Dothan, AL Parking Rules: Curb Color Rules (2026)

Section 98-90 targets curb space the city has taken out of service for maintenance or construction rather than a general no-parking zone: it prohibits parking in a prohibited area properly marked by curbs painted yellow or wherever installed signs give notice, so long as the marking or sign is placed for persons engaged in maintenance or construction of streets, drainage, or utilities and has been properly authorized or permitted by the city engineer. That authorization requirement matters: the yellow paint or sign has to trace back to a city engineer permit for the restriction to be enforceable, tying this section to the city engineering department rather than the police department alone for its underlying authority.

The section carries one specific carve-out, unlike most of Dothan's parking rules: it does not apply to an ambulance driver who is actively picking up or discharging an ill, injured, or deceased person, even if that stop happens directly on a yellow-marked curb. Because § 98-90 sits in the same chapter as the general traffic fine provisions, a citation is processed through § 98-2's reference to the fine schedule in § 98-52 or, where no specific fine is listed for this section, the general penalty in § 1-4.