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

Section 10.28.030 provides that 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. It traces to Prior Code § 17-80 and sits in Chapter 10.28, which also authorizes twenty-minute green-curb zones and two-hour limits running eight a.m. to nine p.m. or four p.m. on other blocks, all likewise dependent on posted signs or markings.

The broader Chapter 10.24 backs it up: § 10.24.010 states the chapter's stopping and standing rules apply at all times except when a driver must stop to avoid a conflict with traffic or comply with a police officer, and § 10.24.030 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. On one-way roadways, § 10.28.110 additionally bars parking on the left-hand side unless signs specifically permit it.

Because Title 10 sets no chapter-specific fine for overtime or improperly located parking, violations default to the general Chapter 1.04 scheme, and vehicles left in violation for seventy-two or more consecutive hours, or parked in a posted no-parking zone, may be towed by a Buena Park police officer under § 10.12.050. Signs must actually be posted before any of these provisions can be enforced; § 10.16.020 makes any traffic-law provision requiring signage unenforceable without legible signs in place.