Winter Park, FL Parking Rules: Street Parking Limits (2026)

Winter Park's on-street parking rules sit in Chapter 98, Article IV, and they turn on signs, curb paint and posted time limits set by the city traffic engineer for the City of Winter Park in Orange County, Florida. Section 98-145 bars stopping, standing or parking on any street or alley so as to leave available less than ten feet of the width of the roadway for free movement of vehicular traffic. The exception is a momentary stop for the expeditious loading or unloading of passengers where traffic is not interfered with. Section 98-151 lets the traffic engineer designate hazardous or congested places, and once official signs are erected or the curb is painted red or yellow, no person can stop, stand or park there. Fire lanes, as determined by the fire marshal, are marked by the traffic engineer under the same section.

Narrow streets carry their own rule. Under Section 98-148 the traffic engineer can post no parking on any street whose roadway does not exceed 20 feet in width, or on one side of a street whose roadway does not exceed 30 feet. Section 98-152 bars stopping or parking on a parkway unless official signs permit it, with an exception for a licensed utility truck engaged in official utilities functions. Section 98-149 lets the engineer sign the lefthand side of a one-way street against standing or parking.

Where a parallel space is marked, Section 98-141(b) forbids a vehicle from occupying more than one space or protruding beyond the markings. A vehicle too large for a single space is permitted to occupy two adjoining spaces.

Time limits are in Section 98-162. Where signs are erected in each block, no person can park longer than the time stated on the signs between 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on any day except Sundays and public holidays. Letting a vehicle stay past the period is a separate offense at the expiration of each successive prescribed parking time. Section 98-163 stops the move-and-repark trick in the central business district, bounded by Interlachen Avenue on the east, Fairbanks Avenue on the south, New York Avenue on the west and Swoope Avenue on the north: a vehicle cannot be reparked within 500 feet of its first spot within four hours.

Section 98-160 applies the prohibitions at all times or at the times on official signs, except when a driver must stop to avoid conflict with other traffic or to follow a police officer or traffic control device.