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Glenarden adopts ordinance limiting commercial vehicles on city streets to 8,500 pounds
Summary
After hours of debate about aesthetics, safety and local authority, the Glenarden City Council amended and approved Ordinance O‑4‑2025 to prohibit commercial vehicles over 8,500 pounds from parking on city streets and require most work vehicles to be parked in driveways.
The Glenarden City Council on Jan. 21 adopted Ordinance O‑4‑2025, a measure that regulates parking for work vehicles and bans commercial vehicles over 8,500 pounds from parking on city streets in residential neighborhoods.
Council members amended the ordinance during discussion to change several references from a 10,000‑pound threshold to 8,500 pounds so the city's rule would line up with Prince George's County zoning restrictions. "The county code mandates that nothing over 8,500 pounds be parked in a residential neighborhood," the council noted during roll call discussion.
The ordinance…
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