Wayne County, IN Parking Rules: Commercial & Oversized Vehicles (2026)

Wayne County Code § 156.230 sits among the county's supplemental regulations for residential districts, alongside the corner-lot visibility rule at § 156.229 and the yard-sale limit at § 156.231. It targets heavy commercial vehicles specifically: any moving van, tractor-trailer, or similar vehicle rated at more than one and one-half tons cannot be parked on a street or on residential premises in any R district for a consecutive period of four hours or longer. The rule carves out two situations: the vehicle may sit longer while actively loading or unloading, and it may be parked indefinitely inside a fully enclosed garage or similarly permanent structure.

The section does not set a weight threshold for ordinary personal trucks or SUVs, only vehicles in the moving-van and tractor-trailer class exceeding the 1.5-ton rating, so a homeowner's pickup is not covered by this particular limit. Because the rule sits in the R-district supplemental regulations rather than the general traffic chapter (Chapter 70) or the parking chapter (Chapter 72), it applies specifically to residential zoning districts rather than to commercial or agricultural districts elsewhere in the county. The Wayne County Sheriff's Office and the Zoning Administrator share enforcement responsibility for reported violations.