Montebello, CA Parking Rules: Curb Color Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Red curb
- No stopping/standing/parking, any time
- Yellow curb window
- 7 a.m.-6 p.m., except Sun/holidays
- Green curb limit
- 20 minutes maximum standing
- Blue curb
- Disabled placard/plate vehicles only
- Governing section
- Municipal Code § 10.32.170
Summary
Montebello's public works director paints curbs to signal parking restrictions, and Municipal Code Section 10.32.170 fixes what each color means: red bars all stopping, yellow and white cap loading time on weekdays, green limits standing to twenty minutes, and blue reserves the space for disabled placard holders.
10.32.170 - Curb markings. A.The director of public works is authorized ... to place ... the following curb markings to indicate parking or standing regulations, and the curb markings shall have the meanings as herein set forth:1.Red and/or no parking signs shall mean no stopping, standing or parking at any time except as permitted by the Vehicle Code, and except that a bus may stop in a red zone marked or signed as a bus zone.2.Yellow means no stopping, standing or parking at any time between seven a.m. and six p.m. of any day except Sundays and holidays for any purpose other than loading or unloading of passengers or materials; provided, that the loading or unloading of passengers shall not consume more than three minutes or the loading or unloading of materials more than twenty minutes. ... 4.Green means no standing or parking for longer than twenty minutes at any time between seven a.m. and six p.m. of any day except Sundays or holidays.5.Blue means parking is limited exclusively to the vehicles of physically handicapped persons whose vehicles display either one of the distinguishing license plates issued to disabled persons.
Full Breakdown
Section 10.32.170 of the Montebello Municipal Code spells out the meaning of every curb color the city paints. A red curb, or a posted no-parking sign, means no stopping, standing or parking at any time, with an exception for a bus stopping in a signed bus zone. A yellow curb bars stopping, standing or parking between 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on any day except Sundays and holidays, unless the vehicle is loading or unloading, and even then passenger loading cannot run past three minutes or material loading past twenty minutes.
A green curb limits standing or parking to twenty minutes during that same 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. window on non-Sunday, non-holiday days. A blue curb is reserved exclusively for vehicles displaying a distinguishing disabled-person license plate or placard from the California DMV. White curbs, covered in the same section, restrict standing to loading, unloading or mail deposit for no more than three minutes, and that limit applies around the clock in front of a mail deposit box or hotel. The director of public works places and maintains these markings, and a business with an established loading zone can petition under subsection C to alter the enforced hours, after which an added sign posts the new schedule beside the curb paint.
Violations & Fines
Stopping, standing or parking against a legible curb marking is a citable infraction under Section 10.32.170(B), enforced by Montebello police. A vehicle in a red zone at any time, or in a yellow or green zone outside the permitted minutes during the 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. window, is subject to citation regardless of whether a sign is separately posted.
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