Rancho Cordova, CA Parking Rules: Curb Color Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Red curb
- No stopping, standing or parking anytime
- Yellow curb
- Loading only, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- White curb
- Passenger loading limited to five minutes
- Green curb
- Parking capped at 12 or 24 minutes
- Blue curb
- Reserved for disabled placard vehicles
Summary
Rancho Cordova assigns fixed meanings to painted curb colors under RCMC § 10.24.010: red bars all stopping, yellow limits loading to daytime hours, white caps passenger loading at five minutes, green caps parking at 12 or 24 minutes, and blue reserves the space for disabled placard holders. The public works director places and maintains every marking.
Red curb marking means no stopping, standing or parking at any time of any day except as permitted by the Vehicle Code; ... Yellow curb marking means no stopping, standing or parking between 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day except holidays and Sundays for any purpose other than the loading or unloading of passengers or materials; provided, that the loading or unloading of passengers shall not consume more than one minute, nor the unloading of materials more than 20 minutes, and such loading or unloading shall be actively carried on during all of that time; ... White curb marking means no stopping, standing or parking at any time of any day for any purpose other than loading or unloading of passengers and baggage, and shall not exceed five minutes; ... Green curb marking means no stopping, standing or parking for a period of time longer than 12 or 24 minutes, as designated by signs, at any time between 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day except holidays and Sundays; ... Blue curb marking means parking limited exclusively to public agency-owned vehicles specifically used for transportation of physically handicapped persons.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4660102; v2 updated 2026-03-02; through 03-02-2026).
Full Breakdown
010 authorizes the director to place and maintain curb markings or signs indicating parking, standing or stopping rules, with five defined colors. A red curb bars stopping, standing or parking at any time except as permitted by the Vehicle Code. on any day except holidays and Sundays, unless a vehicle is actively loading or unloading, capped at one minute for passengers and 20 minutes for materials. A white curb bars stopping, standing or parking at any time for any purpose other than loading or unloading passengers and baggage, capped at five minutes.
on non-holiday, non-Sunday days. A blue curb reserves the space exclusively for public agency vehicles used to transport physically handicapped persons and for vehicles displaying a disabled-person identifier. 020 clarifies that these curb rules don't excuse compliance with any stricter Vehicle Code provision or other city ordinance governing the same spot.
Violations & Fines
Violating any curb-marking rule in RCMC § 10.24.010(A) through (E) carries a civil penalty, not a criminal fine, because § 10.04.110 places every subsection of § 10.24.010 on the civil-penalty schedule the city council sets by resolution under § 10.04.100, using authority granted by Vehicle Code §§ 40200 and 40203.5. That resolution, not this chapter, sets the exact dollar amount.
Frequently Asked Questions
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