Parking Rules in Salinas, CA (2026)

Salinas, CA, Municipal Code Sec. 37-50.190(c), (d); Table 37-50.60

(d)Additional Parking and Storage Regulations.(1)Temporary parking or storage is allowed and shall be limited to twenty-four hours in a seven-day period....(4)Temporary parking or storage on any front yard or corner side yard is allowed provided such temporary parking or storage complies with all of the following:(A)Recreational vehicle parking or storage shall be limited to forty-eight hours i...

Salinas, CA, Municipal Code Sec. 37-50.350(k), (l); Table 37-50.150

(k)Paving. Any area used for the parking, loading, maneuvering, storage, dismantling, wrecking, salvage, or sale of vehicles, recreational vehicles, or machinery shall be surfaced and maintained with asphaltic, concrete, or other permanent surfacing material sufficient to prevent mud, dust, and loose material from escaping the paved areas; and to control hazardous substances or wastes from affe...

Salinas, CA, Municipal Code Sec. 20-100.1 (Commercial Vehicles, Parking Restrictions in Residential Districts)

(a)No person shall park a commercial vehicle having a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of ten thousand pounds or more, upon any street or portion thereof, in any residential district, except for making pickups or deliveries of goods, wares, and merchandise from or to any building or structure located on the restricted streets, or for the purpose of delivering materials to be used in t...

Cal. Veh. Code Sec. 22651(b), (d), (r) (Authority to Remove Vehicles)

A peace officer... or a regularly employed and salaried employee who is engaged in directing traffic or enforcing parking laws and regulations of a city... may remove a vehicle located within the territorial limits in which the officer or employee may act, under the following circumstances: ... (b) If a vehicle is parked or left standing upon a highway in a position so as to obstruct the normal...

Salinas, CA, Municipal Code Sec. 20-06.04 (Use of streets for storage of vehicles prohibited; removal)

Sec. 20-06.04. - Use of streets for storage of vehicles prohibited; removal. (a) No person who owns or has possession, custody, or control of any vehicle shall park such vehicle upon any street or alley for more than a consecutive period of seventy-two hours. (b) In the event a vehicle is parked or left standing upon a street in excess of a consecutive period of seventy-two hours, any member of...

Cal. AB 1236 (Streamlined Permitting for Electric Vehicle Charging Stations — Gov. Code Sec. 65850.7)

The bill would require a city, county, or city and county to approve an application for the installation of electric vehicle charging stations, as defined, through the issuance of specified permits unless the city or county makes specified written findings based upon substantial evidence in the record that the proposed installation would have a specific, adverse impact upon the public health or...

Salinas, CA, Municipal Code Sec. 20-126 (Declared Nuisance), Article XI

The accumulation and storage of abandoned, wrecked, dismantled or inoperative vehicles or parts thereof on private or public property not including highways is hereby found to create a condition tending to reduce the value of private property, to promote blight and deterioration, to invite plundering, to create fire hazards, to constitute an attractive nuisance creating a hazard to the health a...

Salinas, CA, Municipal Code Sec. 20-06.18 (Establishment of parking zones)

The City Engineer is authorized to place, and maintain parking signs and curb markings to indicate parking or standing regulations, and the curb markings have the meanings as herein set forth:(1)Red shall mean no stopping, standing, or parking at any time except as permitted by Section 21458 of the Vehicle Code... (2)Yellow shall mean no stopping, standing, or parking at any time between 7:00 a...

Salinas, CA, Municipal Code Sec. 20-06.20 (Use of loading zones); Sec. 20-06.19(a) (Effect of establishment of zones)

Sec. 20-06.20. - Use of loading zones. No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle in any yellow loading zone for any purpose other than loading or unloading passengers or materials for such time as is permitted in Section 20-06.18. ... Sec. 20-06.19(a): Permission herein granted to stop or stand a vehicle for purposes of loading or unloading of materials shall apply only to commercial vehic...

Salinas, CA, Municipal Code Sec. 20-216 (Designation of preferential parking districts; dissolution of preferential parking districts)

A preferential parking district shall be created only where the city council has found that unrestricted parking creates a situation in which the streets cannot be used for parking by the residents or their guests and that such unrestricted parking substantially and unreasonably, regularly interferes with the use of eighty-five percent of the available public street parking, is the source of un...