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

Section 12.52.041 bars parking any commercial vehicle over 10,000 pounds gross weight on a parcel of land or street in a residential district, but exempts a vehicle making pickups or deliveries of goods, wares, and merchandise to or from a building on the restricted property, or delivering materials for actual, bona fide repair, alteration, remodeling, or construction under a previously issued building permit. The section was adopted by Ordinance 2196 on August 23, 1979, and amended by Ordinance 2403 in 1985 and Ordinance 2543 in 1989.

It works alongside Section 12.52.070, which lets the city council designate specific no-parking zones for commercial vehicles over 10,000 pounds by resolution once warning signs are posted, and Section 12.52.071, which lists the streets so designated, including both sides of Allison Avenue between University Avenue and La Mesa Boulevard and both sides of Baltimore Drive from Lake Murray Boulevard to the north city limits. Separate street-by-street weight limits below 10,000 pounds apply on named streets under Section 12.52.050, such as a 6,000-pound cap on Lowell Street and Orien Avenue between University Avenue and Yale Avenue and on Palm Avenue between Lemon Avenue and Spring Street, and a 4,000-pound cap on Guava Avenue between El Cajon Boulevard and Alvarado Road, each carrying the same delivery and construction-materials exception.

Truck routes for vehicles over three tons are separately designated under Section 12.52.020 on streets like Baltimore Drive, Fletcher Parkway, and University Avenue, so a commercial vehicle traveling to a job site must generally use those routes to reach a residential delivery.