Tracy, CA Parking Rules: Curb Color Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Red curb
- No stopping/standing/parking, except transit buses
- Yellow curb
- 5 min passengers, 30 min freight, 7a-6p
- White curb
- 5 min passenger loading only
- Green curb
- 20 min limit, 7a-6p except Sundays
- Blue curb
- Disabled placard/plate vehicles only
Summary
Tracy assigns five curb colors distinct meanings under Tracy Municipal Code § 3.08.490: red bars stopping entirely except transit buses, yellow limits weekday loading to 5 minutes for passengers or 30 for freight, white caps passenger loading at 5 minutes, green limits parking to 20 minutes, and blue is reserved for vehicles displaying a disabled placard or plate.
(a)The Council shall cause to be made the following curb markings to indicate parking or standing regulations and said curb markings shall have the meanings as herein set forth:(1)Red shall mean no stopping, standing, or parking at any time, except that a bus may stop in a red zone marked or signed as a bus zone.(2)Yellow shall mean no stopping, standing, or parking at any time between 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day, except Sundays, for any purpose other than the loading or unloading of passengers or materials; provided, however, the loading or unloading of passengers shall not consume more than five (5) minutes and the loading or unloading of materials more than thirty (30) minutes.(3)White shall mean no stopping, standing, or parking for any purpose other than the loading or unloading of passengers, which shall not exceed five (5) minutes... (4)Green shall mean no standing or parking for longer than twenty (20) minutes at any time between 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day, except Sundays.(5)Blue shall mean parking is 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: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 69).
Full Breakdown
490 puts the City Council in charge of painting Tracy's curbs to signal parking and standing rules, and defines exactly what each color means. A red curb bars stopping, standing, or parking at any time, with a single exception for a transit bus stopping in a zone marked or signed as a bus zone. every day except Sunday, unless the vehicle is loading or unloading; passenger loading in a yellow zone is capped at 5 minutes and material loading at 30 minutes. weekday window applies, except that white zones in front of a hotel are restricted at all times and white zones in front of a theater are restricted whenever the theater is open.
, Sundays excepted. A blue curb is reserved exclusively for vehicles of physically disabled persons, matching the state's disabled-placard parking program. 490(b), stopping, standing, or parking a vehicle in violation of a legible curb marking is itself a citable offense, independent of whether the block is also signed; the paint alone is enough to put a driver on notice of the restriction.
Violations & Fines
Parking, stopping, or standing against a legible curb color in violation of its stated restriction is unlawful under § 3.08.490(b), whether or not additional signs are posted; officers can cite based on curb color alone. Overstaying a yellow, white, or green time limit, or parking in a blue zone without a valid disabled placard or plate, draws a standard Tracy parking citation.
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