Large trucks, trailers, and heavy equipment are limited in Winston-Salem residential areas by the front-yard parking rules and the 'storage yard' restriction. Repair and heavy-vehicle storage belong in business or industrial zones. Individual towns add their own size limits.
Winston-Salem does not zone residential neighborhoods for storing oversized or heavy commercial vehicles. Front-yard parking of any vehicle is confined to one improved driveway strip up to ten feet wide, with improved surface capped at 30% of the front yard, which practically limits large trucks and trailers. Two or more untagged vehicles in a residential yard is an illegal 'storage yard,' and repair/storage operations must sit in Business or Industrial zoning with Planning Board and City Council approval. Trailers, RVs, and boats fall under the same front-yard limits. In unincorporated Forsyth County the joint UDO applies; towns like Kernersville and Clemmons set their own rules on box trucks, semis, and equipment in residential districts.
Oversized-vehicle and storage-yard violations are cited by Code Enforcement; vehicles may be tagged and towed after the compliance deadline.
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