Oversized vehicles, large trucks, buses, and heavy trailers are regulated in unincorporated Buncombe County through zoning district use standards, not a size-based parking ban. There is no county on-street size limit; state roads follow NCDOT. An inoperable oversized vehicle can be abated as junked.
Buncombe County has no ordinance capping the size of a vehicle you may park at a residence. Instead, the Zoning Ordinance (Chapter 78) controls it indirectly: keeping a large truck, bus, box trailer, or heavy equipment at a home is a use that must fit the zoning district, with residential districts more restrictive than open-use or commercial. A large RV is separately addressed in Sec. 78-664, which lets a disconnected, road-ready trailer sit as a parked vehicle but caps dwelling use at 180 days. On public roads, oversized and over-dimension vehicles follow NCDOT size, weight, and oversize-load permit rules under NC Chapter 20. An inoperable oversized vehicle can be abated as junked under G.S. 153A-132. Town residents follow municipal limits.
Storing an oversized vehicle contrary to zoning is a zoning violation enforced by Buncombe County Planning & Development; oversize movements on roads without an NCDOT permit are enforced under NC Chapter 20; junked oversized vehicles are abated under G.S. 153A-132.
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