Chino Hills, CA Parking Rules: Street Parking Limits (2026)
Key Facts
- Curb distance limit
- Within 18 inches of curb
- Wheel position
- Right-hand wheels parallel to curb
- Motorcycle rule
- One wheel/fender touching curb
- Minimum roadway clearance
- 10 feet of open street width
- Alley driveway blocking
- Prohibited, § 10.08.040
Summary
Chino Hills requires every vehicle parked at a curb to sit with its right-hand wheels parallel to and within eighteen inches of that curb, under Municipal Code Section 10.08.190, which bars wrong-way curb parking citywide. Parking in an alley that blocks a driveway entrance is separately prohibited under Section 10.08.040.
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter every vehicle stopped or parked upon a roadway where there are adjacent curbs shall be stopped or parked with the right-hand wheels of such vehicle parallel with and within eighteen (18) inches of the right-hand curb, except that motorcycles shall be parked with at least one wheel or fender touching the right-hand curb. When no curbs or barriers bound any roadway, right-hand parallel parking is required unless otherwise indicated.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 61).
Full Breakdown
190 sets the basic mechanics of on-street parking in Chino Hills: except where the chapter says otherwise, a vehicle stopped or parked on a roadway with adjacent curbs must have its right-hand wheels parallel with, and within eighteen inches of, the right-hand curb, meaning a driver has to park in the direction of travel on that side of the street rather than pulling in against traffic. Motorcycles only need one wheel or fender touching the curb. Where a street has no curbs or barriers, the same right-hand parallel-parking rule applies unless a sign or marking says otherwise.
040 bars parking in an alley in a way that blocks the driveway entrance to any abutting property or leaves insufficient room for vehicles to pass. Read together, these sections cover the complaints residents raise most: cars parked backward against the curb, cars narrowing a street too far for traffic, and vehicles left blocking a driveway from an alley.
Violations & Fines
Parking against the flow of traffic, more than eighteen inches from the curb, or in a way that blocks an alley driveway is a citable parking violation enforced by the Chino Hills Police Department. None of Sections 10.08.030, 10.08.040, or 10.08.190 designates the offense an infraction outright, so the general penalty at Section 1.36.020 applies: fines starting at $100 for a first violation and rising to $500 for a third within one year.
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