Edmonds, WA Parking Rules: Overnight Parking (2026)
Key Facts
- Restricted hours
- 12:01 a.m. to 6:00 a.m.
- Covered vehicles
- Trailers, boat trailers, mobile homes
- Heavy vehicle threshold
- Over 10,000 lbs GVW commercial/construction vehicles
- Signage
- Not required to enforce, ECC 8.48.180
- First-offense fine
- $40.00 civil penalty
Summary
Edmonds bans leaving trailers and heavy commercial vehicles overnight, between one minute after midnight and 6:00 a.m., on any street in or next to a residential or open-space zone, under ECC 8.48.180. No signs are required for the city to enforce this rule.
It is unlawful and a violation of the traffic code to park or otherwise leave overnight, or between the hours of one minute after 12:00 midnight and 6:00 a.m., on any street or highway in the city of Edmonds within or abutting an area classified as primarily residential or open space by the official zoning ordinance the following types of trailers and/or vehicles: A. All types of trailers designed to be drawn by a motor vehicle including but not limited to boat trailers, trailer homes and mobile homes; and B. Vehicles over 10,000 pounds licensed gross vehicle weight, the principal use of which is the transportation of commodities, merchandise, produce, freight, animals, vehicles, passengers for hire, or which are used primarily in construction or farming, including but not limited to bulldozers, backhoes, tractors and cranes. It is not necessary that restricted parking or other traffic signs be erected for the purpose of enforcing this section.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 4444, passed August 3, 2026).
Full Breakdown
180 targets two categories of vehicles left overnight on any street or highway within, or abutting, an area zoned primarily residential or open space. The first category covers all trailers designed to be towed by a motor vehicle, including boat trailers, trailer homes, and mobile homes. The second covers vehicles over 10,000 pounds licensed gross vehicle weight whose principal use is hauling commodities, merchandise, produce, freight, animals, or passengers for hire, or that are used mainly in construction or farming, such as bulldozers, backhoes, tractors, and cranes.
m. Unlike most of Edmonds's parking rules, which require posted signs before they're enforceable, this section specifically states that restricted parking or other traffic signs do not need to be erected to enforce it; the ordinance applies on its own force citywide wherever the zoning is residential or open space. 00 late fee if unpaid within 30 days.
Violations & Fines
Leaving a trailer, boat trailer, mobile home, or a vehicle over 10,000 pounds GVW parked overnight between 12:01 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. in a residential or open-space zone is a parking infraction under ECC 8.48.180, carrying the standard $40.00 civil penalty under ECC 8.48.215, with no sign posting required to enforce it.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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