Parking Rules in Oregon (2026)

In the City of Albany, Oregon, using a motor vehicle or recreational vehicle for sleeping or housekeeping on private…

Salem bars using a recreational vehicle as temporary or permanent housing outside a licensed tourist park unless the…

Beaverton bars leaving an RV, trailer, camper, or boat parked on a city street unless it moves at least a tenth of a…

In the City of Bend, a trailer, RV, camper, motor home, snowmobile or other non-self-propelled vehicle or structure…

On county roads, a trailer, boat trailer or RV trailer must stay hitched to a vehicle able to tow it; leaving one…

The City of Corvallis bans parking any ORS-defined trailer on a residential street, and bars parking any vehicle in a…

Eugene restricts RV and boat parking in residential areas through its land use code. Recreational vehicles should be…

Single-family and duplex properties in Gresham may keep no more than five motor vehicles, including at most two…

Hillsboro bars parking a recreational vehicle or trailer on a public street or City lot for more than 24 hours, and…

Lane County bans parking a boat, boat trailer, camper or residential-type utility trailer anywhere on a residential lot…

In Salem, a motorized RV over 20 feet long or 8 feet wide may not park on a residential street between 10 p.m. and 6…

Portland zoning bars RVs, boats, and trailers from parking in the front yard between the lot line and the building…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, Municipal Code Section 6.050(2) caps how long a truck, bus, camper, motor home…

In the City of Tigard, Oregon, boats, trailers, campers, house trailers and recreation vehicles can be stored in a…

In unincorporated Washington County inside the Metro Urban Growth Boundary, you cannot live or sleep in a parked…

Medford lets residents store a boat, travel trailer or RV on their single-family driveway or yard without paving it…

In Beaverton's RMA, RMB, RMC and CM-RM residential zones, houses and middle housing can park only two vehicles in the…

In unincorporated Benton County, the Development Code requires every off-street parking area, including a single-family…

Corvallis Municipal Code Section 6.10.040.040(6) bans parking any vehicle in a yard visible from or adjacent to a…

Eugene limits parking in required front and interior yard setbacks to legal driveways. EC 9.6745(7) allows front-yard…

Single detached homes in Gresham face a hard cap on front-yard driveway width: garage-door width plus 2 feet per side…

In unincorporated Lane County, residential off-street parking is limited to passenger cars, vans and pickups up to one…

You may cross a curb, sidewalk, or planting strip only at an authorized driveway, and you are liable for any damage you…

Medford requires all driveways and parking areas, including single-family residential driveways, to be paved. Parking…

Unincorporated Multnomah County requires driveways and off-street parking areas to be paved with two inches of blacktop…

Houses in Portland must pave driveways and parking areas, and can pave at most 40% of the front yard between the lot…

Salem only allows front-yard parking within a garage, carport, or a driveway leading to one, and every driveway or…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, Municipal Code section 5.002 lists off-street vehicle parking between the street…

In the City of Tigard, Oregon, boats, trailers, campers, recreation vehicles and commercial vehicles over 3/4 ton…

In unincorporated Washington County, Section 413-4.5 requires driveways under 100 feet long for detached dwellings, and…

Corvallis Municipal Code Section 6.10.040.050 bars parking a trailer, as defined by ORS 801.560, on any street in a…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, no vehicle or combination of vehicles longer than 23 feet or wider than 8 feet can park…

Eugene bars parking a motorbus, motor truck, recreational vehicle, or PUC-licensed trailer on the street in front of or…

Gresham prohibits parking any vehicle or combination over 10,000 pounds GVW on public streets, highways, or…

Trucks of 16,000 pounds or more are limited to a specific list of designated streets in Hillsboro, and trucks of 10,000…

Multnomah County bars leaving any vehicle, trailer or sled over 3/4-ton capacity or 6,000 lbs GVW standing for storage…

Portland City Code § 16.20.120.H bars trucks, truck trailers, motor buses, recreational vehicles, utility trailers…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, Municipal Code Section 6.050 confines any 'restricted truck', one weighing 10,000…

Within the Enhanced Sheriff's Patrol District, the unincorporated pockets of Washington County outside Hillsboro…

Beaverton bars parking a motor truck on a street between 9 p.m. and 7 a.m. in front of or next to a residence, motel…

In the City of Bend, a commercial vehicle heavier than 26,000 pounds gross vehicle weight cannot park on a street in a…

