Vacaville, CA Parking Rules: Curb Color Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- VMC Section 10.28.030
- Yellow curb loading limit
- 20 minutes, 8 a.m.-10 p.m.
- White curb passenger limit
- 3 minutes
- Red curb
- no stopping except posted bus zones
- Blue curb
- requires disabled placard or plate
- Green curb
- time limit set by posted sign
- Adopted
- Ordinance 936, 1977
Summary
Vacaville Municipal Code Section 10.28.030 fixes what each painted curb color legally means citywide: red bars stopping outright except for buses in a marked bus zone; yellow limits loading to 20 minutes between 8 a.m. and 10 p.m.; white caps passenger loading at 3 minutes; green enforces whatever time limit is posted; and blue reserves the space for vehicles displaying a valid disabled-person placard or plate.
Curb marking shall have the following meanings: A. Red means no stopping, standing or parking at any time except as permitted by the Vehicle Code of the state and except that a bus or jitney may stop in a red zone marked or signed as a bus zone. B. Yellow means no stopping, standing or parking at any time between eight a.m. and ten p.m., unless otherwise posted by signs, pavement or curb markings, for any reason other than the loading of passengers or materials; provided, that the loading or unloading of materials shall consume no more than twenty minutes. C. White means no stopping, standing or parking at any time of any day, for any purpose other than loading or unloading of passengers, which shall not exceed three minutes, except that licensed taxicabs may park or stand in a designated taxi stand longer than three minutes. D. Green means no stopping, standing or parking for more than time specified on curb marking or signs posted. E. Blue means parking spaces designated for the exclusive use of vehicles which display a distinguishing license plate or a placard issued pursuant to Sections 22511.5 and 9105 of the 1976 state of California Vehicle Code.
Full Breakdown
030 gives Vacaville's curb paint legal force independent of any sign, so a driver is bound by the color even without an accompanying posted sign. for any reason except loading passengers or materials, and even that loading window is capped at 20 minutes unless a sign, pavement marking, or other curb marking says otherwise. White curb is the tightest passenger-loading window, capped at 3 minutes, though the section carves out an exception letting licensed taxicabs stand longer at a designated taxi stand. Green curb defers entirely to whatever time limit appears on the curb marking or a nearby sign, giving the city flexibility to set different limits block by block.
5 and 9105, tying the local color code directly to the state's disabled-parking placard system. 040, applies state disabled-parking signage requirements, including the wheelchair-symbol sign, to city-owned lots.
Violations & Fines
Stopping, standing, or parking in violation of a curb's painted color, such as exceeding the 20-minute yellow-curb loading window or parking in a blue space without a valid placard or plate, is a prohibited-area parking violation enforceable by citation under the city's traffic and parking enforcement authority.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Does a red curb always mean no stopping at all?
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