Lacey, WA Parking Rules: Curb Color Rules (2026)

Lacey Municipal Code § 14.07.015 adds Section D103.7, Curbs and Striping, to Appendix D of the International Fire Code, which the City of Lacey adopts in § 14.07.010. The painting applies where required by the fire code official, along fire apparatus access roads. Curbs are painted red, with the words “No Parking-Fire Lane-Tow Away Zone” stenciled in 4-inch tall letters in white on the vertical side of the curb. The painting is provided at the beginning and end of the fire lane as determined by the fire code official.

Where no curb is provided, the traffic surface is painted with high-visibility red diagonal striping of not less than 4-inches in width with an unpainted clear space of 12-inches between the painted stripes. High visibility white painted words indicating “No Parking-Fire Lane-Tow Away Zone” are painted within the striped area as determined by the fire code official. Section D103.7 prints a color rule only for fire lanes and sets no colors for other curb zones.

Signs go with the paint. Amended Section D103.6 requires permanent NO PARKING - FIRE LANE-TOW AWAY ZONE signs complying with Figure D 103.6 where required by the fire code official, with the additional words “Tow Away Zone.”

The parking ban behind the paint is Section 503.1.4: parking of motor vehicles or otherwise obstructing marked fire lanes is prohibited, and the violation is a misdemeanor. Under Section 503.7, enforcement is the responsibility of the city police department, which has authority to impound or otherwise cause the obstruction to be removed, in addition to the criminal penalties in the Lacey Municipal Code. Fire apparatus access roads must have an unobstructed width of not less than twenty feet and an unobstructed vertical clearance of not less than thirteen feet six inches, under Section 503.2.1.