Tustin, CA Parking Rules: Commercial & Oversized Vehicles (2026)
Key Facts
- Weight threshold
- 6,000 lbs unladen or more
- Time limit
- 2 consecutive hours citywide
- Exempt vehicles
- Pickups, panel trucks, station wagons, limousines
- Special permit
- Up to 24 hours, Police Department approval
- Enforcing agency
- Tustin Police Department
Summary
In the City of Tustin, no vehicle with an unladen weight of 6,000 pounds or more may stop, stand or park on any public street, highway or alley for more than two consecutive hours. Tustin City Code Section 5340d exempts pickup trucks, panel trucks, station wagons and limousines, and lets the Police Department issue a special 24-hour permit for documented circumstances.
(1)No person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle of an unladen weight of six thousand (6,000) pounds or over on any public street, highway, thoroughfare or alley for a period of more than two (2) consecutive hours in any part of the City except:(a)while loading or unloading property for such time as is reasonably necessary to complete said work; or(b)when such vehicle is parked in connection with, and in aid of, the performance of a service to or on a property in the block in which such vehicle is parked, for a time reasonably necessary to complete such service; provided, however, that there shall be specifically excluded from the provisions of this Section pickup trucks, panel trucks, station wagons and limousines; ... and provided further, however, that upon a showing of special circumstances, the Police Department may grant a special permit for parking for a period not to exceed twenty-four (24) consecutive hours.
Full Breakdown
Tustin City Code Section 5340d, part of the traffic chapter's special-regulations part, applies citywide, including residential streets, to any vehicle weighing 6,000 pounds or more unladen. The default limit is two consecutive hours, but the clock resets for time reasonably necessary to load or unload property, or while the vehicle aids a service being performed on a property in the same block. The Section carves out pickup trucks, panel trucks, station wagons and limousines entirely, regardless of their weight, so ordinary personal vehicles are never swept in.
For contractors and delivery operators who genuinely need more time, the Tustin Police Department may grant a special permit extending parking up to twenty-four consecutive hours upon a showing of special circumstances. The ordinance traces to Ord. No. 370 (1967) and was amended through Ord. No. 1066 in 1991. Enforcement authority to remove an overstaying commercial vehicle rests with any regularly employed Police Department officer or designated employee. Because Section 5340 sets no fine of its own, penalties fall back to the Tustin City Code's citywide general penalty provision.
Violations & Fines
Any commercial vehicle left in violation may be towed by a Tustin Police Department officer or designated employee under Section 5340d(2). Because this Section sets no separate fine, violations default to the Tustin City Code's general penalty schedule in Section 1121: up to $100 for a first infraction, $200 for a second within a year, and $500 for each additional violation, with repeat or willful violators chargeable as a misdemeanor punishable by up to $1,000 or six months in the Orange County jail.
Frequently Asked Questions
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