Memphis, TN Parking Rules: Street Parking Limits (2026)

Sec. 11-40-2 of the Memphis Code, tracing back to Code 1967 § 23-219 and last amended by Ord. No. 3109 in 1981, is the city's core no-stopping list for on-street parking. Subsection A bars stopping, standing or parking, except when avoiding a traffic conflict or under a police officer's direction, in 16 enumerated places, including on a sidewalk or between the curb and sidewalk, more than 12 inches from the curb, in front of a driveway, within an intersection or crosswalk, within 15 feet of a fire hydrant, within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection unless marked otherwise, within 30 feet of a stop sign or signal, within 50 feet of a railroad crossing, within 20 feet of a fire-station driveway (75 feet on the opposite side), alongside a street excavation that would block traffic, on the roadway side of another parked vehicle, on a bridge or in a tunnel, wherever signs prohibit it, blocking a mailbox, and on the interstate system except for a four-hour emergency stop with hazard signaling.

Subsection B separately bars moving someone else's vehicle into a prohibited spot or too far from the curb to evade the rule. The citation schedule at Sec. 00 forfeiture to a general Sec. 00 forfeiture.