Sedona, AZ Parking Rules: Street Parking Limits (2026)
Key Facts
- Minimum street clearance
- 20 feet of width for traffic
- Overhang rule
- Barred onto sidewalk, street or alley
- Repeat violation threshold
- 3+ in 24 months = habitual offender
- Habitual offender minimum fine
- $250.00 per count
- Governing section
- SCC 10.20.020(A), (C)
Summary
Sedona bars parking that leaves less than 20 feet of a street open for traffic and bars a parked vehicle from overhanging into a sidewalk, street or alley under SCC 10.20.020(A) and (C). Both are civil traffic violations, and three or more such violations in 24 months makes the driver a habitual offender.
A. It is prohibited for any person to stop, stand or park any motor vehicle, or other vehicle, upon a street in the city in such a manner or under such conditions as to leave available less than 20 feet of the width of the street for the free movement of vehicular traffic ... ... C. Parked or stopped vehicles shall at no time overhang into or obstruct any portion of a public sidewalk, street or alley.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Initiative Ordinance 2026-01, approved by voters at the July 21, 2026 election).
Full Breakdown
020(A) sets Sedona's core on-street parking clearance rule: it is prohibited to stop, stand or park a vehicle so as to leave available less than 20 feet of street width for the free movement of traffic, with a narrow exception for temporarily stopping to load or unload passengers or to observe traffic signs or signals. Subsection (C) adds a separate, absolute rule that applies regardless of remaining street width: a parked or stopped vehicle can never overhang into or obstruct any portion of a public sidewalk, street or alley, which reaches vehicles parked too far forward on a driveway apron or angled awkwardly at a curb.
080, which treats any violation of the parking chapter as a civil traffic violation subject to a civil penalty capped by a fine schedule the city council sets, and specifies that a continuing violation, such as a vehicle left overhanging a sidewalk for hours, counts as a separate offense for each full hour it continues. The registered owner and the driver at the time are jointly and severally liable under subsection (B) of that section, and an unattended vehicle's registered owner is held prima facie responsible.
00 per count and allowing the Sedona magistrate court to impose up to six months in jail or a fine up to $2,500, exclusive of statutory penalty assessments, with no probation or suspended sentence available unless the mandatory minimum fine is paid.
Violations & Fines
Leaving less than 20 feet of street width for traffic, or letting a vehicle overhang a sidewalk, street or alley, violates SCC 10.20.020(A) and (C), a civil traffic violation under SCC 10.20.080 subject to the council's parking fine schedule, with continuing violations counted separately for each full hour. Three or more such violations within 24 months makes the driver a habitual offender under SCC 10.20.120, carrying a mandatory minimum $250.00 fine per count and up to six months in jail or a $2,500 fine.
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