Apple Valley, CA Parking Rules: Overnight Parking (2026)

A search of the Town of Apple Valley Municipal Code (Title 12 Vehicles and Traffic, and the abatement chapters in Title 11) found no general overnight parking prohibition and no codified 72-hour street-parking ordinance. The Town's on-street restrictions in Chapter 12.37 are limited to specifically listed no-parking and no-stopping zones. As a result, overnight on-street parking in residential areas is generally not prohibited by the Town itself. Long-standing or apparently abandoned vehicles on public streets are addressed under state law: California Vehicle Code section 22651(k) authorizes removal of a vehicle parked or left standing on a highway for 72 or more consecutive hours where a local ordinance authorizes removal, and the San Bernardino County Sheriff enforces these provisions on Town streets. For abandoned, wrecked, dismantled or inoperative vehicles on private or public property (not highways), the Town has adopted its own program under Municipal Code Chapter 11.80, modeled on Vehicle Code section 22660 (see the Abandoned Vehicles topic). Residents who want a long-parked street vehicle checked typically report it to the Sheriff's Apple Valley Station or Town code enforcement.