Parking Rules in Columbia, MO (2026)

Columbia Code of Ordinances § 6-72 (IPMC § 302.8, as amended)

302.8 Motor and non-motorized vehicles. Except as provided for in other regulations, no inoperative or unlicensed motor vehicle shall be parked, kept or stored on any premises. No licensed or unlicensed utility trailers, boat trailers with or without a boat, motorized or pull type camping trailers or any similar type vehicles shall be parked, kept or stored on an unapproved surface on any premi...

Columbia Code of Ordinances § 29-4.1(c)(2), Table 4.1-5

Driveways Single- and Two-Family Residential Up to a 2-car garage Permitted to a maximum width of 20 ft. in any front, rear, side, or corner side yard 3-car garage Permitted to a maximum width of 28 ft. in any front, rear, side, or corner side yard Shared duplex driveway Permitted to a maximum width of 36 ft. Single- and two-family residential driveways shall maintain a setback of 5 ft. from th...

Columbia, Missouri Code of Ordinances § 14-302

When signs are placed, erected or installed in each block giving notice thereof, no person shall park any truck having a capacity in excess of one (1) ton net weight upon and on the following designated streets: Loch Lane, both sides. Pannell Street, both sides, between Business Loop 70 and Smith Street. Parker Street... Rockhill Road... White Gate Drive, north side...

Columbia Code of Ordinances § 14-286(a)(2)

Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic, or in compliance with law or the directions of a police officer or official traffic control device, no person shall... (2) Stand or park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except momentarily to pick up or discharge a passenger or passengers: a. In front of a public or private driveway. b. Within fifteen (15) feet of a fire hydrant. c....

Columbia Code of Ordinances § 14-546

No person owning or having care or custody of any motor vehicle, trailer or all-terrain vehicle shall abandon the same on any street, alley or public place, nor shall such person leave the same standing thereon for longer than twenty-four (24) hours.

Columbia Code of Ordinances § 11-263(a)

The presence upon any private property within the city of an unlicensed, dismantled, inoperable or junk-filled vehicle is declared to be a public safety hazard and a nuisance.(b)The declaration of nuisance in this section shall not apply to:(1)Any property that is the site of a lawful motor vehicle sales or service business, a lawful towing or storage facility or a lawful junkyard;(2)Any vehicl...

Columbia Code of Ordinances § 14-353

No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle for any purpose or length of time other than for the expeditious unloading and loading of property or persons in any place marked as a curb loading zone during hours when the provisions applicable to such zones are in effect.

Columbia Code of Ordinances § 14-313(b)(1)

(b) Residential parking district established. The following parking district is hereby established: (1) North Village Parking District. North Village Parking District shall consist of all residential structures located on Park Avenue with even number addresses from 1110 through 1204, on St. James Street with odd number addresses from 307 through 309, on St. Joseph Street from Park Avenue to Ash...

Columbia Code of Ordinances § 14-304(a)-(b)

(a) When signs are placed, erected or installed giving notice thereof, no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle upon any of the streets or places hereinafter set forth: ... Any roadway signed as a snow route when there is two (2) inches or more of snow on the roadway. (b) Vehicles in violation of this section shall be towed.