Spokane Valley, WA Parking Rules: Commercial & Oversized Vehicles (2026)
Key Facts
- Weight threshold
- 10,000 lbs gross licensed weight
- Sign schedule
- Council-adopted master 'No Trucks' schedule
- Key exemption
- Local/neighborhood deliveries between signs
- Penalty
- Class 1 civil infraction
- Residential districts covered
- R-1 through R-4, MF-1, MF-2
Summary
Spokane Valley keeps big trucks out of residential streets through posted 'No Trucks' signs rather than a blanket parking ban. SVMC § 9.30.030 permanently closes any signed street to commercial vehicles of 10,000 pounds or more gross licensed weight, with carve-outs for local deliveries, resident commuters, utility crews, and construction traffic serving that street.
A. Any street upon which a "No Trucks" sign is posted shall be permanently closed to all commercial vehicle travel having a gross licensed weight of 10,000 pounds or more, except for the purpose of providing local or neighborhood deliveries or services to points between the posted signs. ... B. The following vehicles are exempt from the provisions of this section: ... 7. Vehicles belonging to, or operated by, persons permanently residing within the City limits, as evidenced by the owner's or operator's address on file with the Washington State Department of Licensing. To qualify for this exemption, the vehicle must be used for commuting to work at places located inside or outside of the City limits.
Full Breakdown
030(A). Once a street carries the sign, it is 'permanently closed to all commercial vehicle travel having a gross licensed weight of 10,000 pounds or more,' except for local or neighborhood deliveries between the posted signs; the City may add an optional 'Local Delivery Only' sign for clarity. 030(B) regardless of the sign: government-owned vehicles, emergency and solid waste vehicles, utility crews responding to installations or repairs, vehicles delivering construction or remodeling materials to a job on that street, service trailers actively working a residence, recreational vehicles like motor homes and travel trailers, vehicles owned by City residents commuting to work, and commercial vehicles belonging to a business located between the posted signs.
030(C), based on an engineering and traffic study, and take effect once the signs are physically posted. 020 to mean the R-1 through R-4 single-family districts and the MF-1 and MF-2 multifamily districts on the official zoning map. 120.
Violations & Fines
Driving a commercial vehicle of 10,000 pounds or more gross licensed weight past a posted 'No Trucks' sign, without qualifying for one of the eight exemptions in § 9.30.030(B), is a Class 1 civil infraction under Chapter 7.80 RCW per § 9.30.080. If the operator is not the owner, both can be cited under § 9.30.040.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can a delivery truck use a street posted 'No Trucks'?
Does the truck ban apply to residents' own work vehicles?
What triggers the 10,000-pound threshold?
Who decides which streets get 'No Trucks' signs?
Sources & Official References
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