Anchorage, AK Parking Rules: Curb Color Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- AMC 9.30.030(A)(10)
- Rule
- No stopping at red painted curb
- Exception
- Municipal transit buses at bus stops
- Related color
- Yellow curb also parking-restricted
Summary
Anchorage bans stopping or parking next to any red painted curb, with a narrow carve-out for municipal transit buses at designated stops.
At any place immediately adjacent to a red painted curb except municipal transit buses and municipal transit support vehicles at designed municipal transit bus stops.
11. Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant or within 15 feet of a fire safety sprinkler, standpipe or other fire protection system control valve, whether such valve is mounted on a building or the ground.
12. Within a fire lane designated as such by posted signs.
13. In the middle of a cul-de-sac.
14. In a designated bicycle lane.
B. Park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading merchandise or passengers:
1. In front of a public or private driveway.
2. Within 20 feet of a marked crosswalk not located within a designated school zone.
3. Within 20 feet from the point of tangent of curb return at any intersection.
4. Within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing.
5. Within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station.
6. At any place where official signs prohibit parking, with the exception of fire lanes and handicapped parking areas.
7. At any place immediately adjacent to a yellow painted curb.
8. Within ten feet of a curbside mail box.
9. Within ten feet of an alley entrance.
C. No person may move a vehicle not lawfully under the person's control into any such prohibited area or away from a curb such distance as is unlawful.
D.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 5010260; v11 updated 2026-09-01).
Full Breakdown
Anchorage Municipal Code 9.30.030 lists the places drivers may not stop, stand, or park. Red painted curbs are on that list: no vehicle may stop immediately adjacent to one, except municipal transit buses and transit support vehicles at designated bus stops. The same section separately bans parking next to yellow painted curbs, so red and yellow carry different, code-defined meanings on Anchorage streets.
Violations & Fines
Vehicles stopped next to a red curb are subject to towing and citation under the municipality's general stopping, standing and parking enforcement provisions (AMC Title 9, Chapter 9.30).
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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