Killeen, TX Parking Rules: Commercial & Oversized Vehicles (2026)

Sec. 28-132(a) defines the vehicles covered: a "vehicle" excludes light trucks used for personal or household purposes that are not modified for commercial use, where a "light truck" means one with a manufacturer's rated carrying capacity not exceeding 2,000 pounds (ordinary pickups, panel trucks, and carryalls). Subsection (b) bars parking any vehicle rated over one ton, including truck tractors, within 600 feet of property zoned or used residentially, wherever that vehicle is parked citywide. Subsection (c) adds a district-specific ban: no vehicle over one ton may park on private property zoned R-1, R-1A, RM-1, RT-1, R-2, R-3, R-3F, R-3A, or R-MP, though travel trailers and unmodified personal light trucks are excluded from that ban.

Subsection (d) separately prohibits parking any trailer, of any weight capacity, on a street adjacent to residentially zoned or used property. Subsection (e) limits residential lots visible from a public right-of-way to one trailer, capped at 16 feet measured without the tongue, and the trailer cannot encroach on any street or sidewalk. Subsection (f) exempts vehicles actively engaged in delivery, pickup, or service work, provable with a bill of lading, routing sheet, or work order showing the serviced address, but that exemption does not cover overnight parking.

Sec. 28-136 further exempts property zoned A or A-R1, and for three years after such property is rezoned to a less restrictive district, and lets an owner who shows economic hardship request a variance from the city manager, who must issue a written decision within ten calendar days. The section traces to Code 1963, ch. 13, art. 2, and was last amended by Ord. No. 18-049 on December 18, 2018.