Santa Fe, NM Parking Rules: Commercial & Oversized Vehicles (2026)

3(B)(2)(c)(i) of the Land Development Code prohibits storing or parking a commercial or industrial vehicle, continuously or even intermittently, in any of Santa Fe's residentially zoned districts, unless the vehicle is authorized by a special use permit or another permitted non-residential use on the property. The code spells out exactly what counts: any vehicle that legally requires a commercial driver's license, tour buses and school buses, concrete mixer or pumper trucks, towing vehicles, earthmoving or grading equipment, trailers or tractors other than lawn trailers or tractors, motorized construction or agricultural equipment, cranes, roll-off trash containers not tied to an active permit or environmental services approval, and any other vehicle the manufacturer built for business purposes.

That last catch-all extends the ban beyond the named list to essentially any vehicle marketed for commercial use. The subsection carves the definition back in two directions: it does not reach recreational vehicles, boats or trailers used for personal purposes, and it does not reach passenger vehicles, pickup trucks or small trailers used for business tied to a registered home occupation. So a homeowner running a registered home-based repair business can keep a pickup at the house, but the same homeowner cannot store a concrete mixer or a tractor-trailer on the lot without a special use permit.

The rule applies across every district the subsection lists, which covers the RR, R-1 through R-6, R-7, R-8, R-9, RC-5, RC-8, R-10, R-21, R-29, RAC, C-1, C-4 and HZ districts, and it sits alongside separate prohibitions in the same subsection on outdoor construction-material storage, mobile-home storage and blocking a sidewalk or right-of-way with a parked vehicle.