Richland, WA Mobility & Curb Rules: Bike Lane Rules (2026)

Richland Municipal Code § 11.40.055 bans parking in any bicycle lane marked with bike lane markings or signs, stating that the prohibition holds "whether posted as 'No Parking' or not." That wording sets § 11.40.055 apart from most of Chapter 11.40's other parking schedules, which only take effect once the city has erected a specific regulatory sign under the general sign authority in RMC § 11.30.030; a striped or marked bicycle lane in Richland is restricted on its own, without a separate posting required. The section sits inside Chapter 11.40, Schedules of Designated Streets Referred to in Ordinance, alongside Schedule III (no parking at all times) and Schedule IV (time-limited and special-purpose zones such as loading zones), and it was adopted by Ordinance 31-19 § 1.

The Richland Police Department enforces the rule and can ticket any vehicle stopped, standing or parked with any portion of it inside a marked bike lane on a city street. Because the rule reaches every bicycle lane rather than a listed set of block-by-block locations, it applies citywide wherever the city has installed pavement markings or posted bike lane signage, unlike the block-specific loading zones and time-limited spaces catalogued street-by-street in Schedule IV.