Sammamish, WA Parking Rules: Street Parking Limits (2026)
Key Facts
- General prohibited places
- RCW 46.61.570/.575, adopted by reference
- Fine, SMC 46.30.070 violation
- $71.00 civil infraction
- Mailbox no-parking window
- 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on delivery days
- Collective mailbox buffer
- 5 feet on either side
- Unlicensed/expired-tab vehicle
- Separate civil infraction, SMC 46.30.050
- Late citation penalty
- +$25.00 after 15 unanswered days
Summary
Sammamish adopts the state's prohibited-parking-places statutes, RCW 46.61.570 and 46.61.575, by reference in SMC 46.30.070(1), and layers on its own $71.00 fine plus separate rules against parking an unlicensed vehicle or blocking a residential mailbox on any City street.
(1) RCW 46.61.570 (Stopping, standing, or parking prohibited in specified places - Reserving portion of highway prohibited) and 46.61.575 (Additional parking regulations), as currently adopted and hereinafter amended, are hereby adopted by reference. ... (3) Violation of this section is a civil infraction. The fine for a violation of this section is $71.00.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance O2026-598, and legislation passed through August 18, 2026).
Full Breakdown
575, "Additional parking regulations," as the City's general rulebook for where a vehicle may not be left on a Sammamish street. 070(3). 050 makes it a separate civil infraction to stop, stand or park a vehicle on a City street, highway or public property without a current, properly mounted license plate or without valid month/year tabs. on any scheduled mail-delivery day, and bars parking within five feet on either side of a "collective" mailbox serving five or more households at any time; either violation is an infraction.
00 penalty per infraction and cancels the right to a hearing if a notice of civil infraction is not answered within 15 days of receipt.
Violations & Fines
Violating an adopted RCW prohibited-parking-place rule or blocking a mailbox is a civil infraction; the fine tied to SMC 46.30.070 is $71.00 per violation. Parking with an unlicensed vehicle or expired tabs is a separate civil infraction under SMC 46.30.050, and any unpaid citation gains a $25.00 late penalty after 15 days under SMC 46.30.085.
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