On-street parking in Charlotte County follows county rules and Florida traffic law, which bars parking within 15 feet of a fire hydrant and on sidewalks or crosswalks. Most of the county is unincorporated, so county rules dominate.
Florida's uniform traffic law, Fla. Stat. 316.1945, prohibits stopping, standing, or parking within 15 feet of a fire hydrant, on a sidewalk, or on a crosswalk statewide, and Charlotte County enforces it. The county also bars blocking travel lanes, mailboxes, and driveways. Punta Gorda is the only incorporated city, so nearly all Charlotte streets — Port Charlotte, Englewood, Rotonda West, the canal grids of Punta Gorda Isles — are county-governed rather than a patchwork of city rules. Port Charlotte's wide residential streets have no meters, but posted limits and deed restrictions can still apply. During a hurricane evacuation, special restrictions may take effect.
Parking too close to a hydrant, or blocking a sidewalk, crosswalk, mailbox, or driveway, brings a county or municipal citation and possible towing at the owner's expense.
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