Westminster, CA Parking Rules: Curb Color Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- Westminster Code § 10.20.080
- Permit issuer
- Westminster Police Department
- Bond required
- $500 performance bond with city clerk
- Eligible applicants
- Westminster nonprofit organizations only
- Number format
- 3-inch black block numbers on white
- Work-hour ban
- Half hour after sunset to half hour before sunrise
Summary
Painting any street or curb surface in Westminster requires city authorization under Westminster Code § 10.20.080, and even a nonprofit's house-number fundraiser needs a police permit, a $500 bond, and a fixed format: 3-inch black block numbers on a white background, painted only on open public street curbs.
A. No person shall paint any street or curb surface unless authorized by the city, except for painting of house numbers on a curb surface by a person who has complied with the provisions of subparagraph (b) herein. B. In order to paint numbers on curbs, a person must meet all of the following conditions: 1. Obtain a police permit from the Westminster Police Department; 2. Post a performance bond with the city clerk in the amount of Five hundred dollars; 3. Permits shall be issued only to Westminster non-profit organizations for the benefit of those organizations; ... 6. Type of numbers to be three-inch (3") block numbers; 7. Black paint shall be used over white background; ... 12. The painting shall only be on curbs located on open public streets and not on private streets or gated public streets.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4982734; v10 updated 2026-06-10).
Full Breakdown
080(A) forbids painting any street or curb surface unless the city authorizes it, carving out one exception: house numbers painted on curbs by someone who has met the twelve conditions in subsection B. Those conditions require obtaining a police permit from the Westminster Police Department and posting a $500 performance bond with the city clerk; permits go only to Westminster nonprofit organizations painting for their own benefit. The public works director must be contacted before the work starts and again immediately after it finishes. 210.
The numbers themselves must be three-inch block numbers, painted black over a white background, and every house in the tract or area must be painted, including addresses whose owners donate nothing; solicitation for donations happens only after the painting is done. The city manager sets the maximum suggested donation, with a 15-day appeal window to the city council, and any resident complaints go to the city clerk with the address and substance recorded. The permit reaches only curbs on open public streets, not private streets or gated public streets. 8 and was amended by Ordinance 2120 in 1989 and Ordinance 2362 in 2003.
Violations & Fines
Section 10.20.080 carries no penalty clause of its own, so an unauthorized curb painting or a permit violation defaults to Westminster's citywide general penalty in § 1.12.010: a misdemeanor punishable by up to a $1,000 fine, up to six months in county jail, or both, unless the city attorney elects to prosecute it as an infraction, with escalating fines of $100, $200 and $500 for repeat violations within a year.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I pay someone to paint my house number on the curb?
What does the $500 bond guarantee?
Can a crew paint curbs after dark to finish a neighborhood?
Do gated communities get curb-number painting under this permit?
Sources & Official References
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