Paramount, CA Parking Rules: Street Parking Limits (2026)

Paramount Municipal Code § 10.12.020 prohibits leaving any vehicle standing on any portion of a public highway in the City of Paramount unless a clear and unobstructed width of not less than 20 feet is left opposite the vehicle for the free passage of other vehicles. The only exception is a vehicle disabled on the main traveled portion of the highway in a way that makes it impossible to avoid stopping and impracticable to remove it until repairs are made.

Section 10.12.040 sets the parallel parking rule. Every vehicle stopped on a street with adjacent curbs must have its right side wheels parallel with and within 18 inches of the right hand curb. Where no curbs or barriers bound a road, parallel parking is required unless otherwise indicated. The rule is written by wheel side, so a vehicle pointing the wrong way with its left side to the curb does not meet it. Section 10.12.050 adds that no person can park a commercial vehicle more than 18 inches from the curb on Minnesota Avenue between Alondra Boulevard and Madison Street.

Under § 10.12.060, no person can park or leave standing a vehicle where the City Council, or someone acting on its direction, has erected signs that clearly specify the hours and period for which standing or parking is unlawful. Section 10.08.070 authorizes the Director of Public Works to post No Parking, Street Sweeping signs where an engineering study shows it is needed, and vehicles parked in violation can be removed when signs providing for removal are posted. Section 10.08.080 creates permit-only parking on named blocks. On 1st, 2nd and 3rd Streets between Paramount Boulevard and Downey Avenue no one can park without a displayed permit at any time of the year, and on Colorado Avenue between Somerset Boulevard and Jefferson Street the permit requirement applies on Saturdays and Sundays and from November 15th to January 1st between 7:00 a.m. and 11:30 p.m.

Section 10.04.010 adopts Title 15 of the Los Angeles County Code, Vehicles and Traffic, as the City's Traffic Code. Under § 10.08.090 the stopping and parking bans apply at all times except to avoid conflict with traffic or to follow a police officer or traffic-control device. Section 10.12.030 requires the City to employ parking enforcement officers who issue citations for all parking and non-moving traffic regulations.