Hemet, CA Parking Rules: Street Parking Limits (2026)

City Code § 78-131 makes it unlawful "to park a vehicle upon any street or alley of the city for any period exceeding 72 consecutive hours," and a vehicle left past that limit "shall be subject to removal in the manner provided by and subject to the requirements set forth in the Vehicle Code of the state." The rule sits in Article IV, Division 1 ("Stopping, Standing and Parking") and applies citywide to every public street and alley, not just posted zones.

Enforcement authority is spelled out separately in § 78-132: only city police officers, police cadets, traffic control officers and code enforcement officers may issue citations for violations of the California Vehicle Code and this article's parking rules, and "any such citation shall be deemed to be a civil complaint charging violations of this chapter." Two built-in exemptions from Article IV as a whole matter here: § 78-101 exempts city department vehicles "necessarily in use for construction or maintenance work upon the streets" and U.S. Postal Service vehicles delivering mail, and § 78-104 exempts stopping made necessary to avoid a traffic conflict or to comply with a police officer's or traffic-control device's directions. A vehicle towed for exceeding 72 hours can also be handled under the abandoned-vehicle provisions cross-referenced at § 30-51 et seq. if it independently qualifies as abandoned.