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

Section 351.03 opens with a blanket rule: no person shall stand or park a vehicle in any listed place, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or to comply with the Traffic Code, or while obeying the directions of a police officer or a traffic control device. The list keeps sidewalks, driveways and corners clear. Sidewalks are off limits, with an exception for a bicycle. Parking in front of a public or private driveway is banned. Parking within an intersection or on a crosswalk is banned, and the buffer from a crosswalk at an intersection is 20 feet.

A vehicle cannot sit within ten feet of a fire hydrant, within 30 feet of and on the approach to a flashing beacon, stop sign or traffic control device, or within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing. Fire stations get their own buffers: 20 feet from a station driveway entrance and, when properly posted with signs, 75 feet on the opposite side of the street. Other bans cover standing alongside a vehicle already stopped at the curb, bridges and tunnels, any place where signs prohibit stopping, and a spot within one foot of another parked vehicle.

Under division (Q), the Fire Chief decides whether parking in a private driveway, alleyway or areaway between buildings is a fire hazard or blocks fire-fighting equipment. Division (U) bars parking within any front yard unless the vehicle sits entirely on a driveway that complies with Marion City Code section 1153.034. Beyond § 351.03, § 351.04(A) requires a vehicle parked at a curb to have its right-hand wheels parallel with and not more than 12 inches from the right-hand curb, and § 351.04(C) bans parking while facing against the direction of travel on that side of the road.

Under § 351.02, testimony that a vehicle bearing a certain license plate was found unlawfully parked, plus the Ohio Registrar of Motor Vehicles record showing the plate was issued to the defendant, is prima-facie evidence that the defendant parked it.