Conway, AR Parking Rules: Curb Color Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Marking authority
- Street Department curb painting
- Two-hour zone window
- 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
- Base overstay fine
- $5.00, rising to $50.00 by 4th offense
- Blocking a marked space
- $250.00 first offense, $500.00 repeat
- 2024 amendment
- Ord. No. O-24-58 added blocking ban
Summary
In the City of Conway, Arkansas, the Street Department marks two-hour and thirty-minute parking zones with curb painting or lettering, and overstaying a painted zone or blocking a marked space is a separately fined violation.
The street department is hereby authorized to determine the location of certain parking zones and to maintain appropriate curb painting or lettering reasonably indicating the same, provided that the installation of such zones shall be subject to the following conditions: A.Two-hour parking zones:1.All so-called "two-hour" zones heretofore designated and marked are designated as two-hour parking zones.2.No person shall park any vehicle in any two-hour parking zone located in the city for longer than two (2) hours at any time between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. ... C.No person or entity shall block, reserve, or otherwise prevent any person from access to any parking space in any public parking space including but not limited to those spaces in the two-hour and thirty-minute zones. The penalty for violations of shall be two hundred and fifty dollars ($250.00) for the first offense and five hundred dollars ($500.00) for any subsequent offense.
Full Breakdown
Conway Municipal Code § 8.12.09 authorizes the Street Department to determine the location of parking zones and to maintain the appropriate curb painting or lettering marking them. Two-hour zones, once designated and marked, bar parking beyond two hours between 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on days the hours are posted, and beyond two hours at any time on other days, except Sundays and holidays; every such zone must carry the appropriate curb painting or lettering identifying it. Subsection C, added by Ord. No. O-24-58 in 2024, separately bars anyone from blocking, reserving, or otherwise preventing access to any public parking space, including the marked two-hour and thirty-minute spaces.
Section 8.12.13 shows the scheme applied on the ground: it converts specific angled and parallel spaces on Front Street between Main and Oak Streets into designated two-hour and thirty-minute zones, carving out handicap spaces from the change. Curb citations are issued for the convenience of motorists under § 8.12.11, and § 8.12.10 layers escalating fines on top of the base $5.00 penalty for repeat offenders within a twelve-month window.
Violations & Fines
Overstaying a marked zone carries a base fine of $5.00 if paid before the court date under § 8.12.10, rising to $10.00 for a second offense, $20.00 for a third, and $50.00 for a fourth or later offense within twelve months, plus $25.00 in court costs under A.C.A. § 16-10-305(a)(5) if contested. Blocking or reserving a marked public parking space under § 8.12.09(C) carries its own penalty of $250.00 for a first offense and $500.00 for any subsequent offense.
Frequently Asked Questions
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