Monterey Park, CA Parking Rules: Overnight Parking (2026)
Key Facts
- Restricted hours
- 2:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m. nightly
- Streets covered
- 16 named business-district streets
- Vehicles covered
- Cars, trailers, trailer coaches, low-beds
- Effective only when
- Warning signs are posted
- First-offense fine
- Up to $100
Summary
In the City of Monterey Park, Municipal Code § 10.48.205 bars parking between two a.m. and five a.m. on sixteen named business-district streets, including Garvey Avenue, Atlantic Boulevard, Garfield Avenue and Monterey Pass Road. The ban covers ordinary vehicles as well as nonmotorized trailers, trailer coaches and detached low-beds, and only takes effect once warning signs are posted at the city limits.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, no person shall park or stand any vehicle or any nonmotorized trailer, trailer coach, detached low-bed, or other such vehicle upon the following public streets in business districts, within the city limits between two a.m. and five a.m., except as amended by city council resolution: Atlantic Boulevard Atlas Avenue Corporate Center Drive Davidson Drive Floral Drive Fremont Avenue Garfield Avenue Garvey Avenue Kern Avenue Monterey Pass Road New Avenue Pomona Boulevard Potrero Grande Drive Ramona Boulevard Riggin Avenue Saturn Street The regulations imposed by this section shall not be effective until such time as signs giving notice of such restrictions are erected at or near the city limits.
Full Breakdown
Section 10.48.205 lists sixteen public streets by name where overnight parking is prohibited between two a.m. and five a.m. within business districts: Atlantic Boulevard, Atlas Avenue, Corporate Center Drive, Davidson Drive, Floral Drive, Fremont Avenue, Garfield Avenue, Garvey Avenue, Kern Avenue, Monterey Pass Road, New Avenue, Pomona Boulevard, Potrero Grande Drive, Ramona Boulevard, Riggin Avenue and Saturn Street. The ordinance reaches more than passenger cars: it also bars leaving any nonmotorized trailer, trailer coach, detached low-bed, or other such vehicle on those blocks during the window.
Like most of Chapter 10.48's parking restrictions, the three-hour ban is not automatically enforceable; § 10.48.205 states the regulations shall not be effective until such time as signs giving notice of such restrictions are erected at or near the city limits, so an officer must be able to point to posted signage before writing a citation. The city council can amend the street list or the hours by resolution without a full ordinance amendment, which is why the printed list should be checked against current signage on any of these corridors, most of which run through Monterey Park's core commercial areas along the Garvey and Atlantic Avenue corridors.
The Monterey Park Police Department enforces the ban, and it functions as the city's version of an overnight commercial-corridor sweep rule rather than a residential no-overnight-parking law: nothing in § 10.48.205 restricts overnight parking on residential side streets outside the listed business-district corridors.
Violations & Fines
Parking on a listed street between 2 a.m. and 5 a.m. is an infraction under § 4.10.030(a)(1). First offenses draw a fine up to $100, a second violation of the same section within a year up to $200, and a third or later violation in that year up to $500, per § 4.10.040. Because § 10.48.205 only applies once signs are posted, the Police Department must show the required signage was in place before a citation for this particular ban can stick.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which Monterey Park streets have the 2-5 a.m. parking ban?
Does the overnight ban apply to RVs and trailers, not just cars?
Can the city add or remove streets from the overnight ban?
Sources & Official References
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