On county roads, an oversized vehicle must still leave at least 18 feet of unobstructed roadway and cannot block…

Everyday residential parking in unincorporated Lane County is capped at passenger cars, vans and pickups up to a…

Marion County treats trucks over 25 feet long, over 8.5 feet wide, or over the axle weight table as "large vehicles"…

Medford bans overnight street parking of motor trucks, truck trailers and commercial buses within 100 feet of a hotel…

Salem bars any vehicle or trailer combination over 23 feet long or 8 feet wide from parking on a street in a…

In the City of Tigard, Oregon, no one can park or leave standing a motor bus, motor truck, truck tractor, motor home…

Beaverton requires vehicles parked on streets to sit parallel with the curb, facing the direction of traffic, with…

In the City of Bend, it is unlawful to park where state law bars stopping, in a spot marked with a painted yellow or…

Parking your car on a county road in unincorporated Clackamas County is illegal if it leaves less than 18 feet of clear…

Corvallis Municipal Code Section 6.10.040.010 requires drivers to park within a single marked space and facing the…

Eugene bars parking that blocks a driveway or that stands on the roadway side of another parked vehicle, under EC…

Gresham Revised Code § 8.25.010(2) bars parking on any public or private street beyond posted time limits, against the…

Hillsboro's general parking prohibitions bar parking in front of a driveway without the owner's permission, facing the…

Lane County requires cars parked on unincorporated streets to face the direction of traffic and sit within 12 inches of…

On unincorporated Marion County roads no vehicle may be parked for three consecutive days or longer. Within cities like…

Medford Code 6.330 bars parking with expired registration, blocking a driveway or alley, parking within 10 feet of a…

On unincorporated Multnomah County roads, MCC § 15.807 bars parking in front of driveways, within intersections…

Portland requires vehicles to park facing the direction of traffic and bans stopping in front of any driveway, fire…

Salem requires a legally parked vehicle to be set with its brakes on, engine off, and wheels turned toward the curb on…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, Municipal Code Section 6.005 requires vehicles to stand parallel to the curb…

In the City of Tigard, Oregon, § 10.28.170 bans stopping or parking in an intersection, on a crosswalk, within 10 feet…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, where signs limit parking time in a block or public parking lot, no one can park longer…

Leave a vehicle parked on a county highway in unincorporated Clackamas County for more than 72 hours without moving it…

Corvallis Municipal Code Section 6.10.040.040(4) bars parking a vehicle on any street, alley, right-of-way, parkway, or…

Vehicles left on a Gresham street or public property for more than 72 consecutive hours are unlawfully parked, unless…

Hillsboro bars leaving any vehicle in the same street spot for more than 72 consecutive hours, at any hour of the day…

Lane County prohibits camping and abandoned vehicles within any public road right-of-way. Under state law a vehicle…

There is no blanket overnight ban, but Salem prohibits leaving a vehicle in one spot for more than five days, and large…

Medford bars parking a motor home, motor truck, truck trailer, or manufactured dwelling in one right-of-way location…

Portland allows overnight on-street parking citywide but limits continuous vehicle storage to 24 hours and enforces…

Salem prohibits parking a motorized recreational vehicle over 20 feet long or 8 feet wide on a residential street…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, Municipal Code Section 6.020 lets the city post maximum parking times on any block…

New multi-unit dwellings and mixed-use buildings with five or more residential units in Eugene must wire 40 percent of…

New commercial buildings in Hillsboro, Oregon must wire at least 20% of parking spaces for electric vehicle charging…

Medford requires EV charging stations to post usage fees, voltage, and time limits, include cord-management hardware…

New commercial parking lots and buildings with 5+ dwelling units in Portland must wire a set share of spaces for future…

New Salem buildings with five or more dwelling units must wire at least 40 percent of their off-street parking spaces…

New residential and mixed-use buildings with 5 or more dwelling units in the City of Springfield, Oregon must wire for…

New single detached, duplex, triplex, and quadplex buildings in Gresham can satisfy a required sustainable-design…

In the City of Tigard, Oregon, no one can park in a public parking space marked or signed as reserved for alternative…

Washington County's Community Development Code does not mandate electric vehicle charging spaces, but Section 413-3.6…

Oregon law uniformly governs how abandoned vehicles are tagged, towed, stored, and disposed of statewide. ORS Chapter…

