Lakewood, OH Parking Rules: Street Parking Limits (2026)

Lakewood Codified Ordinance (CO) Chapter 351 governs on-street parking. Section 351.01 prohibits standing or parking on a sidewalk, curb, or street-lawn area and in other enumerated places, mirroring the statewide restrictions of Ohio Revised Code (ORC) 4511.68, which bars parking on sidewalks, in intersections, within 10 feet of a fire hydrant, within 20 feet of a crosswalk, and in similar locations. ORC 4511.69 separately requires every vehicle parked at a curb to be parked with its right-hand wheels parallel to and within 12 inches of the curb. Lakewood's CO 351.11 (Rush Hour Parking Prohibited) forbids standing or parking on the south side of Lake Avenue, the south side of Clifton Boulevard, and either side of Hilliard Road between Madison Avenue and Riverside Drive from 7:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., and on the north sides of those streets from 4:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. The City resumed rush-hour enforcement (with towing) on April 12, 2021. There is no citywide overnight ban, but no vehicle may sit in a single location for more than 24 hours under CO 351.18.