Chesterfield County, VA Parking Rules: Commercial & Oversized Vehicles (2026)
Key Facts
- Weight threshold
- Dual-tire trucks over 6,000 lbs
- Also banned
- Any trailer, semitrailer or trailer cab
- Where banned
- Roads within residential zoning districts
- Penalty
- Traffic infraction, up to $200.00
- District defined by
- Separate zoning ordinance, Chapter 19.1
Summary
Chesterfield County Code § 13-42 bans parking a dual-tire truck over 6,000 pounds, or any trailer, semitrailer or trailer cab, on a road inside a residential zoning district. Because no separate penalty is written into § 13-42 itself, a violation falls back to § 13-2's general traffic-infraction fine of up to $200.00.
§ 13-42: "No truck having wheels of the dual-tire type in excess of 6,000 pounds and no trailer, semitrailer or cab for such trailer shall be parked on any road in the county within any residential district as defined in the zoning ordinance." § 13-2: "Unless another penalty is otherwise provided in this chapter or by applicable law, violations of this chapter shall constitute a traffic infraction punishable by a maximum fine of $200.00."
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 80).
Full Breakdown
Section 13-42 is a single-sentence rule inside Chapter 13, Article III, Stopping, Standing and Parking, sandwiched between the county's general unlawful-parking list in § 13-41 and the registered-owner presumption in § 13-43. It reaches two categories of vehicle: any truck with dual-tire wheels weighing in excess of 6,000 pounds, and any trailer, semitrailer or the cab used to pull one, regardless of weight. 1. The provision carries no stated exemptions for delivery, moving or contractor vehicles, and no separate fine of its own. 00 traffic-infraction cap is what actually applies to a § 13-42 citation.
2-1220, cited in the code's own state-law-reference note to § 13-42, which lets a locality regulate parking on its highways by ordinance. Enforcement, like the rest of Article III, runs through the Chesterfield County Police Department, which issues citations under the general traffic-infraction process rather than the civil-penalty waiver system used for ordinary unlawful parking under § 13-41.
Violations & Fines
A § 13-42 citation is prosecuted as a traffic infraction, not a misdemeanor, under the chapter's default penalty in § 13-2, capped at $200.00. It is handled through the general district court's traffic docket rather than the treasurer's-office prepayment system available for the sidewalk, driveway and fire-lane offenses in § 13-41, so there is no listed prepayment amount for parking an oversized truck or trailer on a residential road.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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