Oakland, CA Parking Rules: Commercial & Oversized Vehicles (2026)

120 imposes a flat, citywide ban: no truck, tractor, trailer or other commercial vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating exceeding 10,000 pounds may park on any public street in a residential district, no signage required, the prohibition applies by force of the ordinance itself. 130, covers trucks between 7,000 and 10,000 pounds curb weight; those can only be ticketed on streets where the City Traffic Engineer has determined the vehicles are creating a 'nuisance, blight, or hazard' and has had signs erected. Both tiers exempt utility service vehicles engaged in authorized repair or construction work with warning devices displayed, and commercial vehicles actively making deliveries or pickups to a building on the restricted street, or delivering materials for repair, remodeling or construction work under an active building permit or re-roofing registration.

145 (added by Ord. No. 13686, adopted April 19, 2022), bans parking any commercial vehicle over 22 feet long anywhere within the district bounded by I-880 between Mandela Parkway and I-580, I-580 between I-880 and I-980, I-980 between I-580 and 7th Street, 7th Street to Broadway, Broadway to Embarcadero West, Embarcadero West to Adeline Street, and Adeline Street to 3rd Street back to Mandela Parkway, covering most of West Oakland and the downtown core. Within that district the Traffic Engineer may post signs specifically allowing oversized trucks to park for up to 72 hours; without such a sign, any parking of a 22-foot-plus commercial vehicle on a street inside the boundary is prohibited.