Norwalk, CT Parking Rules: Commercial & Oversized Vehicles (2026)

Section 98-26, amended April 26, 2016, restricts how long specified vehicle classes can occupy a public street, highway or other public place. Under Subsection A, commercial vehicles rated above one-and-one-fourth-ton capacity and commercial trailers are limited to a four-hour maximum. The same subsection separately caps boat trailers, camper trailers and recreational vehicles at a 12-hour maximum, reflecting a lighter restriction for personal-use trailers than for heavier commercial rigs. Subsection B goes further for residential areas: no one may park, or cause or permit to be parked, two or more commercial vehicles or commercial trucks at one time in any residential district or on a street adjacent to one, regardless of the four-hour time limit.

This means even a single commercial vehicle parked under four hours can still run afoul of the two-vehicle residential cap if a second one joins it. Section 98-25 clarifies that the time-limit provisions in §§ 98-6 through 98-18 do not apply to emergency vehicles or public maintenance vehicles with flashing lights, but § 98-26 itself is a separate section not covered by that carve-out language, so the restrictions on commercial vehicles, trailers and multiple trucks in residential districts stand on their own terms. Enforcement runs through the traffic authority and the Director of the Department of Public Works, with fines set under the citywide fee-setting mechanism in § 90-4.