Huntington Beach, CA Parking Rules: Curb Color Rules (2026)

40 (General Parking Regulations), bars anyone from painting a street or curb surface unless authorized by the City. 050 to signal no-stopping zones, loading zones, passenger zones, and disabled parking respectively; a resident cannot self-apply any of these colors. 250 is for house-number painting on a curb, and even that requires the painter to have first complied with whatever resolution or ordinance the City has adopted governing that practice, meaning an unpermitted number-painter is also in violation. 130 in the traffic-control-devices chapter, underscoring that curb painting is treated as a traffic-control function reserved to the City rather than a matter of private discretion.

Because curb color governs where the public may legally stop, stand, or park, unauthorized painting, whether it fakes a red no-parking zone, a blue disabled space, or a yellow loading zone, creates a false traffic-control signal that can mislead drivers and interfere with legitimate enforcement. 260. Residents who want a red curb near a driveway or a disabled parking space should petition the Director of Public Works rather than paint the curb themselves.