Southaven, MS Parking Rules: Street Parking Limits (2026)

In the City of Southaven, DeSoto County, Mississippi, Section 9-401 in Chapter 7 of Title IX, Stopping, Standing and Parking, lists the places where no person stops, stands or parks unless needed to avoid conflict with other traffic or to comply with law, a police officer or a traffic-control device. The list includes a sidewalk, the front of a public or private driveway, an intersection, a crosswalk, within ten (10) feet of a fire hydrant, and within twenty (20) feet of a crosswalk at an intersection. It goes on to cover the approach to a flashing beacon, stop sign or traffic-control signal (thirty (30) feet), within fifteen (15) feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing, the driveway entrance to a fire station, bridges and elevated structures, and any place where official signs prohibit stopping. Item (12) bans stopping or parking on the roadway side of a vehicle already stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street, which is double parking.

Section 9-402 bars parking so as to leave less than ten (10) feet of roadway width for the free movement of traffic. Section 9-403 applies the same ten-foot test in alleys and adds that no one stops, stands or parks in an alley so as to block the driveway entrance to abutting property. Section 9-471 makes it unlawful to park the wrong way on the left-hand curb of any roadway and requires the right-hand wheels of a parked vehicle to be parallel to and within twelve (12) inches of the right-hand curb where there are adjacent curbs.

The time limit is in Section 9-408. It is unlawful to park any motor vehicle, meaning an automobile or pickup truck required to have a road or bridge privilege license and not a truck tractor, on a public street or right-of-way for a period of forty-eight (48) hours, and a vehicle in violation is removed or towed away at the owner's expense. Section 9-9 separately makes it unlawful to park a commercial vehicle on streets in a residential area unless it is making a delivery or picking up goods. Section 9-404 prohibits parking on a roadway for the principal purpose of displaying the vehicle for sale or washing, greasing or repairing it, except emergency repairs.

Signs matter for the time limits and prohibitions the mayor and Board of Aldermen or traffic committee designate under Section 9-432. Section 9-433 makes the public works director responsible for the signs and says no such regulation is effective unless the signs are in place at the time of the alleged offense. Under Section 9-407, when the driver cannot be identified, the registered owner is held prima facie responsible for an illegally parked vehicle.