Perris, CA Parking Rules: Commercial Vehicle Restrictions (2026)

Perris controls commercial vehicle parking through two parts of Title 10. Chapter 10.42, 'Parking Restrictions on Commercial and Other Vehicles,' sets the core prohibitions (Section 10.42.010), exceptions (Section 10.42.020), and a permit process (Section 10.42.030). The exceptions in 10.42.020 are narrow: the restrictions do not apply to parking in a commercial or industrial zone for periods of two consecutive hours or less while the operator takes a meal or rest break; nor during active loading or unloading; nor when parked for ongoing service to property in the same city block. Section 10.42.030 lets a city resident apply to the police chief for a permit exempting them from 10.42.010(a) and (e), but a permit for a trailer or semitrailer on a residential-district street is valid only if that block is separated on both sides from abutting residences by a block wall. Layered on top, Chapter 10.40 (Truck Routes) was amended by Ordinance 1413, adopted January 11, 2022, to keep heavy trucks off commercial and residential streets in the warehouse-heavy north. Under amended Section 10.40.030(a), once a truck route is established and signed, any vehicle exceeding a maximum gross weight of five tons must drive on a designated route and none other; Section 10.40.040 makes operating a five-ton-plus vehicle off the network a violation punishable under Chapters 1.16, 1.17, and/or 1.18. The 15 designated routes include Interstate 215, Harley Knox Boulevard, Perris Boulevard, Indian Avenue, Redlands Avenue, Western Way, Morgan Street, Rider Street, Placentia Avenue, State Highway 74 (Fourth Street), Ellis Avenue, Goetz Road, Case Road, Evans Road, and Ethanac Road.