Baltimore County zoning bars commercial vehicles over 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight from being parked on residential lots beyond immediate use, and county code prohibits parking commercial vehicles on public roads in residential zones.
BCZR Section 431 sets the oversized-vehicle limit: a commercial vehicle exceeding 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight or gross combination weight may not be parked on a residential lot for a period exceeding the time essential to the immediate use of the vehicle. Vehicles at or under that weight are treated as the single permitted commercial vehicle if the owner resides on the lot and placement rules are met. On public streets, Baltimore County Code Section 18-2-206 prohibits parking or standing a commercial vehicle on any public road within a residential zone unless essential to the immediate use of the vehicle. There is no separate recreational-vehicle weight cap beyond the one-RV limit in Section 415A.
Zoning violations enforced by Permits, Approvals and Inspections; Section 18-2-206 violations are misdemeanors subject to citation.
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