Kenton County, KY Parking Rules: Commercial & Oversized Vehicles (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- § 70.09
- Covered vehicles
- motor truck, semitrailer, truck tractor
- Exception
- active delivery or service trucks
- Fine
- $30, $25 if paid in 72 hours
- Applies to
- unincorporated county roads/right-of-way
Summary
Kenton County outright bans leaving a motor truck, semitrailer, or truck tractor parked at any time on any county roadway or public right-of-way. Delivery and service trucks actively making deliveries or performing services are the only exception; the fine is $30 per violation.
§ 70.09 PARKING TRUCKS, RECREATIONAL VEHICLES, AND THE LIKE PROHIBITED. It shall be a violation for any person, firm, or corporation to leave any motor truck, recreational vehicle, semitrailer, truck tractor, trailer, or similar type vehicle parked at any time on any county roadway or public right-of-way within the county. The provisions of this section shall not apply to delivery or service trucks while actively engaged in making deliveries or rendering services.
Full Breakdown
09 of the Kenton County Code of Ordinances, titled Parking Trucks, Recreational Vehicles, and the Like Prohibited, makes it a violation for any person, firm, or corporation to leave a motor truck, semitrailer, truck tractor, trailer, or similar type vehicle parked at any time on a county roadway or public right-of-way. 03's definitions, a SEMITRAILER is a vehicle attached to and supported by a motor truck or truck tractor with a load capacity over 1,000 pounds, and a TRUCK TRACTOR is a motor-propelled vehicle designed to draw and support the front of a semitrailer, so the ban squarely reaches commercial and oversized trucks staged on county roads.
09 is for delivery or service trucks actively engaged in making deliveries or rendering services; once that activity stops, the vehicle must move off the roadway or right-of-way. 04), meaning it governs the unincorporated county; cities such as Covington and Independence set their own truck-parking rules under separate municipal codes. There is no separate residential-district commercial-vehicle overlay in this chapter, the prohibition is countywide on any county roadway or right-of-way regardless of zoning.
Violations & Fines
A $30 fine applies for each violation of § 70.09 under § 70.99(D), reduced by a $5 credit (to $25) if paid within 72 hours of citation per § 70.99(F). Each day the truck remains parked in violation is a separate offense under § 70.99(H).
Frequently Asked Questions
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