Mobile, AL Parking Rules: Commercial & Oversized Vehicles (2026)
Key Facts
- Size trigger
- 20 ft long & 8 ft tall, or 25 ft
- Time limit
- 4 hours in R-1/R-2/R-3
- Fine
- $70 (Sec. 61-284)
- Governing section
- Sec. 61-278
Summary
Mobile defines a large vehicle as anything 20 feet long and 8 feet tall, or 25 feet long regardless of height, and Sec. 61-278 bans parking one on a residential R-1, R-2, or R-3 street for more than four hours unless it's actively being loaded or unloaded.
The term "large vehicles" shall include any vehicle which is as much as twenty (20) feet in length and the highest point of which is as much as eight (8) feet in height and any vehicle which is as much as twenty-five (25) feet in length regardless of height. ... no person shall park any large vehicle as defined herein: ... For a period longer than four (4) hours where the surrounding property is zoned R-1, R-2 or R-3.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 67).
Full Breakdown
Mobile City Code § 61-278 targets vehicles that are at least twenty feet long and eight feet tall, or at least twenty-five feet long regardless of height. Except in an emergency, these large vehicles can't be parked on any street in a block with a fire station, within twenty feet of an intersecting street's property line, or, on property zoned R-1, R-2, or R-3, for longer than four consecutive hours. The four-hour cap doesn't apply while the vehicle is being constantly loaded or unloaded. A violation carries a $70 fine under the parking-offense schedule in Sec. 61-284.
Violations & Fines
Leaving a large vehicle parked over four hours on an R-1, R-2, or R-3 street, or near a fire station, is a $70 fine under Sec. 61-284.
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