West Palm Beach, FL Parking Rules: Commercial & Oversized Vehicles (2026)

A 'commercial motor vehicle' under § 94-487(a)(4) is any vehicle over 26,000 pounds gross weight, with three or more axles regardless of weight, or in a combination exceeding 26,000 pounds; a 'commercial truck' under (a)(5) is anything over 10,000 pounds designed to carry goods or pull a trailer. Both fall inside the 'prohibited vehicle' definition in § 94-487(a)(8), alongside mobile homes, buses, dump trucks, truck tractors, and heavy equipment like front-end loaders and bulldozers. A lighter 'truck' under 10,000 pounds is instead a 'restricted vehicle' if it exceeds 8,000 pounds or stands taller than seven feet, per § 94-487(a)(9)(c), and restricted vehicles may be kept in a residential district only if owned by the resident, unoccupied while parked, free of major repair work such as engine, transmission or exhaust repairs, currently registered, and parked in the most preferred available location, garage or carport first, then rear setback, then side setback behind the front building line, under § 94-487(b)(3)-(4).

Restricted vehicles must also be screened from neighboring view and, on a front yard or setback, sit on a smooth nondusting surface such as concrete, pavers or asphalt, § 94-487(b)(5)-(6). Delivery, repair and service vehicles working at a residence get an eight-hour-per-24-hour carve-out under § 94-487(b)(7). An owner denied a spot for a restricted vehicle can seek a waiver from the zoning board of appeals under § 94-487(c) by showing the property's size, shape or landscaping makes the planning administrator's decision unreasonable.