New Rochelle, NY Parking Rules: Street Parking Limits (2026)
Key Facts
- Continuous parking cap
- 48 hours on any street
- Commercial vehicle (residential)
- 1 hour unless loading/delivering
- Taxi/livery limit
- Shorter of posted limit or 2 hours
- Handicapped violation fine
- $100 mandatory, tow-away
- General first offense
- Up to $50 or 15 days jail
- Amended
- March 21, 2006
Summary
New Rochelle bars parking any motor vehicle or trailer on a street or public place for more than 48 continuous hours under City Code § 312-44, amended in 2006. The limit applies citywide on top of the block-by-block no-parking, time-limit, and permit-zone schedules set elsewhere in Chapter 312's Article III.
No motor vehicle or trailer, as they are defined in the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York, shall be parked on any street or public place for more than 48 continuous hours.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4601407; v60 updated 2025-12-02; through 12-02-2025).
Full Breakdown
Section 312-44, amended March 21, 2006 by Ordinance No. 62-2006, sets a flat 48-continuous-hour cap on parking any motor vehicle or trailer, using the state Vehicle and Traffic Law's definitions of those terms, on any street or public place in the City; it is a citywide backstop that applies whether or not the block also carries its own posted time limit. Article III layers additional restrictions around it: § 312-38 exempts a stop made only to avoid a traffic conflict or to obey a police officer or traffic control device, § 312-39 lets the City designate specific streets as no-parking-at-any-time zones by schedule, and §§ 312-42/312-43 cap parking a bus over eight-passenger capacity or a commercial vehicle in a residential area at one hour unless it is actively loading or delivering.
1: the shorter of the block's posted time limit or two hours on a public street, with unlimited time in municipal lots and garages under standard rates. Other Article III sections address adjoining conduct: § 312-49 reserves marked handicapped spaces for vehicles displaying valid identification, treating violations as tow-away offenses, and § 312-50 bars stopping in a designated fire lane at any time. 2, created an on-street residential parking permit system for the Sutton Manor neighborhood specifically to curb commuter and downtown-visitor parking, showing the City still actively expands the street-parking scheme beyond the 48-hour baseline.
Violations & Fines
A § 312-44 overstay is enforced through Chapter 312's general penalty at § 312-68: a fine up to $50 or 15 days in jail for a first conviction, up to $100 or 45 days for a second within 18 months, and up to $250 or 90 days for a third or later conviction in that period. Related violations carry their own set fines: a bus stop violation under § 312-48 is capped at $50, while an unauthorized handicapped-space violation under § 312-49 carries a mandatory $100 fine and the vehicle is treated as a tow-away.
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