Westminster has no blanket overnight parking ban on standard passenger cars, but the 72-hour limit, street-sweeping windows, RV permit rules, and large-vehicle restrictions all apply at night. Posted signs and curb colors govern specific blocks, layered on top of California Vehicle Code rules.
The City of Westminster does not impose a citywide overnight curfew on ordinary passenger vehicles in its Municipal Code; instead, overnight parking is governed by the same rules that apply around the clock. Under Westminster Municipal Code Chapter 10.44, no vehicle may remain parked on a public street or alley for more than 72 consecutive hours, and the city counts re-parking within two-tenths of a mile as the same location, so leaving a car overnight repeatedly in one area can trigger this rule. Recreational vehicles may not be parked on city streets overnight without a valid 24-hour RV permit from the Police Department, and large or oversized vehicles exceeding the city's size and weight thresholds are prohibited on all streets at any hour, including overnight. On scheduled street-sweeping days, parking is barred during posted windows of up to eight hours, which often fall in morning hours. Individual neighborhoods may also carry posted signs or permit-parking restrictions that apply overnight. Where Westminster's code is silent, the California Vehicle Code controls. Drivers should rely on posted signs and curb markings rather than assume overnight parking is unrestricted on any given block.
Leaving a vehicle over 72 hours, parking an unpermitted RV overnight, parking an oversized vehicle, or violating a posted overnight or street-sweeping restriction can result in a citation and towing.
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