Onslow County, NC Parking Rules: Commercial & Oversized Vehicles (2026)

Section 9.8(E)(3)(d) sets the rule for anyone running a business from home: "The home occupation may have no more than two non-resident employees at the residence at any given time. One motor vehicle, with two axles, and one trailer shall be allowed in relation to the home occupation. Business related vehicles cannot be parked in the right-of-way, access easement, or front or side lawn." A landscaper, contractor, or home-based delivery business can keep one work truck and one trailer at the house, but it has to park in the driveway, a rear yard, or another location that is not the street shoulder, the easement strip, or the front or side lawn.

The rule sits inside the broader Home Occupations standards, which cap the business's floor area at 40 percent of the home's heated square footage or 800 square feet, whichever is smaller, and require a Home Occupation permit with a floor plan submitted to the county before operating. Shipments and deliveries for a home occupation are limited to 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., and Section 9.8(E)(3)(f) specifically bars dump trucks or tractor-trailers from making those deliveries or pickups at the property. Home occupations involving repair or servicing of guns must also notify the ATF, and the list of prohibited home occupations in Section 9.8(E)(4) includes a contractor's office with outdoor storage of equipment and materials, meaning a business that needs to keep multiple oversized vehicles or heavy equipment outside cannot operate as a home occupation at all.

Because the vehicle restriction is written into the Home Occupations section rather than as a freestanding residential parking ordinance, it applies only where a business is being run from the residence; it does not separately restrict a resident's personal truck or RV that is not tied to a home occupation.