Bishop, CA Parking Rules: Overnight Parking (2026)

BMC 10.28.190 is the Bishop section that controls how long a vehicle may stay in place on public property. It is written as a duration limit, not a time-of-day limit. The quoted text names no nighttime hours, so a car left on a Bishop street overnight does not violate this section until it reaches the 72-hour mark.

The section reaches any street, any highway, and any public parking lot, so a city lot is treated the same as a curb space. It applies to "any vehicle" and covers both parking and leaving a vehicle standing, which means the rule does not turn on what kind of vehicle it is.

The threshold is worded as "72 or more consecutive hours." The violation begins at the 72-hour point itself. Because the hours must be consecutive, the section also spells out what counts as a real move: a person who does not re-park the vehicle outside a distance of 500 feet from the place initially parked within the 72 hours is in violation. Rolling the vehicle a short way down the same block does not restart the clock, and the 500 feet is measured from the spot where the vehicle first sat.

The only exception written into BMC 10.28.190 is a permit issued by the city. The quoted text does not describe how that permit is obtained or how long it lasts.

Other Bishop provisions sit beside this rule. Camping on public property, which in some contexts includes sleeping in a vehicle, is regulated separately under BMC Chapter 8.05. Timed and permit parking zones may impose shorter limits where posted under BMC 10.28.140, so a posted sign in Bishop can be stricter than the 72-hour cap.