Parking Rules in Glenn County, CA (2026)
6 rules for unincorporated Glenn County, California.
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Driveway Rules
In unincorporated Glenn County, a two-way driveway serving a new building or major alteration must be at least eighteen feet wide, and any driveway, one-way or two-way, must measure at least ten feet under Code Section 15.61.050. Small lots catch a break: a parking lot or addition serving ten vehicles or fewer is exempt from the chapter's paving and landscaping requirements.
Glenn County Driveway Width Standards
Some RestrictionsGlenn County Code § 15.61.050
The minimum width of a driveway for two-way traffic shall be eighteen feet; The minimum width of any driveway shall be ten feet; Exception. Any parking lot or parking lot addition designed to serve ten or less vehicles shall be exempt from the paving and landscaping requirement.
Commercial & Oversized Vehicles
Glenn County bars parking of any commercial vehicle rated over 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight on a county road fronting residentially zoned property inside the Orland or Willows Spheres of Influence. Glenn County Code Section 11.09.040, adopted under Vehicle Code Section 22507.5, targets big rigs parked in residential neighborhoods near the county's two cities.
Glenn County Commercial Vehicle Parking Limit
Significant RestrictionsGlenn County Code § 11.09.040
No commercial vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating exceeding 10,000 pounds may be parked on any County Road, or portion thereof, within or on the frontage of any residentially zoned property in the unincorporated areas within the Spheres of Influence for the City of Orland or the City of Willows. (California Vehicle Code Section 22507.5)
Street Parking Limits
Glenn County's Board of Supervisors controls on-street parking under Vehicle Code Section 22507 authority codified at Glenn County Code Section 11.08.005: any county roadway can be posted, by resolution, as no-parking or restricted-parking, and the restriction only takes legal effect once signs or curb markings go up.
Glenn County On-Street Parking Restrictions
Some RestrictionsGlenn County Code § 11.08.005
In accordance with section 22507 of the Vehicle Code of the State of California the Board of Supervisors may determine the necessity of prohibiting or restricting parking or standing of vehicles on certain portions of County roadways. The portions of County roadways for which standing or parking is prohibited or restricted shall be established by resolution. The provisions of this section shall...
EV Charging
Installing an electric vehicle charging station in unincorporated Glenn County goes through a streamlined process: Glenn County Code § 15.265.030 requires the building official to run an expedited administrative permit review against a published checklist, consistent with Government Code § 65850.7, instead of the standard discretionary review other structures face.
Glenn County EV Charging Station Permits
Light RestrictionsGlenn County Code § 15.265.030
Consistent with Government Code section 65850.7, the building official shall implement an expedited administrative permit review process for electric vehicle charging stations and adopt a checklist of all requirements with which electric vehicle charging stations shall comply in order to be eligible for expedited review. The expedited administrative permit review process and checklist may refer...
Abandoned Vehicles
An abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or inoperative vehicle left on a highway or right-of-way for 72 or more consecutive hours is unlawful in unincorporated Glenn County. Glenn County Code Section 11.20.085 also says moving the vehicle less than 300 feet does not restart the clock or count as removal.
Glenn County Abandoned Vehicle 72-Hour Rule
Significant RestrictionsGlenn County Code § 11.20.085
It is unlawful and an infraction for any person to abandon, store, leave, or permit the abandonment, storing, or leaving of any licensed or unlicensed vehicle or parts thereof which is abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or inoperative upon any private property or public property, including highways, within the unincorporated area of the county for a period in excess of seventy-two (72) consecutive...
Loading Zones
Glenn County's only codified loading zone sits on Broadway in the unincorporated community of Hamilton City. Glenn County Code Section 11.12.010 limits the forty-foot-wide strip to loading and unloading passengers or freight, and only between 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.
Glenn County Hamilton City Loading Zone
Some RestrictionsGlenn County Code § 11.12.010
In Hamilton City: A loading zone forty feet in width within the right-of-way of Broadway, adjoining the westerly right-of-way line of Broadway, and extending four hundred feet southerly from the southwesterly corner of the intersection of Broadway and Sixth Street. The zone so established shall be used only for the purpose of loading or unloading of passengers or freight between the hours of si...
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