Yakima, WA Parking Rules: Commercial & Oversized Vehicles (2026)
Key Facts
- Length threshold
- Over 20 feet
- Time limit
- 1 continuous hour
- Exception
- Active, expeditious loading/unloading only
- Applies to
- Residential districts only
- Default penalty
- Up to $500 / 90 days, general Title 9
Summary
Yakima caps how long a large truck can sit on a residential street: YMC § 9.50.100 bars parking any vehicle over 20 feet long in a residential district for more than one continuous hour, except while it's actively being loaded or unloaded.
§ 9.50.100. Truck parking in residence districts restricted. No vehicle exceeding in length twenty feet shall be parked on any street in any residential district for a period exceeding one hour continuous time, except for the expeditious loading or unloading of articles or materials.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4980636; v1 updated 2026-08-03; through 08-03-2026).
Full Breakdown
085) and just before the methods-of-parking rules governing angle parking. " The 20-foot threshold sweeps in most box trucks, moving vans, larger RVs and tractor-trailer combinations, while ordinary passenger cars, pickups and most SUVs fall well under the line and are unaffected. The only carve-out is active loading or unloading, and the code calls for it to be "expeditious," so a truck idling at the curb for hours under the pretext of unloading isn't protected. 140 requires three feet of clearance from other parked vehicles.
030, which lists flat $20 penalties for other listed sections (alley parking, motorcycle stalls, city-lot permits); a truck-parking violation instead falls under that section's default penalty for any unlisted Title 9 violation.
Violations & Fines
Because § 9.50.100 isn't one of the flat-fee violations itemized in YMC § 9.60.030's parking-infraction table, an oversized-truck violation defaults to that section's general Title 9 penalty: a fine of up to $500, up to 90 days in jail, or both, for anyone convicted of violating any provision of the traffic title. Officers ticket under the same parking-infraction-notice procedure in YMC § 9.60.040, which adds a $5 late penalty if unpaid within seven days and $15 if unpaid after 30 days.
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