Burien, WA Parking Rules: Street Parking Limits (2026)

Burien Municipal Code § 10.15.045 lists where nobody can park, stand, or stop in the City of Burien, King County, Washington, unless needed to avoid conflict with other traffic or to follow the law, a police officer, or an official traffic control device. Prohibited places include the roadway side of a vehicle already parked at the curb (except while angle parking), a sidewalk or street planting strip, an intersection, a crosswalk, a bridge or elevated structure, spots that interfere with mail delivery at a postal receptacle, and any place past a designated time limit or where official signs prohibit stopping.

A second list bars parking or standing, whether occupied or not, except momentarily to pick up or discharge passengers: in front of a public or private driveway or within five feet of the end of the curb radius leading to it, within 15 feet of a fire hydrant, within 20 feet of a crosswalk, and within 30 feet upon the approach to a flashing signal, stop sign, yield sign, or traffic control signal at the side of the roadway. It also covers within 20 feet of a fire station driveway, and on the opposite side of the street within 75 feet of the entrance when signposted, and bus stops or taxicab stands that are officially designated and signed.

Section 10.15.045(4) makes it unlawful to reserve or attempt to reserve any portion of a street for parking, standing, or stopping to the exclusion of other persons, so a chair or cone does not hold a space.

Section 10.15.070 bars parking, standing, or stopping on any street or sidewalk in a way that obstructs traffic on the traveled portion of the roadway or the movement of pedestrians on sidewalks. Section 10.15.085 sets the curb rule: on a two-way roadway, right-hand wheels parallel to and within 12 inches of the right-hand curb, or as close as practicable to the right edge of the shoulder. On a one-way roadway, vehicles park parallel to the curb in the direction of authorized traffic movement, within 12 inches of either curb. Section 10.15.090 requires at least eight feet of alley width to stay open and bars blocking an abutting driveway.