Olathe, KS Parking Rules: Overnight Parking (2026)
Key Facts
- Restricted hours
- 6:00 p.m. to 5:59 a.m.
- Covered vehicles
- Trucks, trailers, farm/industrial machinery
- 2-hour rule
- Off-street parking required after 2 hrs
- Governing section
- Municipal Code § 10.01.086(d)-(e)
- Exception
- § 10.01.098 carve-outs apply
Summary
Olathe bars trucks, trailers, farm tractors, and industrial machinery from parking on any street between 6:00 p.m. and 5:59 a.m., and requires off-street parking for those vehicles after two hours, under Municipal Code § 10.01.086(d)-(e).
(e) Except as provided in O.M.C. 10.01.098, it is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to park any of the vehicles named in subsection (d) on the front parking or paved portion of any street of the city between the hours of six P.M. and five fifty-nine A.M., except that transient trucks and vehicles may be parked during the nighttime parallel to the curb in any area where diagonal parking is provided between the hours of ten A.M. and eight A.M.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 26-39, passed July 21, 2026).
Full Breakdown
Olathe Municipal Code § 10.01.086(d) requires trucks, truck tractors, transport vehicles, farm and industrial tractors, trailers, trailer houses, semitrailers, and farm or industrial machinery to move off-street once they've been parked two hours or more. Subsection (e) goes further: it's unlawful to park any of those named vehicles on the paved portion of a city street between 6:00 p.m. and 5:59 a.m., with a narrow, oddly worded exception in the code itself for transient trucks parked curbside in diagonal-parking zones. The rule targets commercial and heavy vehicles, not ordinary passenger cars, and is enforced by Olathe Police in Johnson County, Kansas, subject to exceptions in § 10.01.098.
Violations & Fines
Parking a truck, trailer, or farm/industrial machine on an Olathe street overnight (6 p.m.–5:59 a.m.) violates § 10.01.086(e); the general traffic-infraction fine schedule applies, capped at $500 by state law.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Does Olathe restrict overnight parking for regular passenger cars?
Sources & Official References
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