Hawthorne, CA Parking Rules: Curb Color Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- Hawthorne Code § 10.24.010
- Red curb
- No stopping/standing/parking, any time
- Yellow curb
- Loading only, 6 a.m.-6 p.m.
- White curb
- 3-min passenger loading, 6 a.m.-6 p.m.
- Green curb
- Max 20 min, 6 a.m.-6 p.m.
- Infraction fine, 1st offense
- $100 (§ 1.22.030)
Summary
Hawthorne assigns four curb colors fixed meanings under Chapter 10.24: red bans stopping entirely, yellow limits stops to loading between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m., white caps stops at three minutes for passenger loading, and green limits parking to twenty minutes, all enforceable as posted-color restrictions rather than signs.
The following curb markings shall be used to indicate parking and standing regulations. A. Red. Red shall mean no stopping, standing or parking at any time except as permitted by the Vehicle Code of the state, and except that a bus may stop in a red zone marked or signed as a bus zone. B. Yellow. Yellow shall mean no stopping, standing or parking at any time between six a.m. and six p.m. of any day 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 twenty minutes. C. White. White shall mean no stopping, standing or parking for any purpose other than loading or unloading of passengers which shall not exceed three minutes... D. Green. Green shall mean no standing or parking any longer than twenty minutes at any time between six a.m. and six p.m. of any day.
Full Breakdown
010 designates four curb-marking colors and defines what each means for stopping, standing and parking. A red curb means no stopping, standing or parking at any time, except as the state Vehicle Code allows, and except that a bus may stop in a red zone marked or signed as a bus zone. for any purpose other than loading or unloading, capping passenger loading at three minutes and material loading at twenty minutes. , with three built-in exceptions: in front of a hotel the restriction runs at all times; in front of a theater it runs at all times except while the theater is closed; and where marked or signed as a taxicab stand, only taxicabs may use it and the general restriction doesn't apply. m. 070, which bills marking costs to whoever requested them unless the chief orders the marking for public safety.
Violations & Fines
Curb-marking color violations are listed as an infraction under Hawthorne Code Section 1.22.010 (citing Section 10.24.010(A) through (D)), fined under the escalating schedule in Section 1.22.030: $100 for a first offense, $200 for a second within a year, and $500 for each further offense in that year.
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