Noblesville, IN Parking Rules: Street Parking Limits (2026)

Chapter 72's stopping-and-standing rules, readopted by the Common Council under Ordinance 67-09-21 on September 28, 2021 (amending the original Ordinance 65-7-89 of August 14, 1989), start with § 72.10's blanket rule that parking on any street, other than an alley, cannot leave less than 18 feet of roadway width open for traffic; § 72.11 sets a tighter 12-foot minimum for alleys and separately bars blocking a driveway entrance from within the alley itself. Section 72.12 then lists twelve specific places where stopping, standing, or parking is banned outright even without posted signs, starting with sidewalks and continuing to being in front of or between the sidewalk and curb or immediately opposite a public or private driveway, along with intersections, within 15 feet of a fire hydrant, crosswalks, within 20 feet of a crosswalk, within 30 feet of a flashing beacon or stop sign, near fire stations, the roadway side of a parked vehicle, within 30 feet of a railroad crossing, wherever official signs prohibit it, and within 50 feet of an intersecting road or alley, a category added by Ordinance 14-05-24 in 2024.

Because § 72.12 needs no signage to apply, a driver cannot use a missing sign as a defense the way § 72.44 lets them for other stopping rules. The Noblesville Police Department and the Board of Public Works & Safety's contracted parking enforcement company both write these citations, which fall under the § 132.02 fine schedule: $25 for obstructing traffic under § 72.10 or for a § 72.12 violation, rising to $50 if the fine becomes delinquent.