Overland Park, KS Parking Rules: Street Parking Limits (2026)
Key Facts
- Driveway clearance
- No standing or parking in front of any driveway
- Hydrant clearance
- 15 feet minimum from any fire hydrant
- Crosswalk clearance
- 20 feet from an intersection crosswalk
- Mailbox rule
- No parking within 5 ft, 8am-5pm weekdays
- Penalty
- Up to $500 fine or six months jail
- Fire lanes
- Standing or parking in fire lanes banned outright
Summary
Overland Park Municipal Code 12.04.085 bars stopping, standing or parking in front of any driveway, within 15 feet of a fire hydrant, within 20 feet of a crosswalk, on sidewalks, in intersections, or beside a street mailbox on weekdays. Police enforce the rule citywide, and violators face the chapter's general fine.
Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic, in compliance with law or the directions of a police officer or official traffic-control device, no person shall: a. Stop, stand or park a vehicle: ... 2. On a sidewalk; 3. Within an intersection; 4. On a crosswalk... b. Stand or park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except momentarily to pick up or discharge a passenger or passengers: 1. In front of a public or private driveway; 2. Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant; 3. Within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection; 4. Within 30 feet upon the approach to any flashing signal, stop sign, yield sign or traffic-control signal located at the side of a roadway... c. Park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading property or passengers: 1. Within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing; or 2. At any place where official signs prohibit parking. 3. Park a vehicle within 5 feet of a street side mailbox between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., except holidays.
Full Breakdown
085 of the Overland Park Municipal Code sets the city's baseline on-street parking rules. Subsection (a) prohibits stopping, standing or parking on the roadway side of a vehicle already at the curb, on a sidewalk, within an intersection or crosswalk, within 30 feet of a safety zone, alongside a street excavation, on a bridge or in a highway tunnel, on railroad tracks, on a controlled-access highway, in the median of a divided highway, wherever signs prohibit stopping, or on a street parkway. Subsection (b) adds restrictions that apply even briefly, except to pick up or drop off a passenger: no standing or parking in front of a public or private driveway, within 15 feet of a fire hydrant, within 20 feet of an intersection crosswalk, within 30 feet of a stop sign, yield sign or traffic signal, within 20 feet of a fire station driveway (75 feet on the opposite side when posted), or anywhere official signs prohibit standing. on non-holidays, protecting mail carrier access. Subsection (e) separately bans standing or parking in any designated fire lane on public or private property. 095.
Violations & Fines
Violating Section 12.04.085 is a traffic offense under the chapter's general penalty, Section 12.04.197: a fine of not more than $500.00, imprisonment of up to six months, or both, for a violation without its own specified fine. Blocking a fire lane or a driveway is enforced the same way. Overland Park Police issue citations on complaint or during patrol, and tickets are contested in Overland Park Municipal Court.
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