South Carolina county bans tractor trailer parking in residential areas

Officials in Orangeburg County, South Carolina, recently passed an ordinance prohibiting drivers from parking commercial trucks in neighborhoods.

In late April 2025, the Orangeburg County Council passed an ordinance to prohibit truck parking in residential areas after receiving complaints from residents.

The ordinance prohibits parking vehicles “used for commercial purposes” in a residential district within the unincorporated boundaries of Orangeburg County for more than an hour. In all residential, single-family districts, any vehicle over two tons used for commercial, construction, or industrial purposes is prohibited from parking unless the vehicle is “actively involved in its intended purpose.”

Officials say that the residential truck parking ban was enacted for the following purposes:

1. To protect children from an unnecessarily high potential of being subject to injuries caused by visual blind spots.
2. To protect property values and the character of property within residential areas.
3. To minimize physical damage to publicly maintained rights of way.
4. To reduce parking congestion
5. To eliminate the visual blight created by large commercial vehicles being indiscriminately parked in residential areas

WLTX reports that violations of the ordinance could result in a $500 fine.