Gresham, OR Parking Rules: Overnight Parking (2026)
Key Facts
- Time limit
- 72 consecutive hours
- Exception
- vehicle's own registered address
- Max fine
- $250
- Section
- GRC 8.25.010(7)
Summary
Vehicles left on a Gresham street or public property for more than 72 consecutive hours are unlawfully parked, unless the vehicle sits at the street address where it is registered.
Parks or permits to be parked on a street or other public property a motor vehicle or personal property for a period in excess of 72 consecutive hours; except a motor vehicle may be parked on a street at the address where the vehicle is registered if parking is permitted on that street and it is not a hazardous or abandoned vehicle, as defined in GRC 8.05.020.
(8) Interferes with or cuts off a vehicle which already had begun to maneuver into a vacant parking space on a public street or parking lot.
(9) Parks a vehicle in front of the entrance of any post office or postal station, or other place where mail is received or deposited, or within 10
feet of a private mailbox on postal delivery days between 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
(10) Parks, or permits a vehicle owned, operated, or controlled by the person to be parked, in the unfenced Civic Center parking area located immediately west of City Hall and does any of the following:
(a) Parks a vehicle in a designated parking space for any purpose other than that designated for such space. The manager may designate, by official signs or markings or by other means for temporary uses, areas for:
(i) vehicles used visitors such as by members of the general public or others having business with the city or school district, or attending a meeting at the Civic Center complex, excluding city or school employees engaged in the discharge of their duties;
(ii) police vehicles;
(iii) city-owned (fleet) vehicles;
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: the cited page had not changed since it was quoted.
Full Breakdown
GRC 8.25.010(7) makes it unlawful to leave a motor vehicle or personal property on a street or other public property for more than 72 consecutive hours. The one carve-out: a vehicle may sit at the curb indefinitely if it is parked at the street address where it is registered, parking is allowed there, and the vehicle is not hazardous or abandoned under GRC 8.05.020. Violations carry a fine of up to $250 under GRC 8.25.010(13) and can lead to towing.
Violations & Fines
Leaving a vehicle on a street or public property past 72 consecutive hours draws a citation, a fine up to $250, and possible towing if it also meets the abandoned-vehicle definition.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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