Lake County, CA Parking Rules: Overnight Parking (2026)

Section 19-37 was adopted under Vehicle Code § 22650 through § 22856, drawing specifically on § 22651(k), which lets peace officers and certain county employees remove a vehicle parked or left standing on a highway for 72 or more consecutive hours once a local ordinance authorizes removal. 3, states plainly that no vehicle shall be parked or left standing on any County or County Service Area street, highway or alley for more than seventy-two consecutive hours. 2 defines the covered roadway broadly: a county street or highway or county service area highway or road includes all or any part of the entire width of the roadway or public right-of-way, whether or not the entire area is actually used for street or highway purposes, and it separately defines an alley as a roadway not exceeding 25 feet in width used mainly for access to the rear or side of abutting property.

1 (a $25-$100 infraction fine): a vehicle in violation of the 72-hour rule is subject to being towed and stored at the owner's own expense, on top of that fine. The ordinance history shows it was enacted by Ord. No. 2731 in 2005 and its penalty cross-reference dates to Ord. No. 2530 in 2000.