Buena Park, CA Parking Rules: Street Parking Limits (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- § 10.28.030, Chapter 10.28
- Time limit
- 1 hour, 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Sun/holidays excepted
- Trigger
- Requires posted signs, meters or curb markings
- Backing rule
- § 10.24.030 bans parking near signals, red curbs
- One-way streets
- § 10.28.110 bars left-side parking without signs
- Removal authority
- § 10.12.050, police may tow violating vehicles
Summary
Buena Park Municipal Code § 10.28.030 caps parking at one hour between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. on any street where the city council has authorized signs, meters or curb markings, Sundays and holidays excepted. It sits alongside the city's broader no-stopping rules for parkways, red curbs, intersections and traffic-signal approaches in Chapter 10.24.
When authorized signs, parking meters or curb markings have been determined by city council resolution to be necessary and are in place giving notice thereof, no operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand or park such vehicle between the hours of nine a.m. and six p.m. of any day, except Sundays and holidays, for a period of time longer than one hour.
Full Breakdown
of any day, except Sundays and holidays, for a period of time longer than one hour. on other blocks, all likewise dependent on posted signs or markings. 030 separately bans parking within any parkway, within twenty feet of a traffic signal or boulevard stop sign, or wherever the curb is painted red or signed as a hazard. 110 additionally bars parking on the left-hand side unless signs specifically permit it. 050. 020 makes any traffic-law provision requiring signage unenforceable without legible signs in place.
Violations & Fines
Exceeding the posted one-hour limit, or parking in a location Chapter 10.24 or 10.28 bans outright, defaults to the city's general Chapter 1.04 penalty: an infraction starting at $100 for a first offense and rising to $500 for a third within a year, or a misdemeanor up to $1,000 and six months in jail for repeat conduct. A police officer may also tow a vehicle left in violation.
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