San Clemente, CA Parking Rules: Commercial & Oversized Vehicles (2026)
Key Facts
- Overnight ban
- 10:00 p.m.-6:00 a.m., all City streets
- Daytime limit
- 2 hours, 6:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m.
- Exception
- 1 vehicle at its registered address
- Exempt
- Active construction/repair, emergency utility vehicles
- Typical citation
- Infraction, $100 first offense
Summary
Section 10.28.230(B) of the San Clemente Municipal Code bars parking a commercial vehicle on any City street, public lot or alley between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., except while actively loading, unloading or servicing the adjacent property. During the day the same vehicle is limited to two hours, unless it's the one commercial vehicle registered to and parked at the adjacent address.
1.No person shall park or leave stopped or standing any commercial vehicle between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. on any City street, designated publicly used parking lots or alley except for the purpose of actively loading, unloading, or servicing the property immediately adjacent to the commercial vehicle.2.No person shall park a commercial vehicle on a City street, designated publicly used parking lot or alley for over two hours between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Traffic: Supplement 30 | Code of Ordinances: Supplement 66 Update 1).
Full Breakdown
230(B) sets two separate limits for commercial vehicles. , unless it is actively loading, unloading or servicing the property right next to it. m. That daytime limit does not apply to a single commercial vehicle used for business and parked immediately next to the property to which it is registered, provided its size does not otherwise violate the Code or the state Vehicle Code. Both limits carry built-in exceptions for a commercial vehicle actively engaged in street, parking-lot or alley construction, reconstruction, maintenance or repair work at that location, and for a government or public-utility vehicle on an urgent response, such as an ambulance or utility repair truck.
m. 010, typically an infraction starting at $100 for a first offense and rising to $200 and $500 for repeats within a year, or a misdemeanor of up to $1,000 and six months in jail.
Violations & Fines
Parking, stopping or standing a commercial vehicle overnight (10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.) or for more than two daytime hours in violation of Section 10.28.230(B) is enforced under the Code's general penalty, Section 1.16.010: an infraction runs $100 for a first offense, $200 for a second and $500 for each later offense of the same provision within a year, or the City may charge a misdemeanor punishable by up to $1,000 and six months in jail.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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