Lynchburg, VA Parking Rules: Street Parking Limits (2026)

Section 25-250(b) of the Lynchburg City Code requires drivers to stop close to and parallel to the curb, either the right edge or, on a one-way street, the left edge, with the near wheels no more than six inches from the curb. Parking against the flow of traffic, the classic wrong-way violation, puts a vehicle's wheels on the wrong side of that curb line and breaks this rule. Section 25-256 separately lists 14 places where stopping or parking is banned outright: sidewalks and city trails, in front of a driveway so as to block entry or exit, within an intersection, within 15 feet of a fire hydrant, on a crosswalk, within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection, within 30 feet of a stop sign or signal, within 50 feet of a railroad crossing, near fire station driveways, alongside street excavations, on the roadway side of another parked vehicle, on bridges or in tunnels, wherever signs prohibit it, and between the curb and sidewalk in a way that forces vehicles to mount the curb repeatedly.

Only a police officer's direction, an emergency, or an official traffic-control device excuses these placements. The traffic engineer maintains the master list of restricted and no-parking zones in the traffic engineering files and posts signs before any new restriction takes effect, per Section 25-247. Moving another person's parked car into a prohibited spot, or tampering with its gear or brake controls, is a separate offense under Section 25-256(b). The Lynchburg Police Department issues citations, and Section 25-248 lets the city treat the registered owner as the presumed violator when a ticketed vehicle is found unlawfully parked, easing enforcement against absent drivers.