Suffolk limits trucks, trailers, semitrailers, and commercial buses to one hour on residential streets unless actively loading, and bans them from any street between midnight and 6 a.m. for more than one hour.
City Code Sec. 86-117 makes it unlawful to park a truck, trailer, semitrailer, or commercial bus on residential-district streets or alleys for longer than one hour unless it is loading or unloading there. Sec. 86-116 separately bars parking any such vehicle on any city street between midnight and 6 a.m. for more than one continuous hour. These limits target overnight and long-term storage of large commercial vehicles in neighborhoods. Suffolk is a Dillon's Rule city, so the restrictions rest on express state authority to regulate street parking under VA Code Sec. 46.2-1220 and related sections.
Parking a commercial vehicle over the limits is a waivable $15 penalty under Sec. 86-119, becoming a fine up to $50 if unpaid within five days; obstructing or repeat-offending vehicles may be towed at the owner's cost.
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