Franklin, TN Parking Rules: Curb Color Rules (2026)

Franklin follows the standard Tennessee practice that all official curb markings, signage, and pavement markings on public streets - red (no parking / fire lane), yellow (loading zone), green (time-limited parking), white (passenger loading), and blue (accessible parking) - are placed by city staff under Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) standards as referenced in Title 15 (Motor Vehicles, Traffic and Parking) of the Franklin Municipal Code. The Franklin Street Department handles installation and maintenance of public-street signage; in 2023, the department installed 29 new signs in the downtown core to implement the BOMA-adopted change from a four-hour to a two-hour limit on Main Street between 1st and 7th Avenues. Residents and adjacent property owners may not paint, repaint, or alter a public curb. Even where curb paint is faded or unmarked, the state-law distance restrictions in Tennessee Code Annotated 55-8-160 apply by default citywide: no stopping, standing, or parking within 7.5 to 15 feet of a fire hydrant (the municipality picks the exact distance within that range), within an intersection, on a crosswalk, on a sidewalk, in front of a public or private driveway, within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection, within 30 feet of a flashing signal or stop sign, alongside another vehicle (double parking), or in other enumerated locations. Blocking a fire hydrant is among the most heavily enforced parking violations because of the public-safety risk. To report missing or faded curb markings or sign damage, contact the Franklin Street Department; for active parking enforcement, contact the Franklin Police Department non-emergency line. Unauthorized painting of a public curb is unauthorized work in the public right-of-way and can require restoration at the property owner's expense.