Long Beach, CA Parking Rules: Curb Color Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Yellow curb: passengers
- 2 minutes, 7 a.m.-6 p.m.
- Yellow curb: freight
- 20 minutes, 7 a.m.-6 p.m.
- White curb
- 2 minutes, passengers/mail
- Green curb
- 10-30 minutes, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.
- Red curb
- No stopping, except marked bus stop
- Marking authority
- City Traffic Engineer, § 10.26.010
Summary
Long Beach's Traffic Engineer marks curbs yellow, white, green or red to control parking: yellow gives two minutes for passengers or twenty for freight, white gives two minutes for passenger loading or mail, green allows ten to thirty minutes, and red bans all stopping except at a marked bus stop.
A. Yellow indicates stopping only for the purpose of loading or unloading passengers or freight for a period of not in excess of two (2) minutes for passenger loading or unloading, nor twenty (20) minutes for freight loading or unloading... This restriction shall apply only between 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on any day except Sundays and holidays. B. White indicates stopping only for loading or unloading of passengers or depositing mail... No person shall use a white zone for a period in excess of two (2) minutes except that taxicabs... are exempted. C. Green indicates parking limited to a time from ten (10) to thirty (30) minutes... between 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Municipal Code: Supplement 52 Update 1 | City Charter: Supplement 5).
Full Breakdown
010 authorizes the City Traffic Engineer to place curb markings and signs establishing parking regulations, and once installed it is unlawful to stop, stand or park in violation of the marking. , excluding Sundays and holidays. White curbs under subsection (B) allow stopping only to load or unload passengers or deposit mail, capped at two minutes, except taxicabs at a stenciled 'TAXICAB STAND' are exempt from the time limit. Green curbs under subsection (C) allow parking for a set period of ten to thirty minutes as the Traffic Engineer determines for that location, stenciled with the applicable time limit plus 'MIN.
except Sundays and holidays. 040. Blue curbs, covered elsewhere in Title 10, mark spaces reserved for vehicles displaying a valid disabled placard or plate. 010 lets the City paint the marking on the nearest appropriate surface or substitute signage instead.
Violations & Fines
Stopping, standing or parking in violation of an installed curb marking or sign under § 10.26.010 is unlawful; a vehicle left in a red zone for any purpose other than a marked bus stop, in a yellow zone beyond the two- or twenty-minute limits, in a white zone beyond two minutes (absent a taxicab exemption), or in a green zone beyond its posted time is subject to citation and, per § 10.26.010's enforcement clause, may be towed or cited under the applicable Vehicle Code and Municipal Code provisions administered by the Police Department and City Traffic Engineer.
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