Chino, CA Parking Rules: Overnight Parking (2026)

28 (Stopping, Standing and Parking) of Title 10 Vehicles and Traffic, targets vehicles left standing in one place rather than a nightly curfew: subsection A prohibits any owner or person with possession, custody or control of a vehicle from parking or leaving it unattended on any public right-of-way, street, or alley in the city for more than a consecutive 72-hour period in a calendar month. Enforcement runs through the police department or a designated city employee acting under California Vehicle Code Section 22651, the state statute that authorizes removal of vehicles left on a highway.

Once an officer or employee suspects a violation, subsection C requires posting a written notice on the vehicle stating it must be removed within 72 hours of the notice; if the owner misses that window, the city tows the vehicle and bills the owner for removal costs. Subsection D closes the obvious workaround: moving the vehicle to a different public street, alley or right-of-way elsewhere in the city is expressly not a defense, so shuffling a car around the block to reset the clock does not work.

The rule applies only to public rights-of-way, streets and alleys, not to private driveways or lots. 29's residential parking permit program, which lets the city council designate specific residential districts as permit-only zones with their own signage and permit rules; the 72-hour rule applies citywide regardless of whether a block has a permit program. The section traces to Ord. 91-23, Section 1 (part), 1991, and was amended by Ord. 99-15, Section 1, 1999.