Penn Hills, PA Parking Rules: Commercial & Oversized Vehicles (2026)
Key Facts
- Weight limit
- 11,000 lbs. registration weight
- RV exception
- Recreation vehicles exempt
- Right-of-way
- Commercial vehicles barred, few exceptions
- Street parking
- No commercial vehicles on residential streets
Summary
Penn Hills bars any vehicle over 11,000 pounds registration weight, except recreation vehicles, as an accessory use in Residential Districts, and keeps commercial vehicles off the public right-of-way outside active business use.
No vehicle, other than a recreation vehicle, whose registration gross weight is in excess of 11,000 pounds shall be permitted as an accessory use in any Residential District.
(6) Commercial vehicles and vehicles not in running condition shall not be permitted within the public right-of-way, except commercial vehicles which are parked temporarily and otherwise in use for business purposes in conformance with this Zoning Code and other applicable legislation.
(d) Required Number of Parking Spaces. The minimum number of parking spaces required for each type of use is as follows:
(1) Retail store, office, or other general commercial use not specified below: The number of spaces shall be the total obtained using the following formula:
A. Ground Floor Space. One space for each 200 square feet of ground floor area.
B. Other Than Ground Floor Space. One space per 300 square feet of floor area, excluding basement storage areas.
(2) Any production, processing, cleaning, testing activity, or repair of materials, goods or products, and warehouses and storage buildings: one space for each 500 square feet of floor area.
(3) Automobile service stations: one space for each service bay, plus one space for each employee, but in no case less than four employee spaces.
(4) Bowling alleys: 10 spaces for each bowling lane.
(5)
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4434863; v5 updated 2025-07-21; through 07-21-2025).
Full Breakdown
Penn Hills' Zoning Code performance standards for off-street parking, § 1278.02(c), bar any vehicle other than a recreation vehicle with a registration gross weight over 11,000 pounds from being kept as an accessory use in any Residential District. The same subsection bans commercial vehicles and non-running vehicles from the public right-of-way, except commercial vehicles parked temporarily while actually in use for business. A separate parking-code rule, § 464.05(b), bars commercial vehicles from parking in residential areas and on residential streets outright, aside from loading, utility trucks or municipal vehicles.
Violations & Fines
Keeping an over-11,000-pound vehicle in a Residential District, or parking a commercial vehicle on a residential street outside the loading/utility exceptions, is a zoning and parking-code violation subject to citation by the Municipality.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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