Pawtucket, RI Parking Rules: Commercial & Oversized Vehicles (2026)

City Code § 388-60A restricts commercial vehicles from operating at all on streets described in Schedule I on file with the City Clerk, once signs are posted, except to deliver or pick up materials by entering at the nearest intersection to the destination and going no farther than the next intersection. Section 388-60B specifically names Cottage Street between Central Avenue and Exchange Street as an additional restricted segment, added by Ch. No. 2789 in 2005. Section 388-60C, added in 2008, defines 'commercial vehicle' for this purpose as any truck with a net weight of 10,000 pounds or more and/or three axles or more, which sweeps in most box trucks and tractor-trailers even when technically registered for other uses.

, though the Director of Public Safety may grant a temporary exception for extreme hardship. )' at $55, which lines up with the overnight ban on vehicles over 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight in § 388-61. A vehicle meeting the commercial-vehicle definition that parks on a residential street covered by Schedule I, or that lingers in the Central Business District outside the loading windows, is ticketed under whichever section applies, and repeated unanswered tickets can lead to towing under the Chapter 388 penalty scheme.