El Cajon, CA Parking Rules: Curb Color Rules (2026)

110(A) lets the city traffic engineer place curb markings with fixed legal meanings. Red means no stopping, standing, or parking at any time except as the state Vehicle Code allows, though a bus may stop in a red zone marked or signed as a bus zone. on any day except Sundays and holidays, except for loading or unloading passengers, capped at three minutes, or materials, capped at twenty minutes. window and bans stopping except for passenger loading or depositing mail, capped at three minutes, but the restriction runs at all times in front of a hotel or mailbox, at all times except when closed in front of a theater, and continuously where the zone is reserved for taxicabs.

Blue reserves parking exclusively for vehicles of physically handicapped persons, and green indicates time-limited parking. Subsection B makes it unlawful to stop, stand, or park a vehicle adjacent to any legible curb marking in violation of these meanings. Subsection C separately bars anyone, unless authorized by the city, from painting any street or curb surface, though it exempts painting curb address numbers by someone who has complied with the applicable city resolution or ordinance.