Parking Rules in Santa Cruz, CA (2026)

Santa Cruz Municipal Code §10.40.120(a)

No person shall stop, stand, park, or leave standing any oversized vehicle on any public highway, street, alley, or city parking lot at any time between the hours of midnight and 5:00 a.m. unless explicitly permitted by subsection (g).

Santa Cruz Municipal Code §6.28.010

The accumulation and storage of abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or inoperative vehicles or parts thereof on private or public property, not including highways, is found to create a condition tending to reduce the value of private property, to promote blight and deterioration... Therefore the presence of an abandoned, wrecked, dismantled or inoperative vehicle or part thereof, on private or publ...

Santa Cruz Municipal Code §10.40.115

No person shall park or leave standing any commercial vehicle having a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of ten thousand pounds or more in any residential district in the city of Santa Cruz.

Santa Cruz Municipal Code §10.40.050(a)

No person who owns or has possession, custody or control of any vehicle shall park such vehicle upon any street or any alley for more than a consecutive period of seventy-two hours.