Sussex County, DE Parking Rules: Commercial & Oversized Vehicles (2026)

§ 115-54, the permitted-accessory-uses section for the HR-1 and HR-2 High-Density Residential Districts, allows 'an open or enclosed place for parking one commercial vehicle of not more than one-ton capacity and used by the occupant of a dwelling' as an accessory to a home. The rule ties the privilege to residency: the commercial vehicle has to belong to someone who actually lives on the property, not a business tenant or an outside contractor storing equipment. ' A second commercial truck, or any single vehicle rated above one ton, such as a box truck, dump truck or tractor-trailer, falls outside this accessory-use allowance in the HR Districts and is not listed as permitted anywhere else in Article VII, so parking it in a residential yard is not authorized under the zoning code even if the truck belongs to the resident.

Because § 115-54 sits under 'Permitted accessory uses' rather than a conditional or special-exception section, a compliant one-ton commercial vehicle needs no separate permit beyond ordinary accessory-use compliance; it is the excess vehicle or the oversized truck that crosses into an unauthorized use requiring either removal or a search for authorization under a different chapter, such as the off-street loading standards in Article XXIII.