Melbourne, FL Parking Rules: Street Parking Limits (2026)

Section 56-34 applies everywhere inside Melbourne's incorporated limits and works in three tiers. Subsection (a)(1) bans stopping, standing or parking outright on the roadway side of a parked vehicle, on a sidewalk, bike path or bike lane, within an intersection, on a crosswalk, on a bridge, elevated structure or in a highway tunnel, on railroad tracks, and wherever official signs prohibit or restrict parking or the posted time runs out. A safety zone gets a 30-foot buffer on the curb opposite its ends unless the public works department or the state department of transportation signs a different length. Parking in front of a U.S. mailbox, or in a way that blocks access to it, is banned from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday. At signed city facilities, parking is limited to visitors and city employees, and marked city vehicles, vehicles with a city employee decal and vehicles in designated visitor spaces are exempt.

Subsection (a)(2) bans standing or parking, occupied or not, except momentarily to pick up or discharge a passenger, in front of any public or private driveway, within 15 feet of a fire hydrant, within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection, within 30 feet upon the approach to a flashing signal, stop sign or traffic control signal at the side of a roadway, within 20 feet of a fire station driveway, and within 75 feet of the entrance on the opposite side of the street. Subsection (a)(3) bans parking, except while actually loading or unloading merchandise or passengers, within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing, along any curb painted red or yellow, or across the delineated boundaries of a public parking place.

Subsection (b) governs how to park. On a two-way street the right-hand wheels must sit parallel to and within 12 inches of the right-hand curb. On a one-way street the vehicle parks parallel to the curb in the direction of traffic, with its right-hand or left wheels within 12 inches of the curb. Where a sign says nonresidential parking is prohibited, only vehicles tied to a residence can park on the paved or unpaved right-of-way: family, guests, and delivery, service or utility vehicles serving the residence or neighborhood. Every prohibition in subsection (a) yields to the direction of a city police officer, parking enforcement specialist or official traffic control device.