Chino, CA Parking Rules: Curb Color Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Red curb
- No stopping, standing or parking, ever
- Yellow curb
- Loading only, 7 a.m.-6 p.m.
- White curb
- 3-min passenger/mail loading, 7 a.m.-6 p.m.
- Green curb
- Time-limited, hours posted by director
- Authority
- Public works director places markings
- Violation class
- Infraction under § 10.12.030
- Adopted
- Ord. 91-23, 1991
Summary
Chino's public works director paints curbs red, yellow, white or green to mark no-parking, loading and time-limited zones under Chino Municipal Code § 10.28.040, and stopping, standing or parking against any legible curb marking once it's in place is prohibited.
A.Red shall mean no stopping, standing or parking at any time, except as permitted by the Vehicle Code, and except that a bus may stop in a red zone marked or signed as a bus zone.B.Yellow shall mean no stopping, standing, or parking at any time between seven a.m. and six p.m. of any day, except Sundays and holidays, for any purpose other than loading or unloading passengers or materials; provided that the loading or unloading of passengers shall not consume more than three minutes nor the loading or unloading of materials more than twenty minutes.C.White shall mean no stopping, standing, or parking for any purpose other than loading or unloading of passengers, or for the purpose of depositing of mail in an adjacent mailbox, which shall not exceed three minutes and such restrictions shall apply between seven a.m. and six p.m. of any day except Sundays and holidays and except as follows: when such zone is in front of a hotel or in front of a mailbox, the restrictions shall apply at all times.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 38).
Full Breakdown
040 authorizes the director to place curb markings "to indicate parking or standing regulations" and fixes what each color means. Red curbs mean "no stopping, standing or parking at any time," except as the Vehicle Code otherwise permits and except that a bus may stop in a red zone marked or signed as a bus zone. 040(D). 030 backs this up by authorizing the director to maintain no-stopping, no-parking and restricted zones "by appropriate signs or by paint upon the curb surface," and it bars parking "adjacent to any such legible curb marking or sign" once posted.
010 sets the chapter's scope: the limits apply at all times or during posted hours, except when a driver must stop to avoid conflicting traffic or comply with a police officer's or traffic-control device's direction, and armored cars conducting a bank transaction under Vehicle Code §§ 115 and 21713 are exempt. 28 traces to Ord. 91-23, adopted in 1991.
Violations & Fines
Chino Municipal Code § 10.12.030 makes it a title-wide infraction for any driver or pedestrian "to do any act forbidden, or fail to perform any act required" under Title 10, so parking against a red, yellow or white curb, or overstaying a posted green-zone time limit, is cited as an infraction. Officers issue citations on sight, and a vehicle left in a marked no-stopping zone long enough can be removed under the chapter's hazard-storage authority.
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