Fremont, CA Parking Rules: Curb Color Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Red curb
- No stopping/parking, any time
- Yellow curb
- Loading only, 7a-6p except Sun/holiday
- White curb limit
- 3 minutes, passengers/mail
- Green curb limit
- 20 minutes, 7a-6p
- Blue curb
- Disabled placard/plate only
- Governing section
- FMC Sec. 10.05.690
Summary
Fremont's city manager marks curbs in five colors under Municipal Code Section 10.05.690, each with its own stopping and parking meaning: red bars stopping outright, yellow and white allow brief commercial or passenger loading during business hours, green caps parking at 20 minutes, and blue reserves the space for disabled placard holders.
(1) "Red" means no stopping, standing, or parking at any time except as permitted by the California Vehicle Code, and except that a bus may stop in a red zone marked or signed as a bus zone. (2) "Yellow" means no stopping, standing, or parking at any time between 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day, except Sundays and holidays, for any purpose other than the loading or unloading of 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 20 minutes. ... (4) "Green" means no standing or parking for longer than 20 minutes at any time between 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day, except Sundays and holidays. (5) "Blue" means no stopping, standing or parking by vehicles other than those of physically handicapped persons displaying a distinguishing license plate or placard issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles pursuant to the California Vehicle Code.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 02-2026, passed May 5, 2026).
Full Breakdown
690(a) lets the city manager place five distinct curb markings, each carrying a fixed legal meaning citywide. A red curb means no stopping, standing, or parking at any time except as the California Vehicle Code otherwise permits, though a bus may still stop in a red zone signed as a bus zone. on any day except Sundays and holidays for anything other than loading or unloading, capping passenger loading at three minutes and material loading at 20 minutes. except Sundays and holidays, with built-in exceptions: zones in front of a hotel, church, or mailbox apply around the clock, and a zone in front of a theater applies at all times except when the theater is closed.
except Sundays and holidays. A blue curb is reserved for vehicles displaying a distinguishing disabled-persons license plate or placard issued by the DMV; every other vehicle is barred from stopping, standing, or parking there. Subsection (b) makes it unlawful to stop, stand, or park adjacent to any legible curb marking in violation of its meaning once the city manager has placed it.
Violations & Fines
Parking against a legible red, yellow, white, green, or blue curb outside its permitted use is a violation of Section 10.05.690(b), citable as a parking infraction regardless of whether a sign is also posted, since the paint itself gives legal notice. Overstaying the three-minute passenger window, the 20-minute materials or green-curb window, or parking a non-placarded vehicle in a blue zone are the most commonly cited curb-color violations in the city.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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