Cocoa, FL Parking Rules: Street Parking Limits (2026)

Section 20-52 of the Cocoa Code of Ordinances lays out the city's core on-street parking prohibitions. It splits into two lists: places where stopping is absolutely forbidden (on a sidewalk, bike path or bike lane; within an intersection; on a crosswalk; alongside a street excavation; on railroad tracks; blocking emergency vehicle passage) and places where standing or parking is forbidden except to momentarily pick up or drop off a passenger (in front of a public or private driveway; within 15 feet of a fire hydrant; within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection; within 30 feet of a flashing or stop signal; within 20 feet of a fire station driveway and 75 feet on the opposite side; within 30 feet of a railroad crossing; along a curb painted red or yellow; or blocking a designated fire lane).

Subsection (b) further requires every vehicle parked on a two-way street to sit parallel to and within twelve inches of the curb, and on a one-way street to park in the direction of authorized traffic with wheels within twelve inches of the applicable curb. These rules were adopted by Ordinance No. 4-88 and updated by Ordinance No. 02-2019. Violations of Section 20-52 are noncriminal civil infractions under Section 20-54, carrying a thirty-dollar penalty for most subsections, with each day of a continuing violation treated as a separate offense, a ten-dollar school crossing guard surcharge added to every ticket, and a further ten-dollar increase if payment is not made within ten days.

Citations are issued by Cocoa Police Department officers and parking enforcement specialists on the prenumbered forms required by Section 20-55, and vehicle owners are presumptively liable for the ticket under Section 20-57 unless they can show the vehicle was in someone else's care, custody or control at the time.