Whittier, CA Parking Rules: Overnight Parking (2026)
Key Facts
- Overnight window
- 2 a.m. to 6 a.m.
- Time limit (signed streets)
- 30 minutes
- Heavy-vehicle threshold
- 6,000 lbs gross weight, no sign needed
- Exempt vehicles
- emergency, government, utility, physician on call
- Nonprofit exception
- permit from Parking and Transportation Commission
Summary
Whittier caps street parking to 30 minutes between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. on any posted street, and separately bars any vehicle weighing 6,000 pounds or more from parking on any street or alley for more than 30 minutes in that same overnight window, sign or no sign. Emergency vehicles, government and public-utility vehicles, and doctors on professional calls are exempt.
A.When the proper signs are erected giving notice thereof, 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 six a.m. of any day.B.In addition to the provisions of subsection A of this section, and regardless of the erection of any sign giving notice, no person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle with a gross weight of six thousand pounds or more on any street or alley in the city for a period of time longer than thirty minutes between the hours of two a.m. and six a.m. of any day.
Full Breakdown
Section 10.16.140 sets Whittier's overnight parking limit: where proper signs are erected, no one may stop, stand or park a vehicle on a street for longer than 30 minutes between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. of any day. A second, sign-independent rule applies citywide to heavy vehicles: regardless of whether signs are posted, no vehicle with a gross weight of 6,000 pounds or more may stop, stand or park on any street or alley in the city for more than 30 minutes during that same 2 a.m. to 6 a.m. window, meaning large trucks face the overnight limit everywhere, not just on posted blocks.
The section exempts emergency vehicles, vehicles owned by a state or governmental agency or a public utility that are actually engaged in an emergency stop, and vehicles owned by a licensed physician making professional calls. Nonprofit organizations can obtain a permit from the Parking and Transportation Commission under § 10.16.150 to overpark past these limits on a showing of purpose and vehicle details, and military veterans with qualifying special plates get a metered-parking fee waiver under § 10.16.155, though that waiver does not excuse compliance with the overnight time limit itself.
Violations & Fines
Parking longer than 30 minutes on a posted street between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m., or parking a vehicle of 6,000 pounds or more anywhere in the city during that window regardless of signage, is a citable parking violation. The narrow exemptions for emergency, government, public-utility and physician vehicles must be proven at the time of the stop; a general nonprofit overparking permit from the Parking and Transportation Commission is the only other way to lawfully exceed the limit.
Frequently Asked Questions
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