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

40, Stopping, Standing and Parking, sets the baseline on-street rules. 010 applies the chapter's stopping and standing bans at all times or at the specifically posted times, except to avoid a traffic conflict or when directed by a police officer or traffic-control device. 030 flatly bars stopping, standing or parking within any parkway. 040 authorizes the city traffic engineer to mark restricted and no-parking areas by sign or curb paint, and once those markings are in place, parking adjacent to them violates the chapter. 050 lists ten specific no-parking situations: within a divisional island absent authorization; between projected property lines of a public walk or steps terminating at the street when marked with red paint or signs; where the traffic engineer finds a hazard exists and marks it; where the traffic committee designates a no-parking area; across railway tracks in a way that hinders rail movement; anywhere parking would create a hazard or endanger life or property; on a street needed for construction, cleaning or utility work, with 24 hours' posted notice required first; within 20 feet of the curb opposite a safety zone's mid-block end when marked; within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection in the central traffic district or a business district, except a bus at a designated stop; and within 20 feet of a traffic signal, boulevard stop sign, or flashing signal approach. 44 separately governs metered and time-limited on-street spaces, angle and parallel parking, and residential and commercial-vehicle restrictions.