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

Sec. 106-154 makes it unlawful to park or cause to be parked a truck, tractor, trailer, or semitrailer on public streets in any area zoned residential under chapter 142, except while the vehicle is actively loading or unloading property, or while parked in connection with and in aid of performing a service to or on property in the same block. Sec. 106-155 imposes a broader, weight-based rule: any truck, tractor, trailer, or semitrailer with a net weight over 5,000 pounds cannot park on public streets in any zoning district except industrial districts, subject to the same loading, unloading, or in-block service exception.

Sec. S. Sec. 08, is prima facie evidence the truck exceeds the weight threshold, sparing the city from having to weigh every vehicle. Together the two sections mean a homeowner's own pickup or SUV is unaffected, but a delivery semi or heavy tractor-trailer cannot sit parked on a residential street, and no truck over 5,000 pounds can occupy a street anywhere in the city outside an industrial district, absent an active loading or servicing purpose tied to that specific block.