Turlock, CA Parking Rules: Overnight Parking (2026)

Section 4-7-1105 is a time limit, not a flat ban. A driver may stop, stand, or park on a non-residential Turlock street in the early morning, but only for thirty (30) minutes or less. Staying longer than that between 2:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. is the violation. The section names stopping and standing alongside parking, so the limit reaches a vehicle that is merely stopped or standing, not only a vehicle that has been parked and left.

The limit applies on "any day." The section draws no line between weekdays and weekends, and it names no holiday on which the limit lifts.

Where the rule applies is defined by what it leaves out. The text covers "any street, except in a residential area," so streets in Turlock's residential areas are outside this section. That means § 4-7-1105 is not a citywide overnight ban, and it does not create an overnight limit for residential streets. The section simply does not reach them.

The physician exception is narrow. It covers "the vehicle of any regularly licensed physician when actually engaged in making professional calls." Conditions are packed into that phrase. The physician must be regularly licensed, and the physician must be actually engaged in professional calls while the vehicle is on the street. The wording gives no exemption to a physician's vehicle left on a non-residential street for any other reason. No other occupation or type of vehicle is named in the section.

The penalty is civil. The section does not print a dollar amount. It says the civil penalty for a violation shall be established by resolution of the City Council, so the amount is found in the Council's resolution and not in the code text.

The section has been amended by 820-CS on 06/22/1993 and by 1120-CS on 07/23/09.