Bozeman, MT Parking Rules: Street Parking Limits (2026)

Section 36.04.030 of the Bozeman Municipal Code lists the places where a vehicle cannot stop, stand or park unless the stop is needed to avoid conflict with other traffic or to obey law, a police officer or a traffic control device, and it states that no signs are required. Beyond driveways, sidewalks, intersections, crosswalks and hydrants, the list includes within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection, within 30 feet on the approach to a flashing beacon, stop sign or traffic control signal, within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing, within 20 feet of a fire station driveway, in front of a curbside mailbox, and within a designated bicycle lane or bicycle path. Where the director of transportation and engineering has plainly marked parking areas, several of the distance limits do not apply. Subsection B bars moving a vehicle that is not lawfully under your control into a prohibited area.

Wrong-way and curb-distance rules sit in section 36.04.050: a vehicle standing or parked in a roadway must be parallel with the edge of the roadway, headed in the direction of lawful traffic movement, with its right-hand or left-hand wheels within 18 inches of the curb or edge. Section 36.04.140 bars leaving less than ten feet of roadway width for free movement of traffic, and section 36.04.110 bars parking between the curb and the sidewalk or on any landscaped portion of city streets.

Time limits come from posted signs. Where a maximum duration is posted, section 36.04.260 bars staying longer and bars returning to the same block face or within 500 feet for a three-hour period. It also bars parking longer than 72 consecutive hours on a street, alley or highway, or in a city parking facility, without a valid permit. The registered owner answers for the violation (section 36.04.320), and a vehicle parked illegally for more than six hours can be removed under section 36.02.020.