Fremont, CA Parking Rules: Overnight Parking (2026)

550(b) makes it unlawful to park or leave standing any vehicle, defined broadly in subsection (a) as any device that moves people or property on a street except one powered purely by human effort, on any public street, highway, alley, or publicly owned lot for more than 72 consecutive hours anywhere within Fremont city limits. Subsection (c) spells out what moving the car actually requires: it must go at least 1,000 feet, about two-tenths of a mile, from where it sat, and subsection (d) treats a vehicle as still in violation if it either never moved that far or came back to the same spot in under 24 hours.

Enforcement runs through state law: subsection (e) lets the city remove a violating vehicle under Cal. Veh. Code Section 22651, which separately authorizes removal of any vehicle parked or left standing upon a highway for 72 or more consecutive hours in violation of a local ordinance authorizing removal. Before towing, subsection (f) requires a warning notice affixed to the vehicle giving the owner 36 hours to move it at least 1,000 feet and warning that an early return within 24 hours triggers immediate removal. If Fremont police tow a vehicle under this section, subsection (g) requires compliance with Cal.

Veh. Code Section 22852's post-storage notice and hearing procedure for registered and legal owners. The police chief can also issue written administrative enforcement guidelines under subsection (h), which the department must make available to the public. The 72-hour limit was last amended by Ordinance 10-2024, effective November 12, 2024.