Rockingham County, VA Parking Rules: Commercial & Oversized Vehicles (2026)
Key Facts
- Prohibited
- Commercial-purpose parking on county roads
- Exception
- Passenger pickup/discharge by carriers
- First offense fine
- $25 to $100
- Applies
- Unincorporated county roads only
- Governing chapter
- Chapter 11, Article III
Summary
Rockingham County bars parking any automobile, truck or other automotive equipment on or alongside a road, highway or street in the county for a commercial purpose. Sec. 11-24 exempts only motor vehicle carriers actually picking up or dropping off passengers, so using a public road shoulder as a spot to park a work truck or trailer for business is a chapter 11 violation.
Every person convicted of a traffic infraction by reason of a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, or rule or regulation promulgated pursuant thereto, for which no other penalty is provided, shall, for the first infraction thereof, be fined not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100.00). ... (a)It shall be unlawful for any person to park any automobile, truck or other automotive equipment on or alongside any road, highway or street of the county or of the state in the county, when such person is parking any such automobile, truck or automotive equipment in pursuance of any commercial purpose.(b)The provisions of this section shall not apply to motor vehicle carriers when picking up or discharging passengers.
Full Breakdown
Sec. 11-24(a) makes it unlawful to park any automobile, truck or other automotive equipment on or alongside any road, highway or street of the county, or of the state within the county, when the parking is done in pursuance of a commercial purpose. That reaches, for example, leaving a delivery truck, contractor's rig or for-sale vehicle parked along a county road shoulder for business reasons rather than as incidental roadside stopping. Sec. 11-24(b) carves out one exception: motor vehicle carriers are not in violation when they are actually picking up or discharging passengers, protecting bus and shuttle stops from the general ban.
The section sits in chapter 11's Article III, 'Stopping, Standing and Parking,' alongside the separate rules on parking without a state license (Sec. 11-23) and parking on private property without consent (Sec. 11-25). Sec. 11-2 limits the whole chapter, including this commercial-parking ban, to the unincorporated county: Bridgewater, Broadway, Dayton, Elkton, Grottoes, Mount Crawford and Timberville each enforce their own parking rules within their corporate limits, and the independent City of Harrisonburg is entirely outside county jurisdiction. Sheriff's deputies and other county officers enforce Sec. 11-24 as they do the rest of chapter 11's traffic provisions.
Violations & Fines
Sec. 11-24 has no penalty of its own, so the chapter's general fine schedule in Sec. 11-14 applies as a traffic infraction: not less than $25 nor more than $100 for a first infraction within a year, $50 to $100 for a second, and $75 to $500 for a third or later infraction in the same year. Each violation is charged separately by county law enforcement.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I park my work truck on the road shoulder for my business?
Is there any exception to the commercial parking ban?
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Does this rule apply inside Bridgewater or Elkton?
Sources & Official References
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