Oakland, CA Parking Rules: Overnight Parking (2026)

Section 10.28.260, in Chapter 10.28 (Stopping, Standing and Parking Generally), prohibits parking any vehicle between the hours of three a.m. and six a.m. of any day on any street or part of a street that has been designated by resolution of the Oakland City Council and marked with appropriate signs giving notice of the restriction. The rule is not citywide by default: it only takes effect block-by-block where the Council has adopted a resolution and the City has posted signs, which is the same structural pattern Oakland uses for its other resolution-triggered parking limits, including the four-hour zones in § 10.28.210 and the all-times no-parking zones in § 10.28.250.

Because the restriction depends on posted signage, drivers must check for the actual posted hours on a given block rather than assume a citywide 3-to-6 curfew applies. The parking fine schedule in Chapter 10.48, § 10.48.010, sets the specific fine for a § 10.28.260 violation at $32.00, listed in the schedule as 'No parking 3 a.m. to 6 a.m.' The section traces back to the city's prior traffic code § 183.1. Overnight parking restrictions like this one are typically used on residential streets for street sweeping, security or neighborhood-specific traffic management purposes, and enforcement is handled through Oakland's standard parking citation process administered under the Department of Transportation, with citations governed by the general parking-fine schedule rather than Chapter 1.28's misdemeanor or infraction penalties.