Pembroke Pines, FL Parking Rules: Commercial & Oversized Vehicles (2026)
Key Facts
- Length trigger
- Trailers over 30 feet, hitch to rear
- Covered rigs
- Tractor-trailers, tow trucks, box/rack/lift trucks
- Concealment option
- Opaque cover on pavement, under 10 feet
- Service station cap
- 3 non-accessory commercial vehicles (B-1/B-2/B-3)
- Street parking
- Citation under Ch. 70 unless actively loading
Summary
Pembroke Pines bans parking big rigs, tow trucks, tractor-trailers and any vehicle fitted with a box, rack, lift, ladder, bucket or refrigerated body anywhere in the city, on private property or in the street, under Code of Ordinances § 155.613(A). Trailers longer than 30 feet from hitch to rear are covered even without commercial equipment. Nine narrow exceptions carve out construction sites, utility work, personal vehicles and concealed vehicles.
(A) Parking of commercial vehicles; exceptions. No person shall park, cause to be parked, or allow to be parked upon property owned or under the control of that person, or in the streets, alleys, or parkways of the city, any commercial vehicle or trailers having a length greater than 30 feet measured from the hitch to the rear of the trailer, tractor trailers, tow trucks, trucks having a box cabinet, a platform, a rack, a lifting device, a ladder or bucket or aerial device, a refrigerated box, a utility bed, or having any other equipment for the purpose of carrying goods other than personal effects of passengers or performing any work of a commercial nature.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-61: Supplement contains: Local legislation current through Ord. 2056, passed 12-11-25).
Full Breakdown
613(A) reaches any commercial vehicle or trailer 'having a length greater than 30 feet measured from the hitch to the rear,' plus tractor trailers, tow trucks, and trucks fitted with a box cabinet, platform, rack, lifting device, ladder, bucket, aerial device, refrigerated box or utility bed. The ban covers city streets, alleys and parkways as well as private property. Nine exceptions in subsection (A) narrow it: public safety vehicles; vehicles in agricultural or industrial districts; vehicles on a permitted active construction site; workers actively performing lawful work at the property; personal vehicles in residential neighborhoods parked outside a garage or carport; vehicles fully inside a garage or under a carport roofline; vehicles hidden by a fitted, undamaged opaque cover on a paved surface (not available once the vehicle tops ten feet); vehicles parked behind a fully opaque fence in the side setback (also capped at ten feet); and vehicles whose commercial lettering is concealed with no equipment exposed.
Subsection (B) separately allows temporary parking for tradesmen making deliveries, utility crews, and loading or unloading in preparation for a trip, provided the vehicle sits in the driveway where possible. Nonresidential uses may keep customary commercial vehicles on their own premises under (C), but never school buses for a private or parochial school. In B-1, B-2 and B-3 Districts, (D) caps a service station at three stored non-accessory commercial vehicles bearing a valid state plate.
Violations & Fines
Under § 155.613(E), parking a covered commercial vehicle, truck or trailer on the street is itself prohibited unless it is actively servicing an adjacent property or being loaded or unloaded, and violators 'may be issued a parking citation pursuant to Ch. 70, of the City of Pembroke Pines Code of Ordinances.' Off-street violations run through the general Land Development Code enforcement process in § 155.313, where the Planning and Economic Development Department and Code Compliance Division issue a notice, with unresolved cases heading to the Code Enforcement Board or a special magistrate.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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