Scranton, PA Parking Rules: Commercial & Oversized Vehicles (2026)

Article XII of Chapter 439, added in 2003 and amended by Ord. No. or vehicle other than a passenger car, van, sport utility vehicle, station wagon or pickup truck" to stand such a vehicle on any public highway, roadway, or right-of-way within a residence district, as that district and those vehicle terms are defined in the state Motor Vehicle Code, unless the City has erected signs specifically permitting it. A separate clause forbids parking a semitrailer anywhere in the City without a tractor or other mechanical traction attached to pull it, so a detached trailer cannot simply be left standing on a street.

The article carves out City-owned vehicles, fire apparatus, ambulances, and public-utility vehicles; vehicles actively engaged in street construction or repair, or making deliveries or performing services on adjacent property while parked; and trucks with a registered gross weight of 5,000 pounds or less, which are treated like ordinary passenger vehicles for parking purposes. The rule targets the standing of large commercial equipment on residential blocks overnight or for extended periods rather than brief loading stops elsewhere authorized under § 439-17, and it applies citywide wherever a street is classified a residence district under the Motor Vehicle Code, not just in the zoning-code's residential districts.