Boulder County controls parking through official signs, painted areas, and other parking control devices. Only the County Engineer may authorize their placement, and you must obey them even where more restrictive than a posted sign implies.
Ordinance 2024-1 defines a Parking Control Device as any sign, painted area, marking, or designation placed by the county to regulate or prohibit parking, and a Traffic Control Device likewise for markings placed by the County Engineer. Painting or placing your own curb markings or unauthorized signs is barred: the County Engineer and Road Supervisor may remove unauthorized signs, signals, or markings without notice. Residents cannot self-designate 'no parking' by painting a curb; that authority rests with the county. Violating any lawful painted or posted control device is a citable parking infraction.
Parking against a control device is a $15/$30/$60 civil infraction; unauthorized private signs or curb markings may be removed by the county without notice.
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