Port Orange, FL Parking Rules: Commercial & Oversized Vehicles (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- City Code § 70-47
- Work truck exception
- One vehicle, one-ton capacity or less
- Quiet hours for garaged engines
- 9:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.
- Right-of-way parking
- Never allowed for commercial vehicles
- Enforcement
- Special magistrate under § 70-50
Summary
Port Orange bans parking commercial vehicles on residential premises under City Code § 70-47, with narrow exceptions for delivery or service vehicles, one work truck of one-ton capacity or less per dwelling used for a full-time job, and vehicles stored inside a fully enclosed garage. Commercial vehicles can never park on the right-of-way adjoining a home, and a garage-stored vehicle's engine cannot run between 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.
(a)For the purpose of this section, "commercial vehicle" means any vehicle designed, intended, or used for transportation of people or goods as part of a business, except for rental vehicles designed for temporary personal use.(b)No commercial vehicle shall be parked on residential premises except for the following:(1)A vehicle making deliveries to or servicing a dwelling unit.(2)One vehicle, one-ton capacity or less, per dwelling unit which is used by a resident of the dwelling unit as part of a full-time job and which leaves the premises on weekdays.(3)Any vehicle stored within a completely enclosed garage. When a vehicle is stored pursuant to this paragraph the vehicle engine or associated equipment engine shall not be operated between the hours 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.(c)No commercial vehicles shall be parked on the right-of-way adjoining residential premises.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 43 | Land Development Code: Supplement 38).
Full Breakdown
Port Orange City Code § 70-47 defines a "commercial vehicle" as any vehicle designed, intended or used to transport people or goods as part of a business, excluding rental vehicles used for temporary personal purposes. Under that definition, a pickup with a company logo, a box truck, or a work trailer counts even if it is the household's only vehicle. The general rule bars parking any commercial vehicle on residential premises in Port Orange. m. The ordinance reaches beyond driveways: commercial vehicles are barred from parking on the public right-of-way adjoining a residential lot altogether, with only a temporary stop allowed for active delivery or loading and unloading of merchandise or passengers.
The rule applies citywide inside Port Orange, not in unincorporated Volusia County. Enforcement runs through the city's special magistrate process, a circuit or county court injunction action, or the general penalty at section 1-8 of the Code, per the enforcement clause at section 70-50.
Violations & Fines
A commercial vehicle parked on residential premises outside these three exceptions, or parked on the adjoining right-of-way beyond a brief delivery stop, is a code violation enforceable through the special magistrate under section 70-50, a circuit or county court injunction, or the general penalty schedule in section 1-8 of the Code of Ordinances. Running a stored vehicle's engine between 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. is a separate violation of section 70-47(b)(3).
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