Greensboro, NC Parking Rules: Street Parking Limits (2026)

Greensboro polices on-street parking through two adjoining sections of Chapter 16. Sec. 16-133 requires that a parked vehicle sit parallel to the curb and headed in the same direction as the nearest lane of travel, no nose-to-curb or wrong-way parking, except where the city has marked diagonal spaces, and on streets with painted parking lines a vehicle must stay within its lines, though an oversized vehicle may take up to three marked spaces. Sec. 16-134 then bars parking so as to obstruct a sidewalk, private driveway, crosswalk, safety zone, or railroad crossing, and separately makes it unlawful to park within five feet in either direction of a private road, alley or driveway entrance, a tighter buffer than the general obstruction rule, aimed at keeping entrances clear even when a vehicle doesn't fully block them.

The obstruction rule reaches beyond the vehicle's owner: if an employee or agent parks in violation, the person who directed the parking is also responsible. Enforcement runs through the fixed civil penalty schedule in Sec. 16-71(a), which sets a $20 charge for parking so as to obstruct a sidewalk, private driveway, crosswalk, safety zone or railroad crossing, escalating to $25 if unpaid within 45 days and $35 if unpaid within 90 days under the section's collection provisions. Wrong-way or off-line parking under Sec. 16-133 falls under the same general ticketing and civil-penalty framework administered by Greensboro police and other officials the chief of police designates.