Alhambra, CA Parking Rules: Oversized Vehicle Parking (2026)

Alhambra controls oversized vehicles through a combination of its overnight-permit size limits and its commercial-vehicle ordinance. Because parking is restricted on all public streets from 2 a.m. to 6 a.m. without a permit, the practical gatekeeper for large vehicles is the permit system itself: the city will not issue a Temporary Overnight Parking Permit to any vehicle exceeding 6,000 pounds in weight, 8 feet in height, 6 feet in width, or 20 feet in length, and non-motorized vehicles and trailers are likewise ineligible. Any vehicle above those dimensions therefore cannot lawfully remain on the street overnight, with the narrow exception of a qualifying RV's $15 three-day loading/unloading permit (limited to two per month). Separately, Municipal Code Section 11.28.132 defines a 'heavy-duty commercial vehicle' as one with more than two axles, 20 feet or more in length, or 6 feet 8 inches or more in width, including dump trucks, moving vans, tractors, dollies, and trailers, and restricts where such vehicles may park in residential districts; house trailers and motor homes are excluded from that particular definition. The citywide 72-hour rule under Section 11.28.130 also bars storing any vehicle, oversized or not, on a street or alley for 72 or more consecutive hours. Together these provisions give Alhambra a notably strict regime for oversized vehicles compared with the baseline California Vehicle Code, which does not impose a general overnight or size-based street ban.