Portland, OR Parking Rules: Commercial & Oversized Vehicles (2026)

Subsection H of Portland City Code § 16.20.120 works from two lists: a list of vehicles and a list of neighboring property types. The restriction applies when both match.

The vehicle list is a truck, a truck trailer, a motor bus, a recreational vehicle, a utility trailer, a drop box or storage container, or a vehicle that has two or more rear axles. The axle test is a catch-all. A vehicle that fits none of the named types is still covered if it has two or more rear axles. The list also reaches things that are not driven at all, since a drop box or storage container placed in the street counts.

The property list is residential, public park, church, or school property. The vehicle is restricted when it sits in the public right-of-way adjacent to that property or directly across from it. Parking on the far side of the street from a house therefore does not avoid the rule.

The exceptions are limited. The code allows parking when loading or unloading property belonging to the occupants of the adjacent residence, or when performing a service on the adjacent residence, for a period not to exceed eight hours. That exception is tied to the adjacent residence, not to the block in general, so the truck has to be working at the home it is parked beside. The code also allows up to 8 hours for servicing an RV, and it allows parking next to a park with a written permit from the Bureau of Parks and Recreation.

A separate, looser rule applies near commercial or industrial property.