Hillsboro, OR Parking Rules: Street Parking Limits (2026)
Key Facts
- Enforcement hours
- 8 a.m.-6 p.m., Monday-Saturday, most restrictions
- Driveway blocking
- Banned without property owner's permission
- Fire hydrant clearance
- 10 feet minimum
- Late fine
- Doubles if unpaid after 10 business days
- Tow trigger
- 4 unpaid citations within 10 days
Summary
Hillsboro's general parking prohibitions bar parking in front of a driveway without the owner's permission, facing the wrong way against traffic, or blocking a curbside cluster mailbox, among a long list of restrictions in Hillsboro Municipal Code § 8.12.030(F). Most restrictions run 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday, and don't apply Sundays or major holidays under subsection (E).
8.12.030. - General Parking Prohibitions. ... E. General parking restrictions apply, and are enforceable by the City between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday unless otherwise stated on the face of the sign. These parking restrictions do not apply on Sundays, New Year's Day, Memorial Day, the Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and other legal holidays designated by state law. F. In addition to other parking restrictions in the Code, no person may park a vehicle: ... 6. On a street such that the front of the vehicle faces oncoming traffic; ... 11. In front of a private driveway without the permission of the property owner; ... 20. A parking prohibition within 11 feet (22 feet total) of a public and private curbside cluster mailbox during the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on all days except Sundays and federal holidays;
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Municipal Code: Supplement 1 | Community Development Code: Supplement 1).
Full Breakdown
HMC 8.12.030 is the City's general parking-prohibitions section, and it layers several kinds of rules. Subsection (A) requires an unattended vehicle in a public place, sales lot or parking lot to have its brakes set, engine off, key removed, ignition locked and wheels turned to the curb on a grade. Subsection (E) sets the enforcement window for general parking restrictions: 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday, unless a sign says otherwise, with restrictions lifted on Sundays and on New Year's Day, Memorial Day, the Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas and other state legal holidays.
Subsection (F) then lists 22 specific places or ways a vehicle may not be parked, several of them squarely residential-street problems: parking with the front facing oncoming traffic (item 6); parking in front of a private driveway without the property owner's permission (item 11); parking with wheels over the curb or more than 18 inches from it (item 5); parking within 20 feet of a crosswalk, 15 feet of a fire-station driveway or 10 feet of a fire hydrant (items 8 to 10); parking within an intersection (item 7); and, added more recently, parking within 11 feet of a public or private curbside cluster mailbox (a 22-foot no-park zone) between 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. except Sundays and federal holidays (item 20). The same subsection also bars parking to sell or advertise a vehicle, or wash or repair one outside an emergency.
Fines for any of these are set by Council resolution under HMC 8.24.040, due within 10 business days of the citation, and double if unpaid; a citation can be appealed in writing to municipal court within 30 days under HMC 8.24.045.
Violations & Fines
Each general parking prohibition in HMC 8.12.030(F), from blocking a driveway to parking the wrong way, is a separate citable violation. Fines are set by Council resolution under HMC 8.24.040(A), due within 10 business days of the citation under (B), and double automatically if not paid by that deadline under (C). A vehicle with 4 unpaid citations within 10 days can be towed or immobilized under HMC 8.24.050(C), and a citation can be appealed in writing to municipal court within 30 days under HMC 8.24.045.
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