Boulder, CO Parking Rules: Street Parking Limits (2026)

Section 7-6-8 requires parking on the right-hand side of a two-way street, and facing the direction of travel on a one-way street; parking against traffic on either kind of street is the classic wrong-side violation. Section 7-6-13 lists a dozen places where stopping or parking is banned outright, including sidewalks, intersections, crosswalks, within ten feet of a moving lane on an alley, within five feet of railroad tracks, on marked bike lanes and paths, and in clearly marked fire lanes, under Subsection (a). Subsection (b) adds a second list of parking-specific bans, starting with the driveway rule at issue here: no vehicle may be parked on a roadway in or within five feet of a public or private driveway or junction, under Subsection (b)(1).

The same subsection bars parking within five feet of a curbside fire hydrant, within twenty feet of a crosswalk or intersection, within thirty feet of a stop sign, yield sign, or signal, within fifty feet of a railroad crossing, in a bus stop, or in a way that blocks a posted construction or street-closure project after the required 24- or 72-hour advance notice. All of it is subject to any conflicting parking-payment technology or traffic control device under Subsection (c). The one narrow driveway exception in Subsection (a)(12) lets a single vehicle park at a right angle within the sidewalk area on a paved driveway that existed before September 1, 1988, if it doesn't block the street or sidewalk and the driver has the dwelling occupant's permission.