Parking Rules in Kansas (2026)

Overland Park lets each residence store one boat, camper, travel trailer, fifth-wheel, hauling trailer or motorhome…

In the City of Lawrence, a detached-dwelling or duplex lot may keep up to three recreation vehicles or trailers, with…

Olathe lets single-family and two-family lots keep up to two recreational vehicles, motorhomes, campers, trailers, or…

In Shawnee County's residential and two-family zoning districts, trucks, trailers, boats and similar equipment must be…

Topeka lets RVs, boats, trailers and campers sit on a paved or graveled surface anywhere on a residential lot, but bans…

Wichita bans parking any motor vehicle, including RVs and boat trailers, on a required front or side yard, and bans…

Homeowners in Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas may keep a recreational vehicle parked on their own private property…

In the City of Lawrence, Section 302.9.1 of the amended property maintenance code bars parking or storing a motor…

Olathe requires passenger vehicles on single-family, two-family, and multifamily lots to park on paved driveways or…

In Overland Park, a paved driveway or parking area in the front yard can cover no more than 35% of that yard for a…

Unincorporated Sedgwick County bans parking on unsurfaced ground under the Wichita-Sedgwick County Unified Zoning Code…

A driveway in unincorporated Shawnee County must stay on your own lot and be a paved surface: Zoning Regulations Sec…

Topeka requires any vehicle parked on a residential lot to sit on a paved or graveled driveway or surface, not on bare…

Wichita bans parking any motor vehicle on the required front yard or side yard of a residential lot, and separately…

Overland Park bans parking or storing a Commercial Vehicle, defined as anything over 10,000 pounds GVWR, longer than 20…

In the City of Lawrence, Section 302.9.2 of the amended property maintenance code limits residential driveway parking…

Olathe bars parking, standing, or stopping a commercial vehicle, trucks over one ton or oversize, hauling trailers, on…

Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas bans parking or standing any vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating over…

On roads the county board has designated by resolution, Sedgwick County caps parking of any vehicle over 24,000 pounds…

Topeka limits parking of truck tractors, trailers, and semitrailers on any city street to one hour a day, under TMC…

Wichita caps street parking of trucks, buses, RVs and trailers in residential districts at two hours unless a Use of…

In the City of Lawrence, City Code § 17-130 bars parking, standing or stopping on a sidewalk, double-parked on the…

Olathe bars parking in intersections, on crosswalks, or in front of driveways, and requires curbside vehicles to park…

Overland Park Municipal Code 12.04.085 bars stopping, standing or parking in front of any driveway, within 15 feet of a…

Topeka makes it unlawful to park, store, or leave any vehicle on a public street for more than 48 continuous hours…

Wichita bans parking in front of or within eight feet of any driveway or alley approach, in intersections, on…

Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas bars parking within 15 feet of a fire hydrant, 20 feet of a crosswalk, or in front…

Overland Park sets no citywide overnight street-parking ban, but layers strict residential rules: RVs, boats and…

Leaving a vehicle parked, stored or standing on a Lawrence public street or parking lot for more than 48 consecutive…

Olathe bars trucks, trailers, farm tractors, and industrial machinery from parking on any street between 6:00 p.m. and…

Kansas doesn't give Sedgwick County a fixed overnight parking curfew; instead, state law caps how long any vehicle can…

Topeka caps overnight parking in the business district to 30 minutes between 2 and 6 a.m., with extra bans on specific…

Leaving a vehicle parked on any Wichita street for 48 hours or more without moving it violates Municipal Code Sec…

The Unified Government bars parking in any city-owned public parking lot in Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas…

Olathe bars parking in a space marked or reserved for electric vehicle charging unless the vehicle is actually there to…

Overland Park added OPMC 12.04.085.3 in 2024 to prohibit blocking a marked EV charging stall unless the vehicle is…

Kansas regulates abandoned vehicles statewide under K.S.A. 8-1102, defining when vehicles become abandoned and…

In the City of Lawrence, Section 302.8 of the amended property maintenance code bans keeping any inoperable…

Overland Park bans parking or storing an inoperable vehicle anywhere on private property unless it sits inside a garage…

Olathe bans keeping an inoperable or junked vehicle in view on any property: inside a garage or screened behind a…

Leaving an inoperable vehicle parked or stored on private property anywhere in unincorporated Sedgwick County is a…

Wichita bans parking, storing or leaving an abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, rusted, junked or inoperable vehicle on…

Leaving an abandoned vehicle on public or private property in unincorporated Johnson County is a Class C infraction…

Leaving a wrecked, junked, partially dismantled, or abandoned vehicle parked on any unincorporated Shawnee County…

Topeka treats a vehicle as abandoned after 48 hours on a street or public property, or after 48 hours past a private…

Kansas City, Kansas police may tow any vehicle left on a public street, alley or other Unified Government property for…

Wichita lets residents paint house numbers on their curb, but only black-on-white in an exact size, and never in a red…

In the City of Lawrence, a vehicle may sit in a marked loading zone only long enough to load or unload, capped at 30…

Overland Park doesn't set a fixed number of loading berths citywide; instead Section 18.430.190 requires loading areas…

Topeka's Traffic Engineer designates curb loading zones for one-year renewable terms, and TMC 10.60.460 makes it…

Wichita caps loading zone stops at 15 minutes and bans truck loading downtown during the 4:30-6 p.m. weekday rush.

Commercial and delivery vehicles may stand at a curb marked for parallel parking to load or unload under UG Code §…

The Unified Government's traffic engineer designates residential permit parking areas only after residents petition…

When Wichita's city manager declares a snow emergency, parking is banned on designated snow emergency routes until…

When the director of public works declares a snow parking emergency in Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas, every…

Sedgwick County designates specific unincorporated roads as snow emergency routes by resolution and posts them with…

When Topeka's Public Works Director declares a traffic emergency for snow, sleet or ice, parking is banned on every…

Kansas sets no statewide cap on hookup, mileage or storage charges and creates no drop fee for an owner who returns…

Wichita is one of the Kansas cities that actually used the authority in K.S.A. 8-1103(c) to publish numbers rather than…

When Topeka police impound a vehicle, TMC 10.25.040 gives the owner or lienholder three ways out: pay the accrued…