Franklin, TN Parking Rules: Street Parking Limits (2026)
Key Facts
- Driveway rule
- no stopping in front of a driveway
- Fire hydrant buffer
- 15 feet
- Railroad crossing buffer
- 50 feet
- Mailbox buffer
- 15 feet
Summary
Franklin bans stopping, standing, or parking on sidewalks, crosswalks, medians, driveways, and within set distances of fire hydrants, railroad crossings, and mailboxes.
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle, except momentarily to pick up or discharge a passenger or passengers:(a)At any place where official signs or pavement markings prohibit stopping, standing or parking;(b)On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street;(c)Within an alley except during the necessary and expeditious loading and unloading of merchandise or freight, and no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle within an alley in such a position as to bock the normal flow of traffic.(d)Without its right-hand wheels of the vehicle parallel to and within 18 inches of the right-hand curb;(e)In front of a public or private driveway.(f)Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant(g)Within 50 feet of a railroad crossing.(h)In any area designated as a fire lane pursuant to the terms of the Standard Fire Prevention Code adopted and codified by section 7-201 of the Franklin Municipal Code.(i)Within 15 feet of a mailbox. (Ord. No. 2018-07, § I, 7-10-2018; Ord. No. 2019-55, § I, 4-14-2020)
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 30 Update 1).
Full Breakdown
Sec. 15-603 lists prohibited parking locations citywide: sidewalks, medians/buffer/planting strips, within 25 feet of an intersection (with signed-space and signalized exceptions), crosswalks, controlled-access highways, street excavations, bridges/tunnels, and park paths. A second list bars stopping except to load or unload a passenger at signed no-stopping zones, on the roadway side of a parked vehicle, in alleys outside loading, more than 18 inches from the curb, in front of a driveway, within 15 feet of a fire hydrant, within 50 feet of a railroad crossing, in a fire lane, or within 15 feet of a mailbox.
Violations & Fines
Violations fall under Sec. 15-705: a fine set in Appendix A per offense, plus impoundment as a public nuisance under Sec. 15-704 for a vehicle left in a prohibited spot.
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