Placentia, CA Parking Rules: Curb Color Rules (2026)

Curb paint in the City of Placentia is an official act, not a private one. Section 13.48.030 authorizes the public works director to place, and when required to place, curb markings that indicate parking or standing regulations, and once the markings are placed no person can stop, stand or park adjacent to a legible marking in violation of its meaning.

Red means no stopping, standing or parking at any time except as permitted by the state Vehicle Code, though a bus can stop in a red zone marked or signed as a bus zone. Yellow means no stopping, standing or parking between 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day except Sundays and holidays, other than to load or unload passengers or materials, and loading passengers cannot consume more than three minutes nor loading materials more than 20 minutes. White allows only passenger loading or depositing mail in an adjacent mailbox, not exceeding three minutes, between 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. except Sundays and holidays, and the restriction runs at all times in front of a hotel or mailbox and in front of a theater except when the theater is closed. Green means no standing or parking longer than 20 minutes between 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. except Sundays and holidays. Blue limits parking exclusively to the vehicles of physically handicapped persons.

Loading zones have their own marking rule. Under § 13.56.020, loading zones are indicated by a yellow paint line stenciled with black letters "LOADING ONLY" on top of the curbs, and passenger loading zones by a white line stenciled with black letters "PASSENGER LOADING ONLY." Section 13.56.010 caps loading zones at no more than 1/2 of the total curb length in any block. Under § 13.52.010, the city engineer can place signs or markings prohibiting parking or stopping along any curbside for sight distance safety adjacent to alleys, driveways or marked pedestrian crosswalks without city council action.