Anchorage, AK Parking Rules: Street Parking Limits (2026)

Park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading merchandise or passengers:

1. In front of a public or private driveway.

2. Within 20 feet of a marked crosswalk not located within a designated school zone.

3. Within 20 feet from the point of tangent of curb return at any intersection.

4. Within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing.

5. Within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station.

6. At any place where official signs prohibit parking, with the exception of fire lanes and handicapped parking areas.

7. At any place immediately adjacent to a yellow painted curb.

8. Within ten feet of a curbside mail box.

9. Within ten feet of an alley entrance.

C. No person may move a vehicle not lawfully under the person's control into any such prohibited area or away from a curb such distance as is unlawful.

D. No person may park a vehicle on public property in a place not marked, designated or otherwise provided for parking, nor shall a vehicle be parked in a manner contrary to the indicated or conventional parking usage or mode in those areas where parking is permitted. (CAC 9.30.030; AO No. 78-72; AO No. 78-146; AO No. 80-4; AO No. 87-142; AO No. 89-52; AO No. 94-68(S), § 14, 8-11-1994; AO No. 98-171(S), § 3, 1-12-1999; AO No. 2011-113(S), § 67, 11-22-2011, eff. 12-22-2011)