Merced County does not have its own curb-color ordinance; painted curbs in the unincorporated county follow California Vehicle Code Section 21458. Red means no stopping or parking, yellow is for loading freight or passengers, white is brief passenger loading, green is time-limited parking, and blue is reserved for disabled-person vehicles. Only authorized agencies may paint curbs.
Curb-color parking restrictions in unincorporated Merced County are governed by California Vehicle Code Section 21458 rather than a separate county ordinance. Under Section 21458, when local authorities enact parking regulations and indicate them with curb markings, the colors have specific meanings statewide. Red indicates no stopping, standing, or parking, whether the vehicle is attended or unattended, except that a bus may stop in a red zone marked as a bus loading zone. Yellow indicates stopping only to load or unload passengers or freight for the time specified by local ordinance. White indicates stopping only to load or unload passengers, or to deposit mail in an adjacent mailbox, for the time specified by local ordinance. Green indicates time-limit parking specified by local ordinance. Blue indicates parking limited exclusively to vehicles of disabled persons and disabled veterans displaying a placard or plate. In Merced County, the Road Commissioner controls posted NO PARKING areas on county roads under Section 11.12.010 of the County Code, and curb markings placed by the County or other authorized local authorities carry the meanings set by state law. Private property owners and residents are not permitted to paint public curbs; only the responsible public agency may apply official curb markings. Parking in violation of a properly marked curb can lead to citation and removal under Vehicle Code Section 22651.
Parking in violation of an official curb color, such as stopping in a red zone or overstaying a yellow or white loading curb, is enforceable under the California Vehicle Code and the County's parking bail schedule (Chapter 5.78). Unauthorized painting of public curbs by residents is not permitted and does not create an enforceable restriction.
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