Marion, OH Parking Rules: Curb Color Rules (2026)

Section 351.03 begins with a ban on standing or parking in a list of places, and division (S) adds the yellow curb: no person shall stand or park along any curb that is painted yellow. Because the rule says 'stand or park', it reaches a vehicle waiting at the curb as well as one left there. The opening sentence carries three exceptions that apply to every listed place, including yellow curbs: a driver can stop when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic, to comply with the provisions of the Traffic Code, or while obeying the directions of a police officer or a traffic control device.

Division (S) does not say who paints a curb, how long a painted stretch runs, or whether hours apply, so the text enforces the color itself. Ordinance 1998-149, passed 11-9-1998, is the history note printed after the division. The yellow curb sits beside neighboring divisions. Division (N) bans stopping at any place where signs prohibit it, division (T) bars parking on, over or straddling a pavement marking that designates parking spaces, and division (D) fixes the ten-foot hydrant zone. Where a curb is not painted yellow, ordinary parking still has to follow § 351.04(A), which requires the right-hand wheels to sit parallel with and not more than 12 inches from the right-hand curb.

A vehicle left at a yellow curb can also be moved: § 351.01(B) lets a police officer provide for removal of an unattended vehicle that obstructs traffic to the nearest garage or other place of safety, and § 303.08(A)(1) authorizes impounding a vehicle so illegally parked that it is a hazard or obstruction to the normal movement of traffic.