Sammamish, WA Parking Rules: Overnight Parking (2026)
Key Facts
- Street parking time limit
- 72 consecutive hours
- Overstay penalty
- Civil infraction, SMC 46.30.060
- Late-response penalty
- +$25.00 per infraction after 15 days
- Late response also costs
- Loss of right to a hearing
- Expired tabs
- Separate civil infraction, SMC 46.30.050
Summary
Sammamish does not ban overnight street parking outright, but no vehicle may sit on a City street for more than 72 consecutive hours. SMC 46.30.060 makes overstaying a civil infraction, and enhanced penalties kick in if the ticket goes unpaid for 15 days.
No person having charge of any vehicle shall permit such vehicle to stand or to be parked in any street in the City for more than 72 hours consecutively. Violation of this section is a civil infraction.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance O2026-598, and legislation passed through August 18, 2026).
Full Breakdown
060 sets the operative overnight and long-term parking rule for Sammamish: no person having charge of a vehicle may permit it to stand or park on any City street for more than 72 hours consecutively, and a violation is a civil infraction. 020 to include streets, avenues, ways, boulevards, drives, highways and all places open to public vehicle use, except alleys, so the 72-hour clock runs on essentially every public roadway in the City, not just marked residential blocks. 030 clarifies that this and the chapter's other standing and parking prohibitions apply at all times, or at whatever narrower hours are posted on official signs, except when a vehicle must stop to avoid a traffic conflict or on the direction of a police officer, flagger or traffic control device.
00 fine for each separate parking infraction on the notice and forfeits the driver's right to a hearing on the underlying violation. 050, so an abandoned-looking vehicle can draw a citation well before the 72-hour mark if its registration has lapsed.
Violations & Fines
Exceeding the 72-hour limit is a civil infraction under SMC 46.30.060. Miss the 15-day response window and SMC 46.30.085 tacks on an additional $25.00 per infraction and strips the right to a hearing. Parking with expired tabs is a separate civil infraction under SMC 46.30.050.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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