Kirkland, WA Parking Rules: Street Parking Limits (2026)

KMC 12.45.320 is Kirkland's general stopping, standing, and parking prohibition, covering every public street in the city outside of specifically posted or striped restrictions. It bars stopping anywhere on the roadway side of a vehicle already parked at the curb, on sidewalks or planting strips, within intersections or on crosswalks, on railroad tracks, on bridges or in tunnels, and within 30 feet of a safety zone unless signs say otherwise.

A second set of prohibitions in subsection (a)(2) targets standing, allowing only a brief stop to pick up or drop off a passenger: no standing in front of a driveway or within five feet of the curb radius leading to it, no standing within 15 feet of a fire hydrant, within 20 feet of a crosswalk, within 30 feet of the approach to a stop sign, yield sign or signal, or within 20 feet of a fire station driveway, extended to 75 feet on the opposite side of the street. Loading and unloading is allowed within 50 feet of a railroad crossing only while actively in progress.

Outside of these fixed no-parking zones, KMC 12.45.320(b) confirms parking is otherwise permitted at all other places except where a time limit or additional restriction is separately imposed by city ordinance, county resolution, or the state Secretary of Transportation. Subsection (c) also bars moving an unauthorized vehicle into a prohibited spot or moving it away from a curb an unlawful distance. Every violation is a civil infraction under the penalty schedule set in KMC 12.45.030, and a vehicle in violation can also be impounded under the procedure at KMC 12.40.020 because the code treats it as an immediate hazard to the traveling public.