Orlando, FL Parking Rules: Commercial Vehicle Restrictions (2026)

Orlando City Code Chapter 58 (Traffic and Vehicles) and Chapter 65 (Land Development Code) prohibit the parking or storage of commercial vehicles in residential zoning districts. Commercial vehicle is generally defined to include semi-tractors, semi-trailers, dump trucks, tow trucks, box trucks over 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight, buses (other than school buses on routes), and any vehicle bearing commercial advertising or equipment that exceeds residential character. These vehicles must be stored on commercial- or industrial-zoned property, in approved truck terminals, or in screened storage yards. A typical exception allows one commercial vehicle of one-ton or smaller capacity (such as a contractor pickup or service van) to be parked at the operator residence, provided it fits within the driveway and does not exceed normal vehicle dimensions. On-street overnight parking of commercial vehicles in residential districts is prohibited. Florida Statute 316.1955 also addresses parking of commercial vehicles relative to fire hydrants and intersections statewide. Violations can result in citations and towing under FL Statute 715.07.