Rohnert Park, CA Parking Rules: Overnight Parking (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- RPMC § 10.40.230
- Restricted window
- 2:00 a.m. to 4:00 a.m.
- Time limit within window
- 30 minutes maximum
- Exception
- Licensed physician on a house call
- Related tool
- Council-designated street restrictions, § 10.40.044
Summary
Rohnert Park Municipal Code Section 10.40.230 bars parking on any street for more than thirty minutes between 2:00 a.m. and 4:00 a.m. The rule applies citywide rather than to a specific overnight ban, and it carries a narrow exception for a licensed physician actually making a house call.
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle on any street for a period of time longer than thirty minutes between the hours of two a.m. and four a.m. of any day, provided that this section shall not apply to a vehicle of any regularly licensed physician when actually engaged in making professional calls.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 51 Update 2).
Full Breakdown
of any day. The only stated exception covers a regularly licensed physician's vehicle while the physician is actually engaged in making a professional call, reflecting the ordinance's original 1965 purpose of keeping streets clear for street sweeping and emergency access during the lowest-traffic hours rather than preventing residents from parking overnight generally. 230. 230 itself.
Violations & Fines
A violation of Section 10.40.230 is enforced through Chapter 10.40's penalty clause, Section 10.40.250, which applies Chapter 1.16's fines and other misdemeanor provisions to any breach of the chapter, on top of the Title 10 general penalty in Section 10.04.040 capping fines at five hundred dollars and jail time at six months.
Frequently Asked Questions
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