Under the Lake County UDO, parking or storing heavy/commercial vehicles — buses, dump trucks, semi-trailer tractors, trucks with dual rear wheels or more than two axles, and trailers over 12 feet — in a zoning district that doesn't permit them is a civil zoning violation in unincorporated Lake County.
Section 154-20-040.E lists enforceable violations, including storing 'any vehicle used or designed for pulling, towing, hauling, transporting' or serving as a base for equipment, in any zoning district whose rules do not specifically permit it. The provision names buses, stake-body trucks, dump trucks, trucks or tractors with dual rear wheels or more than two axles, semi-trailer tractors, semi-trailers, and trailers over 12 feet long. This effectively bars parking commercial trucks and semis at homes in residential (R) districts unincorporated Lake County. Municipalities have parallel rules; check your city or town if you live within one.
Civil zoning citation after 15-day cure notice; each day a separate offense; fines up to $2,500 first / $7,500 subsequent (IC 36-1-3-8).
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