Lauderhill, FL Parking Rules: Commercial & Oversized Vehicles (2026)

Sec. 20-18, 'Commercial vehicles parked in residential areas,' cross-references the Sec. 20-15.3 definition of commercial vehicle, which covers any vehicle not used solely for personal, nonbusiness activities, expressly including truck cabs, trailers, semitrailers, tractor cranes, power shovels, well drillers, buses, taxis and limousines, ambulances, wreckers and hearses; outside lettering advertising a business is one way, but not the only way, to establish commercial status. Subsection (b) bars an owner from parking or permitting a commercial vehicle to sit on a right-of-way adjacent to residentially zoned property, or on that property, except temporarily for service or delivery, and caps even that temporary presence at twenty-four hours.

A narrow exception applies to commercial vehicles of one ton or less: they may remain if all commercial lettering, logos and phone numbers are covered by a magnetic covering or an intact car cover. Subsection (c) is an absolute overnight ban with no delivery exception: no limousine, commercial vehicle over twenty feet long, or bucket or lift truck may park overnight in a residential area, and no welding equipment or vehicle carrying hazardous materials or gases may park there overnight either. A first violation of Sec.

20-18 triggers a written notice under Sec. 20-27 warning that a repeat violation will result in towing at the owner's expense; a third citation sends the case to county court for towing or immobilization for up to twenty days.