Yucaipa, CA Parking Rules: Commercial & Oversized Vehicles (2026)

Chapter 10.04 of the Yucaipa Municipal Code targets large commercial vehicles. Section 10.04.010 defines the covered "commercial vehicle" as trucks, tractors, trailers and other commercial vehicles exceeding a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight of ten thousand pounds, or ten feet or more in height, and records the City Council's findings about noise and safety hazards in residential areas.

Section 10.04.020(A) lists the prohibitions. Parking or allowing a truck tractor, motor truck, semi-trailer or combination over 10,000 pounds on any street, highway, alley, public right-of-way or residential property is unlawful, as is letting it remain standing there. A detached trailer, or one not capable of being driven, cannot be parked on any street, highway, alley or public right-of-way. No vehicle ten feet or more in height, including its load, can park within one hundred feet of a street intersection or official traffic control device. A commercial vehicle over 10,000 pounds cannot park on a public way with any part within thirty feet of a driveway opening other than the driver's own, or within fifty feet of another such vehicle.

Subsection B allows parking on designated truck routes for not more than two consecutive hours, while making pickups or deliveries on streets that are not truck routes, and while performing an ongoing service to a property in the same block. Subsection C states the section does not apply in the community industrial land use district.

Section 10.04.030 lets the city planner issue a one-year permit, renewable by application at least ten days before expiration. Nonresident visitor permits last three days, with no more than three in any twelve month period. Section 10.04.040 attaches conditions, including a half-width paved roadway of at least twenty-two feet, written consent for parking within one hundred fifty feet of a dwelling, no idling longer than thirty minutes within any four-hour period, and no refrigeration unit operation between eight p.m. and eight a.m. One truck tractor with trailer is allowed on a residential lot of at least twenty thousand square feet, up to a maximum of three, set back at least five feet from interior property lines and fifteen feet from public rights-of-way, with written consent of adjacent residents. A denied permit can be appealed to the city council within ten calendar days under § 10.04.080.