The Lake County UDO restricts storing oversized and heavy vehicles at homes: parking trucks or tractors with dual rear wheels or more than two axles, semi-trailer tractors and semi-trailers, or trailers over 12 feet long in a district that doesn't permit them is a civil zoning violation in unincorporated Lake
Section 154-20-040.E prohibits storing, in any district not specifically permitting it, vehicles designed for pulling, towing, hauling, or transporting, or used as a base for equipment or materials — a list that captures oversized rigs: buses, stake-body trucks, dump trucks, trucks/tractors with dual rear wheels or more than two axles, semi-tractors, semi-trailers, and trailers with more than one axle or over 12 feet long. Because these uses are not permitted in residential (R) districts, keeping such an oversized vehicle at a home in unincorporated Lake County violates the ordinance. The rule targets storage/parking, not brief loading. Municipal codes contain their own size limits.
Civil zoning citation after 15-day cure notice; each day a separate offense; fines up to $2,500 first / $7,500 subsequent (IC 36-1-3-8).
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