Littleton, CO Mobility & Curb Rules: Bike Lane Rules (2026)

City Code section 6-6-5, in title 6, chapter 6, the vehicle impoundment chapter, lists the parked vehicles Littleton treats as an abandoned-vehicle public tow. Subsection (A) covers any motor vehicle, attended or unattended, standing or parked on a street, highway right-of-way, sidewalk or designated bike lane in a way that obstructs vehicular traffic, pedestrian traffic or proper maintenance. An officer who finds a vehicle obstructing a bike lane this way can both issue a citation for the parking violation and order the vehicle towed to clear the obstruction; the code says towing is authorized 'in addition to' the citation, not instead of it.

The same section separately bans parking in any designated tow-away zone (subsection B), reaches a vehicle whose owner has piled up more than two unpaid parking citations in 12 months (subsection C), and reaches a vehicle whose arrested driver needs it safeguarded or that poses a safety hazard where it sits (subsection D). Before a towed vehicle's owner can get it back, City section 6-6-3 gives them the right to demand a hearing before a hearing officer, where the City carries the burden of proving there was probable cause to impound; a no-probable-cause finding shifts the towing and storage fees back to the City.