Bellevue, WA Parking Rules: Overnight Parking (2026)
Key Facts
- Time limit
- 24 consecutive hours per block
- Governing section
- BCC 11.23.020
- Workaround closed
- Must move to a different block, not just reposition
- Block defined
- Between nearest cross streets, or road end to nearest intersection
- Penalty
- Parking infraction, BCC 11.23.040
Summary
Bellevue bans parking a vehicle on the same block of a public street for more than 24 consecutive hours under BCC 11.23.020, unless official signs say otherwise. A car must move to a different block every 24 hours or it is treated as illegally parked, regardless of whether it was moved within the same block.
Unless otherwise posted by official signs, no person may park or repark a vehicle on either side of a public street within the same block for a period exceeding 24 consecutive hours. A vehicle shall be deemed to be parked in violation of this section unless the vehicle is moved to a different block every 24 hours. For purposes of this chapter, a block is defined as the stretch of roadway between the two closest public street intersections on either end of the stretch. For cases where a roadway ends, a block is defined as the stretch of roadway between the end of the roadway and the closest public street intersection.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 6929, passed July 14, 2026).
Full Breakdown
020 provides that, unless otherwise posted by official signs, no person may park or repark a vehicle on either side of a public street within the same block for a period exceeding 24 consecutive hours. The section closes the obvious workaround directly: a vehicle is deemed parked in violation unless it is moved to a different block every 24 hours, so shuffling a car a few car-lengths within the same stretch of curb does not reset the clock. The code defines a block for this purpose as the stretch of roadway between the two closest public street intersections at either end, or, where a roadway dead-ends, the stretch between the road's end and the nearest intersection.
022, which addresses reparking to beat a shorter posted time limit in signed zones. The current text was last amended by Ord. 23 rewrite that also introduced curb pricing zones, and traces back through Ord. 6686 (2022), Ord. 6383 (2017) and the original 1993 enactment under Ord. 4611.
Violations & Fines
Exceeding the 24-hour limit on the same block is a parking infraction under BCC 11.23.040. The registered owner has 30 days from issuance (33 if mailed) to pay the posted penalty or request a hearing; a late response adds a $25.00 default penalty, forfeits the hearing right, and can trigger a Department of Licensing hold on registration renewal or referral to collections.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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