parked, stopped, or stored in those districts at all. In the CL (Low Intensity Coastal and Lakes Residential), RUR (Rural Residential), LDR (Low Density Residential), MDR (Medium Density Residential), PSO (Professional Service Office), NEC (Neighborhood Commercial), and PORT (residential areas only) districts, a truck may be parked only as an approved Conditional Use, and only if the lot exceeds five acres, no parking sits in the established front yard, no detachable semi-trailers are involved, and no more than one truck per lot of record is kept.
Trucks are allowed outright in GNC (General Commercial), CLC (Coastal Lakes Commercial), LIND (Light Industrial), IND (Industrial), PORT industrial areas, AGR (Agriculture), and PUD-Industrial districts. Essential-service utility vehicles providing 24-hour service are exempt, and no provision waives federal or state roadway weight limits. This LDC chapter governs unincorporated Citrus County only; it does not apply inside the incorporated cities of Crystal River or Inverness, each of which enforces its own municipal code.
Violations & Fines
A truck parked in violation of Section 3320 is a code compliance matter referred to the Citrus County Code Compliance Division under the county's land use enforcement authority; violations of the LDC are enforceable through the county's code enforcement special master process, which can impose fines and require removal or relocation of the vehicle until the district and lot criteria (acreage, front-yard placement, single-truck limit) are met.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I park a commercial truck in my Citrus County residential yard?
Does the county truck-parking rule apply inside Crystal River or Inverness?
Are semi-trailers allowed under the Conditional Use exception?
What happens if my vehicle has a running refrigeration unit?
Sources & Official References
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