Parking Rules in Alameda County, CA (2026)

California Vehicle Code § 22651(k), (n)

(k) If a vehicle is parked or left standing upon a highway for 72 or more consecutive hours in violation of a local ordinance authorizing removal. ... (n) Whenever a vehicle is parked or left standing where local authorities, by resolution or ordinance, have prohibited parking and have authorized the removal of vehicles. Except as provided in subdivisions (v) and (w), a vehicle shall not be rem...

Alameda County Code § 17.52.130

Either of the following specified acts shall constitute an unauthorized commercial use of land in any residential district and is a violation of this title: A. The parking in any residential district or upon any street adjacent thereto for a period of time greater than two hours in any twenty-four (24) hour period of any commercial vehicle, commercial truck and/or commercial trailer having a ma...

Alameda County Code § 10.04.110

No person shall stop, park, or leave standing any vehicle whether attended or unattended in front of a public or private driveway, except that a bus engaged as a common carrier, school bus, or a taxicab may stop to load or unload passengers.

California Vehicle Code § 22651(k)–(l)

(k) If a vehicle is parked or left standing upon a highway for 72 or more consecutive hours in violation of a local ordinance authorizing removal. (l) If a vehicle is illegally parked on a highway in violation of a local ordinance forbidding standing or parking and the use of a highway, or a portion thereof, is necessary for the cleaning, repair, or construction of the highway... and signs givi...

California Civil Code § 4745(a)

(a) Any covenant, restriction, or condition contained in any deed, contract, security instrument, or other instrument affecting the transfer or sale of any interest in a common interest development, and any provision of a governing document... that either effectively prohibits or unreasonably restricts the installation or use of an electric vehicle charging station within an owner's unit or in ...

California Vehicle Code § 22651(a)–(b)

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, county, or jurisdiction of a state agency in which a vehicle is located may remove a vehicle located within the territorial limits in which the officer or employee may act, under the following circumstances: (a) If a vehicle is left unattended...

Alameda County Code § 6.60.050(B)(7)

7.Loading and Unloading. Loading, unloading, opening, closing or other handling of boxes, crates, containers, building materials, garbage cans, or similar objects between the hours of nine p.m. and six a.m. in such a manner as to cause a noise disturbance across a residential real property line or at any time to violate the provisions of Section 6.60.040.

Alameda County Code § 12.30.040(A)(2)

The proposed residential permit parking areas shall include at least six adjacent block fronts and at least eighty (80) percent of the block fronts must be residentially zoned, and at a minimum, seventy-five (75) percent of all on-street parking spaces within the proposed area must be occupied during any two one-hour periods between eight a.m. and six p.m.