Plumas County, CA Parking Rules: Commercial Vehicle Restrictions (2026)

California law lets a local authority restrict parking of commercial vehicles rated 10,000 lbs or more in residential districts by ordinance, but only after a noticed public hearing (California Vehicle Code Section 22507.5). Research of Plumas County's code and county pages did not find a county ordinance adopting such a residential commercial-vehicle restriction for unincorporated areas; therefore commercial vehicle parking on county roads defaults to general Vehicle Code rules (Section 22500 and related provisions on where you may not stop or park). Even where a local commercial-vehicle ordinance exists in California, it cannot block trucks making genuine pickups/deliveries to buildings on the street or delivering materials for permitted construction. In Plumas County, the practical limits on a parked commercial truck are the same as any vehicle: it cannot obstruct traffic, block driveways or sight lines under the Vehicle Code, and during winter it cannot be left in the county road right-of-way where it hinders snow removal under Plumas County Code Section 4-3.502. On state highways, Caltrans and CHP control truck parking and removal.