Beaumont, CA Parking Rules: Overnight Parking (2026)

Beaumont Municipal Code § 10.08.080(A) bars anyone who owns or controls a vehicle from parking it on any street or alley for more than 72 consecutive hours. Under subsection (B), a vehicle left standing on a street more than 72 consecutive hours can be removed by the Police Chief, any member of the Police Department or any member of City Code Enforcement, in the manner and subject to the requirements specified in the Vehicle Code. The 72-hour clock is the city-wide limit, not a nightly ban, so a car parked on a street overnight is not a violation in itself unless another rule applies, such as a posted street sweeping day under § 10.22.010, which bars parking during the hours and days designated for sweeping.

Sleeping in a vehicle is regulated separately. Section 10.08.075 makes it unlawful to camp or sleep in any motor vehicle in any public place in the City, except as provided in § 10.08.076. That exception allows sleeping in a motor vehicle in the Civic Center parking lot between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., limited to not more than one consecutive night. Sections 10.08.075 and 10.08.076 were amended by Ordinance No. 1175 on September 3, 2024, alongside the camping chapter, Chapter 9.43. Section 9.43.030 there also makes camping on public or private property unlawful, but it does not intend to prohibit overnight camping on private residential property by friends or family of the owner, if the owner consents and the stay is not more than one consecutive night.

Shopping centers have their own overnight rule. Section 10.10.025 makes it unlawful to park a recreational vehicle on a commercial, retail or shopping center property for more than 12 hours in any seven-consecutive-day period when a sign at each entrance gives notice of the restriction, unless the Chief of Police issues a permit. Only one permit is issued in any seven-day period.