Baldwin Park, CA Parking Rules: Curb Color Rules (2026)

36, Curb Markings to Indicate Stopping and Parking Regulations, authorizes and requires the Director of Public Works to place curb markings with fixed legal meanings. A red curb means no stopping, standing or parking at any time except as the Vehicle Code permits, with a specific carve-out letting a bus stop in a red zone that is marked or signed as a bus zone. any day except Sundays and holidays for any purpose other than loading or unloading passengers or materials, and even that use is capped: passenger loading may not exceed three minutes, material loading may not exceed 20 minutes.

window, with two exceptions that make it stricter rather than looser: in front of a hotel or a mail box the restriction runs at all times, and in front of a theater it runs at all times except when the theater is closed. 020 under Ordinance 845. Subsection (B) makes it unlawful to stop, stand or park adjacent to any legible curb marking placed under this authority in violation of its terms, once the Director of Public Works has caused the marking to be placed.