Twin Falls, ID Parking Rules: Street Parking Limits (2026)

Chapter 6 of Title 9 of the Twin Falls City Code, adopted by the Twin Falls City Council, sets the baseline for parking on public streets. Section 9-6-1 requires every vehicle that stands or parks in a roadway to be parallel with the edge of the roadway and headed in the direction of lawful traffic movement. The right-hand wheels must be within eighteen inches (18") of the curb or edge of the roadway. The only exception is where the chapter provides otherwise, which is how angle parking works: under Sections 9-6-2 and 9-6-3 the city decides which streets allow angle parking and marks or signs them, and on those streets no one may park other than at the signed or marked angle.

Section 9-6-6 sets a clear-width test. No one may park on a street, other than an alley, so as to leave available less than ten feet (10') of the width of the roadway for free movement of vehicular traffic. Section 9-6-7 applies similar thinking to alleys: outside the business zone, a parked vehicle cannot leave less than ten feet (10') of alley width, and in the business zone no one may park in an alley except to load or unload merchandise. In any alley, no person may stop, stand or park in a position that blocks the driveway entrance to an abutting property, and no one may leave a vehicle unattended in an alley in the business district.

Section 9-6-18(B) separately bars standing or parking, occupied or not, in front of a public or private driveway, within fifteen feet (15') of a fire hydrant, and within twenty feet (20') of a crosswalk at an intersection, except momentarily to pick up or discharge passengers. Under Section 9-6-10 a vehicle cannot be parked on a roadway or public right of way for the principal purpose of displaying it for sale or washing, greasing or repairing it, other than emergency repairs. Enforcement comes through Section 9-6-21, which lets a police officer or city designee leave a ticket on the vehicle.