Victorville, CA Parking Rules: Curb Color Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Who may paint curbs
- Only the city, unless authorized
- Exception
- Curb-number painting complying with city resolution
- Penalty
- Misdemeanor under §12.12.010
- Chapter
- Traffic Control Devices and Signals, Ch. 12.16
Summary
Victorville bars anyone but the city from painting a street or curb surface. Section 12.16.090 makes it unlawful to paint any street or curb without city authorization, with a narrow exception for curb-number painting when the painter has complied with a separate city resolution or ordinance covering that practice.
No person, unless authorized by this city, shall paint any street or curb surface; provided, however, that this section shall not apply to the painting of numbers on a curb surface by any person who has complied with the provisions of any resolution or ordinance of this city pertaining thereto.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 57).
Full Breakdown
The prohibition sits in the traffic control devices and signals chapter, which gives the superintendent of streets authority to determine the size, shape, character, and placement of official curb markings, signs and pavement markings used to designate no-parking zones, loading zones, and other regulated curb space, such as the red, white, yellow, blue and green curb colors the city uses to signal parking restrictions. Because only the city may lawfully mark a curb, private property owners, businesses or residents cannot paint their own curb red to keep the space clear, paint it green to signal short-term parking, or repaint a faded official marking themselves, even to match an existing city color scheme.
The only carved-out exception covers curb-number painting, and even that is conditioned on the painter having "complied with the provisions of any resolution or ordinance of this city pertaining thereto," meaning a homeowner or a private curb-painting service must first follow whatever permit or registration process the city has separately adopted for house-number curb painting before doing that specific, narrow category of work. 080 letting the city temporarily suspend or remove signals and other traffic-control facilities.
Violations & Fines
Painting a curb or street surface without city authorization is a misdemeanor under section 12.12.010, which makes it unlawful for any person to fail to perform, or to do a forbidden act under, Title 12. The city can also require removal of unauthorized paint at the responsible party's expense as part of enforcing the traffic-control-devices chapter.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I paint my own curb red to keep it clear of parking?
Is painting house numbers on my curb allowed?
Who decides what the curb colors mean in Victorville?
Sources & Official References
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