Highland, CA Parking Rules: Overnight Parking (2026)

Section 12.07.020 of the Highland Municipal Code is the city's street time limit. It says no person shall park, leave standing, or store upon any publicly maintained highway, street, alley or other place open for vehicular travel any vehicle, as defined in Section 670 of the California Vehicle Code, for more than 72 consecutive hours. That definition reaches beyond passenger cars to any vehicle the Vehicle Code defines as one. The measure is consecutive hours, so the clock is tied to how long the vehicle has sat, not to a calendar night.

The code also says how a violation is proven. A vehicle is in violation if it has not been moved more than one-quarter of a mile (1,320 feet) within the immediately previous 72-consecutive-hour period. Rolling a car a few spaces or around the block does not reset the count. The section adds that a vehicle can be found in violation whether occupied or not, so a person sleeping in or sitting in the vehicle does not take it outside the rule.

Subsection B ties enforcement to state law: a vehicle in violation can be removed as provided in California Vehicle Code Section 22651 or any successor statute. Section 12.07.040 of the same chapter authorizes city and police department employees designated in writing by the city manager and or the police chief to remove illegally parked vehicles from public streets in the City of Highland.

Two related overnight rules sit elsewhere in the code. Section 12.06.020(A) prohibits parking in public parks and on public property between the hours of 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m., except in areas where different hours are posted or adopted by council resolution. Section 12.06.130 makes it unlawful to use a vehicle as an automotive dwelling and notes that permitting requirements for recreational vehicles are found in Chapter 10.28 HMC.