Permitted commercial vehicles (factory-stock vehicles with commercial lettering) must be parked on the resident’s driveway. Altered vehicles (pick-up trucks with the stock bed removed), box trucks, tractor-trailers, dump trucks, buses, tow trucks, dump trailers, enclosed trailers with commercial lettering are prohibited commercial vehicles and are not permitted in a residential area at any time unless actively performing work on a property.

(a) Commercial vehicles in commercial zones.

(1) It shall be unlawful to park any commercial vehicle in any commercial zone of the city (or any commercial portion of a PUD zone) unless said vehicle is an accessory use to a bona fide commercial use presently existing on the same site or plot within the zone where said vehicle is parked. Parking for customers and individuals doing business with an establishment for which parking is provided shall constitute an accessory use under this provision, and therefore shall not be prohibited.

(2) It shall be unlawful to park any bus, truck tractor or utility trailer overnight, in any area, including the public rights-of-way and private property, in any commercial zone of the city or commercial portion of a PUD zone, except as provided in subsection (a)(1) or (a)(4).

(3) Any property owner shall be deemed in violation of subsection (a) if a vehicle as above provided has been parked or is standing on the property owned by him/her overnight.

(4) This subsection shall not apply to any vehicles parked in garages, service stations, repair shops, motel parking lots, storage and parking areas of public utility facilities when vehicles are being repaired, sold, rented or otherwise used for a purpose of the preceding businesses.

(b) Commercial vehicles in industrial zones. The parking of commercial vehicles on industrial zoned properties shall comply with all provisions of appendix A, Zoning, articles XXIV and XXV, and section 3.10.1.

(c) Commercial vehicles in zones other than commercial and industrial.

(1) [Prohibited acts.] It shall be unlawful to park or stand any commercial vehicle at any time, in any area, including the public streets and rights-of-way and private property, within the city that is zoned other than commercial or industrial. The parking of such commercial vehicles in an unauthorized zoning district is hereby declared to be a public nuisance. Any property owner shall be deemed in violation of this subsection if a commercial vehicle has been parked or is standing on the property owned by him/her.

(2) Permissive parking. Notwithstanding the prohibition in the preceding paragraph, there may be parked in any district which is zoned R-1, R-1A-D, R-2, R-3, R-3A, R-3U, T-1, PRC, residential portions of a PUD district, or TOC-CC, TOC-G, and TOC-C properties that are one hundred (100) per cent residential, on a plot improved with a permitted structure, the following commercial vehicles:

a.Standard sedans, coupes, and other automobiles designed by the manufacturer primarily for noncommercial uses;

b. Station wagons or similar type of motor vehicle;

c. Minivans, sport utility vehicles, and vans designed by the manufacturer primarily for noncommercial uses; or

d. Pickup truck;

e. Limousines, subject to the following:

i. Only one (1) limousine shall be allowed per residence which is owned either by the property owner or resident, or by his/her employer;

ii. There shall still continue to be room on the property for the parking of two (2) additional vehicles as provided under the City Code in addition to any limousine parked on the property.

(3) No vehicles permitted above shall have more than two (2) axles.

(4) No vehicle permitted above shall be greater than twenty-three (23) feet in length nor greater than nine and two-tenths (9.2) feet in height above ground or the surface on which it is situated.

(5) No vehicle permitted above may be parked on any public right-of-way, lawn, or yard, and shall only be parked on a driveway, or an area constructed and permitted by the building department of the city for the parking of vehicles.

(d) Exemptions. There shall be excepted from subsections (a) through (c) above:

(1) Any emergency vehicle or vehicle necessary for service by any public utility.

(2) Commercial vehicles necessary for service to any individual or structure during the time said service is actually being performed.

(3) Any commercial vehicle of any size which is parked in a wholly enclosed garage or structure where no portion or part of said commercial vehicle is visible or protruding from said structure.

(           e) Violations. The following shall be liable for any violations of this section:

(1) Any person, association or corporation listed on the title certificate or other record of ownership of any commercial vehicle or agricultural, construction or industrial equipment contained therein;

(2) Any person, association or corporation which is the owner of the real property upon which the commercial vehicle is found, according to the latest ad valorem tax record of Broward County;

(3) Any person, association or corporation provided as a tenant under any rental agreement or any person, association or corporation which is in possession and control of rental property upon which a vehicle is found.