Lakewood, WA Parking Rules: Commercial & Oversized Vehicles (2026)

030 defines a 'residential neighborhood' as any area in Lakewood, Pierce County, where the majority of nearby property is used for residential or open-space purposes, or is zoned for those uses, so the restriction follows actual land use and zoning rather than a fixed map of streets. The section reaches any vehicle over 80 inches wide and any commercial vehicle larger than a three-quarter-ton pickup, covering box trucks, larger flatbeds, and heavy equipment trailers that residents sometimes try to store on the street overnight. Two built-in defenses exist: it is a defense that the vehicle was parked directly adjacent to, and on the same side of the street as, property where a commercial business (other than a home occupation) operates, and it is a defense that the driver was actively making a delivery or providing a service to nearby residents for the entire time the vehicle was parked.

00 per violation plus other statutory costs and assessments, and the section is enforced as a state-law traffic infraction rather than a criminal charge. 00 penalty every day it stays. The City last amended this section by Ordinance 809 in 2024, building on the original 1996 restriction and a 1997 amendment.