10 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Shasta County, California.
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Unincorporated Shasta County has no dedicated ordinance limiting how long an RV, trailer, or boat may sit on a public road. Street use is governed by the California Vehicle Code, while keeping these vehicles on your own lot is constrained only by the County's general zoning yard and off-street parking rules.
Cal. Veh. Code section 22669(d)
Motor vehicles which are parked, resting, or otherwise immobilized on any highway or public right-of-way and which lack an engine, transmission, wheels, tires, doors, windshield, or any other part or equipment necessary to operate safely on the highways of this state, are hereby declared a hazard to public health, safety, and welfare and may be removed immediately upon discovery by a peace offi...
Blocking a driveway on any unincorporated Shasta County road is prohibited by the California Vehicle Code. On private lots, the County's zoning code keeps residential off-street parking out of required front and street-side yards and requires improved, maintained parking areas.
Shasta County's code does not impose a blanket ban on parking commercial trucks on residential roads in the unincorporated area. Any commercial-vehicle street restriction must come from the California Vehicle Code with posted signs, while on private property the County's off-street parking and loading rules in Chapter 17.86 apply.
Cal. Veh. Code section 22507.5(a)
Notwithstanding Section 22507, local authorities may, by ordinance or resolution, prohibit or restrict the parking or standing of vehicles on certain streets or highways, or portions thereof, between the hours of 2 a.m. and 6 a.m., and may, by ordinance or resolution, prohibit or restrict the parking or standing, on a street or highway, of commercial vehicles having a manufacturer's gross vehic...
Unincorporated Shasta County does not have a comprehensive residential street-parking ordinance. On county-maintained roads, where and how you may stop or park is set by the California Vehicle Code, while the County's own Chapter 10.02 parking rules apply only to the Administration Center parking structure in Redding.
Cal. Veh. Code section 22507.5(a)
Notwithstanding Section 22507, local authorities may, by ordinance or resolution, prohibit or restrict the parking or standing of vehicles on certain streets or highways, or portions thereof, between the hours of 2 a.m. and 6 a.m., and may, by ordinance or resolution, prohibit or restrict the parking or standing, on a street or highway, of commercial vehicles having a manufacturer's gross vehic...
Unincorporated Shasta County has no general ordinance banning overnight parking on residential streets. The only overnight rule in the county code is a midnight-to-5 a.m. restriction inside the County Administration Center parking structure. Elsewhere, the California Vehicle Code applies.
Cal. Veh. Code section 22523(a)-(c)
(a) No person shall abandon a vehicle upon any highway. (b) No person shall abandon a vehicle upon public or private property without the express or implied consent of the owner or person in lawful possession or control of the property. (c) A person convicted of a violation of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100), upon proof that the costs of remo...
Shasta County zoning Code Section 17.86.145, added by Ordinance No. 2026-01, addresses how off-street parking spaces fitted with electric-vehicle charging stations are counted and dimensioned. The county relies on the statewide streamlined EV-permitting law for installation approvals.
Shasta County Code Chapter 10.04 declares abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or inoperative vehicles on public or private property a public nuisance. A vehicle left on a highway for 120 or more consecutive hours is 'abandoned.' The Sheriff administers abatement, with a 10-day notice, hearing rights, and cost recovery against the property.
Cal. Veh. Code section 22669(a)
(a) Any peace officer, or any other employee of the state, county, or city designated by an agency or department of the state or the board of supervisors or city council of the county or city in whose jurisdiction the vehicle is located to perform this function, in the territorial limits in which the officer or employee is authorized to act, who has reasonable grounds to believe that the vehicl...
Painted curb colors on unincorporated Shasta County roads carry the meanings fixed by California Vehicle Code Section 21458 - red, yellow, white, green, and blue. The county does not authorize residents to paint or stencil curbs; curb markings are an official traffic-control function placed only by the road authority.
Shasta County zoning Code Section 17.86.120 requires qualifying commercial, industrial, and institutional buildings to provide off-street loading space and sets dimension and setback standards. On public roads, yellow and white curb markings designating loading are defined by the California Vehicle Code.
Unincorporated Shasta County has no special ordinance restricting oversized vehicles such as motorhomes, large trucks, or trailers on residential streets. The California Vehicle Code controls; the county may restrict oversized parking only on signed roads, and oversized vehicles left too long can be abated as abandoned.
1 cities in Shasta County have their own parking rules rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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