No Alabama statute bars parking a work truck or van at home, but Madison County zoning can restrict commercial vehicles in unincorporated residential districts. HOA covenants and city codes are the other real limits.
Alabama has no statewide residential commercial-parking ban, so the question turns on zoning. Because Madison County zones its unincorporated areas, residential zoning districts around Hazel Green, Meridianville, and Harvest can restrict parking a landscaper's truck, contractor van, box truck, or lettered work vehicle overnight in residential yards. On agricultural or unzoned tracts the county rarely interferes. Recorded subdivision covenants commonly prohibit commercial vehicles in residential areas, and those HOA restrictions are enforceable. The cities of Huntsville, Madison, Gurley, and New Hope apply zoning codes that typically restrict heavy or oversized commercial vehicles in residential districts. On public roads, oversize and weight limits under the state motor-vehicle code still apply everywhere.
In a zoned residential district, the county can order a prohibited commercial vehicle removed and issue a zoning citation. An HOA can fine or lien for a covenant breach, and city zoning enforcement adds municipal penalties.
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