Baldwin Park, CA Parking Rules: Street Parking Limits (2026)

04, No Parking Areas, prohibits an owner or operator from stopping, standing, parking or leaving a vehicle standing at a defined list of locations unless necessary to avoid a traffic conflict or on direction of a police officer, sign or signal. The list covers: within or alongside a divisional island absent authorizing signs; on a street or alley restricted for cleaning, repair, construction, utility installation, or moving oversized equipment; within 20 feet of the curb opposite the midblock end of a safety zone marked by signs or red curb paint; within 20 feet of an intersection crosswalk marked the same way, except that a bus may still use a designated stop; anywhere the Director of Public Works has flagged as a traffic hazard with red paint or signage; any location the City Council designates by resolution as a no-parking area; and the approaches to a traffic signal, boulevard stop sign, or flashing device for a distance the Director of Public Works sets for safe traffic movement.

040 and was amended by Ordinance 923 in 1986. It expressly authorizes towing: any vehicle parked in violation of the restricted-work-zone clause in subsection (B) is to be removed by towing and impounded at the vehicle owner's expense. 99(F) shifts actual enforcement onto the city's civil parking-penalty schedule rather than the criminal infraction track.