High Point, NC Parking Rules: Overnight Parking (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- City Code § 10-1-54(a)(2)
- Restricted hours
- 1:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m., all public streets
- Consequence
- Tow and impoundment by police or city-contracted wrecker
- Cost
- Owner pays full towing and storage fee
- Notice
- Mailed to owner under § 10-1-198
- Ticket penalty
- $50 fixed civil penalty, § 5-1-41(a)
Summary
High Point, North Carolina authorizes police to tow and impound any vehicle parked on a public street between 1:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. under City Code Sec. 10-1-54(a)(2), one of eleven impoundment triggers the council adopted for the protection of the public health and to alleviate dangerous traffic congestion. The vehicle's owner pays every towing and storage cost, and the city must mail notice of the tow.
(a)The following enumerated sections have been enacted for the protection of the public health, to afford maximum fire protection, and to alleviate dangerous traffic congestion:(1)The section prohibiting the parking of a vehicle within 15 feet of a fire hydrant.(2)The section prohibiting the parking of a vehicle between the hours of 1:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m....(11)Law enforcement officers of the city or other city officials designated by the director of police services shall impound or cause to be impounded any vehicle or vehicles found parked on the streets, alleys, or rights-of-way or off-street parking facilities of the city in violation of those sections of this chapter heretofore set forth in this section.(b)...it shall be the duty of said officers or officials to either tow and store such vehicles in a suitable place provided by the city or to make arrangements with wrecker companies who have entered into a contract with the city...All costs incident to towing and storage shall be paid by the owner or person entitled to the possession thereof.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 9 | Development Ordinance: Supplement 14).
Full Breakdown
Section 10-1-54 does not stand alone as a fine schedule; it is the city's impoundment authority, listing eleven specific violations, including the fire-hydrant setback, alley-entrance blocking, loading-zone parking, and the median-parking ban, that trigger a tow. ' Subsection (a)(11) directs law enforcement officers or designated city officials to impound any vehicle found on a street, alley, right-of-way, or off-street lot in violation of any of the enumerated sections. Subsection (b) lets officers either tow the vehicle to a city storage facility or route it through a wrecker company under contract with the city, and makes the vehicle owner responsible for 'all costs incident to towing and storage,' billed at rates fixed by that city-wrecker contract; if the owner shows up after a tow truck is called but before any work begins, a reduced fee may apply.
Subsection (c) requires the city to send notice to the vehicle's owner under Sec. 10-1-198, and subsection (d) lets the city manager enter an exclusive towing-and-storage contract covering all public streets and alleys. A related trigger, item (6), separately allows towing of an apparently abandoned vehicle after 48 hours within the fire limits or three days elsewhere in the city.
Violations & Fines
Beyond the towing and storage bill itself, an unpaid overnight-parking ticket is treated like any other parking citation under Sec. 5-1-41(a): a $50 fixed civil penalty due within seven days, rising to an additional $50 late penalty plus court costs if unpaid, or a further $25 if the owner settles after a civil debt action has already been filed but before trial. Removing or erasing an officer's tire chalk mark is a separate violation under Sec. 5-1-41(g).
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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