Pleasanton, CA Parking Rules: Curb Color Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Red curb
- No stopping/parking any time
- Yellow curb
- 3 min passengers / 20 min materials
- White curb
- 3-minute load/unload only
- Green curb
- 20 min max, 9am-6pm weekdays
- Blue curb
- Disabled placard vehicles only
Summary
Pleasanton's traffic engineer marks curbs red, yellow, white, green or blue under Municipal Code § 11.36.020 to signal parking rules: red bars stopping entirely, yellow and white limit stops to loading with 3 or 20-minute caps, green caps parking at 20 minutes on weekdays, and blue reserves spaces for disabled placard holders.
A. "Red" means no stopping 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. B. "Yellow" means no stopping or parking any day for any purpose other than the loading or unloading of passengers or materials by vehicles engaged in commercial deliveries, provided that the loading and unloading of passengers or materials shall not extend beyond the time necessary therefor, and in no event, for passengers, for more than three minutes, and for materials for more than 20 minutes... D. "Green" means no standing or parking for a period of time longer than 20 minutes at any time between 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on any day except Sundays and holidays. E. "Blue" indicates parking limited exclusively to vehicles of physically handicapped persons.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4955754; v17 updated 2026-06-02).
Full Breakdown
020, Curb markings, defines the meaning of each curb-paint color the city traffic engineer is authorized to place. Red means no stopping or parking at any time except as the state Vehicle Code allows, though a bus may stop in a marked or signed red bus zone. Yellow means no stopping or parking on any day for anything other than loading or unloading passengers or materials by a commercial delivery vehicle, capped at three minutes for passengers and 20 minutes for materials, unless an adjacent sign lists different days or times.
White means no stopping or parking except to load or unload passengers, or to drop mail in an adjacent box, capped at three minutes, unless a sign states otherwise. on any day except Sundays and holidays. Blue reserves the space exclusively for vehicles of physically handicapped persons. Subsection F makes it unlawful to stop or park adjacent to any legible curb marking placed under this authority in violation of the section. 050 requires yellow paint for loading zones and white paint for passenger loading zones on top of the curb, so the color scheme is the enforcement mechanism for those loading rules as well as for general stopping and standing limits.
Violations & Fines
Stopping or parking against a curb marking placed under § 11.36.020 is an infraction under § 1.12.020: a fine up to $100.00 for a first offense, up to $200.00 for a second within one year, and up to $500.00 for a third within one year, with a fourth violation of the same ordinance in 12 months charged as a misdemeanor.
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