Glendale, AZ Parking Rules: Overnight Parking (2026)
Key Facts
- Time limit
- 48 hours on any street, alley, roadway
- Enforcement type
- Civil code infraction
- Liable party
- Vehicle's registered owner, prima facie
- Continuing violation
- Separate offense each full hour past limit
Summary
A vehicle cannot sit on any Glendale street, alley, or roadway for more than 48 hours straight. The rule sits inside a longer list of stopping and parking prohibitions covering sidewalks, crosswalks, fire hydrants, and driveways.
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with law or the direction of a police officer or traffic-control device, in any of the following places:(1)On a sidewalk;... (16)Upon a street, alley or roadway for a period in excess of forty-eight (48) hours.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 115).
Full Breakdown
Glendale City Code § 24-62 bars stopping, standing, or parking a vehicle in sixteen specific places unless necessary to avoid a traffic conflict or comply with a police officer's direction or a traffic-control device. Alongside familiar bans on parking on a sidewalk, in front of a driveway, within an intersection, within 15 feet of a fire hydrant, or within 20 feet of a crosswalk, § 24-62(16) specifically prohibits parking upon a street, alley, or roadway for a period in excess of 48 hours. This 48-hour limit applies citywide to any public street, alley, or roadway and is not limited to residential blocks.
The section also bars parking within 30 feet of a stop sign or traffic signal, within 50 feet of a railroad crossing, on bridges or in highway tunnels, and on controlled-access highways outside designated rest areas. Chapter 24's separate long-vehicle rule (§ 24-60) and mobile home/RV rule (§ 24-61, capping unattended RV parking on a street at 24 hours for loading and unloading) work alongside the 48-hour general limit, so a car, truck, or trailer left unmoved on any Glendale street past two full days is independently in violation regardless of what else it is doing.
Violations & Fines
Enforcement of Chapter 24's Article IV parking prohibitions runs through § 24-69, which declares violations to be civil code infractions adjudicated and enforced by the city court under Chapter 13, Article II. Under § 24-80, the registered owner of the vehicle is prima facie responsible for the violation, and a violation that is continuous in nature, like an overstaying vehicle, constitutes a separate and distinct violation for each full hour it continues, meaning citations can accumulate the longer the vehicle remains past the 48-hour mark.
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Sources & Official References
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