Middletown, OH Parking Rules: Street Parking Limits (2026)
Key Facts
- Driveway parking
- Prohibited, § 452.03(a)(2)
- Hydrant clearance
- 10 feet minimum
- Crosswalk buffer
- 20 feet at intersections
- Wrong-way parking
- Banned, § 452.04(c)
- Base fine
- $20 within 72 hours
Summary
In the City of Middletown, Ohio, § 452.03 lists 18 places where parking is flat-out prohibited, including in front of driveways, within 10 feet of a hydrant and on crosswalks. Section 452.04 separately bans parking facing the wrong way against traffic.
No person shall stand or park a vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or to comply with the provisions of this title, or while obeying the directions of a police officer or a traffic-control device, in any of the following places: ... (2) In front of a public or private driveway; ... (4) Within ten feet of a fire hydrant; (5) On a crosswalk; ... Except as otherwise provided in this division, whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. ... no vehicle shall be stopped or parked on a road or highway with the vehicle facing in a direction other than the direction of travel on that side of the road or highway.
Full Breakdown
03 sets out prohibited standing and parking places citywide, applying except when necessary to avoid a traffic conflict, to comply with the Traffic Code, or while obeying a police officer or traffic-control device. The list covers blocking a public or private driveway, standing within an intersection, on a crosswalk, within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection, within 30 feet of a stop sign or flashing beacon, within 10 feet of a fire hydrant, within 50 feet of a railroad crossing, within 20 feet of a fire station driveway (75 feet on the opposite side when posted), alongside another parked vehicle, on a bridge or in a tunnel, at any posted no-stopping location, within one foot of another parked vehicle, and in an alley except to load or unload merchandise.
04(c) separately requires vehicles to park facing the direction of travel on that side of the road, the local 'no wrong-way parking' rule, with a narrow exception letting a motorcycle back into an angled or parallel space. 03 subsections, including the driveway-blocking and hydrant violations, on top of the misdemeanor classification.
Violations & Fines
Most § 452.03 violations are minor misdemeanors, escalating to a fourth-degree misdemeanor with one prior predicate traffic conviction within a year and a third-degree misdemeanor with two or more. The § 452.14(b) fine table sets a base $20 fine if paid within 72 hours, $30 within 10 days, or $40 after 10 days for driveway-blocking, hydrant, crosswalk and intersection violations; the Middletown Division of Police issues citations and vehicles obstructing traffic may be towed under § 452.02.
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