Noblesville, IN Parking Rules: Curb Color Rules (2026)

Noblesville follows the standard Indiana practice that all official curb markings and signage on public streets - red (no parking / fire lane), yellow (loading zone), green (time-limited parking), white (passenger loading), and blue (accessible parking) - are installed by city staff under MUTCD standards as referenced in Chapter 72 of the Code of Ordinances. Residents and adjacent property owners may not paint, repaint, or alter a public curb; the city has not adopted a permit program for private red-curb requests in front of driveways. Even where paint has faded or is unmarked, the underlying state-law no-parking distances apply by default through Indiana Code 9-21-16-5 (Avoiding Conflict With Traffic): no parking within 15 feet of a fire hydrant, in or within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection, on a sidewalk, within 30 feet of a flashing beacon, stop sign, or traffic-control signal, or in any other listed location. Section 72.10 also requires every parked vehicle to leave at least 18 feet of unobstructed roadway width on streets other than alleys, and Section 72.11 requires at least 12 feet in alleys without blocking the driveway entrance to any abutting property. Section 72.12 supplies a citywide no-signs-required list of prohibited locations, and Section 72.15 lets the Police Chief or designee establish temporary parking prohibitions for special occasions and emergencies once proper signs have been erected. To report faded markings or damaged signs, contact the Department of Engineering; for active parking enforcement, contact the Noblesville Police Department non-emergency line. Unauthorized painting of a public curb is unauthorized work in the public right-of-way and may be subject to Section 72.46 enforcement and to restoration at the property owner's expense.