Lodi, CA Parking Rules: Street Parking Limits (2026)
Key Facts
- Sidewalk/parkway parking
- Prohibited outright, Sec. 10.44.020(B)
- Alley parking
- Allowed only for active loading
- Sight-hazard zone
- Within 100 ft of marked hazard curb
- Marking authority
- Public works director, signs or red curb paint
- First-offense fine
- Up to $100, Sec. 1.08.010(C)(1)
Summary
Lodi bars stopping, standing or parking in posted no-parking zones, on any parkway or sidewalk, in alleys except for active loading, and in specific hazard locations such as within one hundred feet of a sight-hazard curb marking or in front of a wheelchair ramp, under Section 10.44.020.
No person shall stop, park or leave standing any vehicle, whether unattended or attended, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the direction of a police officer or other authorized person or official traffic control device, in any of the following places: ... B.Within any parkway or on a sidewalk;C.In any alley, except for the purpose of the loading or unloading of persons or materials;
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 68).
Full Breakdown
020 of the Lodi Municipal Code lists the places where stopping, standing or parking a vehicle, attended or not, is prohibited unless necessary to avoid a traffic conflict or comply with a police officer's direction or a traffic control device. The list covers council-designated no-parking areas marked by signs or red curb paint; any parkway or sidewalk; alleys, except while actively loading or unloading persons or materials; streets or rights-of-way needed for cleaning, repair, construction, utility installation, or moving oversized equipment, provided no-parking signs go up at least twenty-four hours ahead; one side of the South Hutchins Street and Lower Sacramento Frontage Roads; short segments up to one hundred feet where the public works director determines parking would be a traffic hazard or endanger life or property, including intersection approaches marked with signs or red curb paint; and any space in front of a posted or red-curbed wheelchair ramp.
010, authorizes the public works director to mark these restrictions with signs or curb paint and makes it unlawful to park against a legible marking. 070 bars parking a vehicle six feet or taller within one hundred feet of a designated intersection where it would block sight distance. All of these sections trace their authority to Vehicle Code Section 22500 et seq.
Violations & Fines
Stopping or parking in violation of Section 10.44.020, 10.44.050 or 10.44.070 is enforced by the Lodi Police Department and is punishable under the city's general infraction schedule in Section 1.08.010: up to $100 for a first offense, $200 for a second within a year, and $500 for further violations of the same provision. Vehicles parked against a legible no-parking sign or red curb marking can be cited under Section 10.44.010.
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