Redwood City, CA Parking Rules: Street Parking Limits (2026)

California Vehicle Code § 22651 is the statute a Redwood City peace officer or parking enforcement employee relies on to physically remove a vehicle from a street. It lists the specific grounds for removal one by one: a vehicle parked or left standing on a highway "in a position so as to obstruct the normal movement of traffic or in a condition so as to create a hazard to other traffic" under subdivision (b); a vehicle "illegally parked so as to block the entrance to a private driveway" where moving it elsewhere isn't practical, under subdivision (d); and, more broadly, any vehicle parked where a city has adopted a local no-parking ordinance and authorized removal, under subdivision (n).

100, both cross-referenced in the City's own code to this state removal authority. Subdivision (n) requires that, except for mobile-billboard and certain other ordinances covered by subdivisions (v) and (w), signs must be posted giving notice before a vehicle can be towed for a local parking prohibition. Separately, subdivision (k) authorizes removal whenever a vehicle sits 72 or more consecutive hours in violation of a local ordinance, matching the City's own rule. An owner facing repeated unpaid or unanswered citations faces a further consequence: under subdivision (h), a vehicle carrying five or more outstanding notices for failure to pay or appear may be impounded, but the owner must first receive written warning and may demand to be taken without unnecessary delay before a magistrate or a parking hearing examiner instead of posting bail.