Mount Vernon, NY Parking Rules: Commercial & Oversized Vehicles (2026)
Key Facts
- Restricted hours
- 7:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.
- Governing section
- City Code § 256-11
- Permit issuer
- City Clerk's office
- Weight threshold
- vehicles over 10,000 lbs
- Loading exception
- active loading/unloading exempt
- Enforcement
- ticketing, towing, and/or booting
Summary
Mount Vernon bans commercial vehicles, including tractor-trailers, buses and heavy equipment, from parking on any City street between 7:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. unless the vehicle carries a City Clerk-issued permit and sits in a designated commercial parking zone. Vehicles over 10,000 pounds face the same signed curfew at every City entrance under § 256-11.
No commercial vehicle shall be parked on any street within the City limits between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. unless in an area designated for commercial vehicle parking and the vehicle contains a valid permit for commercial parking issued by the Clerk's office of the City of Mount Vernon. This shall not apply to vehicles that are in the process of loading or unloading.
Full Breakdown
City of Mount Vernon Code § 256-11 defines a commercial vehicle broadly to include tractor-trailers, semitrailers, privately owned military vehicles, backhoes, excavators, rollers, tractor cranes, truck cranes, power shovels, road-building machines, road sweepers, sand spreaders, buses and any other vehicle used for a commercial purpose. unless it sits in an area designated for commercial parking and displays a valid permit issued by the City Clerk's office; the ban does not apply while a vehicle is actively loading or unloading. The Clerk's office sets daily, monthly and yearly permit fees annually, and permits are nontransferable.
The Department of Public Safety must post signs at every entrance to the City warning that vehicles over 10,000 pounds or commercial vehicles cannot park between those hours, and once those signs are up, parking in violation of them is independently unlawful. The Department also designates and signs specific commercial parking zones under § 256-11C. The curfew does not excuse compliance with any other, more restrictive parking rule elsewhere in the Code.
Violations & Fines
A violation is a traffic infraction under § 256-11E, and any vehicle found parked in violation may be ticketed, towed and/or booted. Penalties are set by the City Judge of Mount Vernon within the limits the Code establishes for the offense, on top of any towing and storage charges assessed under § 256-12C.
Frequently Asked Questions
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