Perris, CA Parking Rules: Curb Color Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Red curb meaning
- no stopping or parking zone
- Curb painting
- requires traffic engineer authorization
- House number spec
- 3in tall, black on white, oil paint
- Commercial painters
- must hold a business license
- Towing authority
- 24-hour written notice before storage
Summary
Perris curbs painted red mark no-stopping and no-parking zones the city traffic engineer designates for turn lanes, vehicle maneuvering, and sight-clearance areas; parking there is banned wherever the red paint or a sign is posted. Separately, painting a curb or street, including stenciling house numbers, without the traffic engineer's authorization is itself illegal and requires a business license if done commercially.
(a)The city traffic engineer is authorized to determine the location of no stopping zones and no parking areas for the purpose of establishing left-turn lanes, right-turn lanes, vehicle maneuvering zones and sight clearance zones and shall place and maintain appropriate signs or markings indicating the same and stating the hours during which the provisions of this chapter and the vehicle code are applicable.(b)No stopping zones and no parking areas shall be indicated by signs or by red paint upon the top and face of all curbs in said zones and areas.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 13).
Full Breakdown
140 gives the city traffic engineer authority to designate no-stopping and no-parking zones for left- and right-turn lanes, vehicle maneuvering areas, and sight-clearance zones, and requires those zones to be marked by signs or by red paint upon the top and face of all curbs in the zones and areas. Once a curb carries that red paint or a posted sign, stopping or parking there is prohibited regardless of whether a driver notices the marking. 110: no person or business, unless authorized by the traffic engineer, may paint any street or curb surface, including house numbers, and any for-profit or not-for-profit provider of curb-painting or house-number-painting services must hold a city business license.
Where house numbers are painted, the same section fixes the format: address digits must be three inches tall, two inches wide, in black oil-based paint on a white rectangular background, a spec meant to keep addresses legible to emergency responders. 020, with a written notice affixed giving the owner 24 hours to respond.
Violations & Fines
Parking or stopping in a red-curb or posted no-parking zone, or painting a curb without authorization, is an infraction under § 10.08.010 and Chapter 1.16, punishable by fine. Police may also tow and impound a vehicle stopped in violation of a marked zone under § 10.08.020, tagging it with written notice and requiring the owner to answer within 24 hours before the vehicle can be released from storage.
Frequently Asked Questions
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