Portland tows vehicles left in violation for over 24 hours that are unregistered, inoperative, or wrecked and…

Salem bars keeping a wrecked, neglected, or derelict vehicle outdoors on any premises or in the right-of-way unless it…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, a vehicle the chief of police believes is abandoned cannot stay on a City street, alley…

Beaverton prohibits leaving an abandoned vehicle on a street or on public property under BC 6.05.020. A motor vehicle…

The City of Bend bans storing an inoperable, wrecked, dismantled, abandoned, junked, or unlicensed vehicle, or its…

Benton County treats a vehicle without a valid license plate, or one that is inoperative, wrecked, dismantled or…

Storing an inoperable vehicle anywhere but inside a permitted structure is a public nuisance in unincorporated…

Corvallis Municipal Code Chapter 5.02 declares an abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or inoperative vehicle on private or…

Eugene bars storing an unlicensed or expired-plate vehicle in view from the street for more than 48 hours outside an…

Hillsboro incorporates Oregon's abandoned-vehicle statutes by reference and places removal squarely on the vehicle…

On unincorporated land inside the Grants Pass or Cave Junction urban growth boundary, keeping an inoperable or wrecked…

Lane County treats stored inoperable or unregistered vehicles as a nuisance. In urban-growth and rural-residential…

Oregon law (ORS 819.100) makes abandoning a vehicle a Class B traffic violation. A vehicle left on a public way over 24…

Medford bans storing a neglected or discarded vehicle, one that is inoperative, wrecked, or dismantled, on public or…

Leaving an inoperative, wrecked, discarded, or dismantled vehicle on private or public property, unless the property…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, Municipal Code Section 6.335 defines any vehicle parked or placed on a street…

In the City of Tigard, Oregon, a vehicle is abandoned once it has stayed in the same location for more than 24 hours…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, it is unlawful for any person to letter, mark or paint anything on a sidewalk, curb…

Residents cannot paint their own curb to create parking restrictions. Yellow-curb and no-parking markings on county…

Corvallis Municipal Code Section 6.10.030.010 bans painting or marking any sidewalk, curb, street, or alley without…

Eugene prohibits parking anywhere the street or curb is marked with yellow paint, under EC 5.225(2)(g). The paint…

Gresham bars parking, standing, or stopping wherever official signs or curb markings, including curbs painted yellow or…

Only the City of Salem may paint curbs to control parking; residents cannot paint or mark curbs themselves. Parking…

Multnomah County treats painted curbs the same as official signs: once curb paint marks a spot as no standing, no…

Parking next to a curb painted or taped yellow is illegal in Portland once the City Administrator has authorized that…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, a driver in a designated loading zone can stop only for the expeditious loading or…

Beaverton requires off-street loading docks to sit on the same lot as the building they serve, never inside required…

In the City of Bend, a vehicle may stop in a public alley only to load or unload passengers or cargo, and only for up…

Under BCC § 91.625, a new or 50%-plus-enlarged structure in unincorporated Benton County that receives or ships goods…

In the City of Corvallis, vehicles in a marked loading zone may stop only to load or unload freight, materials or…

Eugene limits parking in a marked loading zone to 30 consecutive minutes within any two-hour period during the zone's…

Gresham's Development Code requires off-street loading spaces at commercial, industrial and mixed-use buildings, and…

Hillsboro reserves designated cargo loading zones for commercial vehicles actively loading or unloading, and caps their…

A vehicle in a marked Lane County loading zone may only load or unload passengers or material while the zone's posted…

In Salem, parking in a public alley is allowed only for loading or unloading and only up to 30 minutes. Oversized…

Medford's Public Works Director designates passenger and commercial loading zones by street block under Section…

Multnomah County bars parking in a marked bus loading zone except for a bus or taxicab actively loading or unloading…

Portland designates truck loading zones near commercial properties where only trucks, marked commercial vehicles…

A Salem loading zone is reserved curb space for loading or unloading passengers or cargo, and Salem Revised Code…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, Municipal Code Section 6.025 limits any vehicle in a designated loading zone to…

In the City of Tigard, Oregon, the City Council creates loading zones by resolution, and they are reserved for…

Commercial, industrial and institutional development in unincorporated Washington County must provide off-street…

Gresham's residential parking permit exempts its holder from posted parking time limits in residential areas the…

In the City of Tigard, Oregon, a residential parking zone starts with a petition signed by a resident from at least 60%…

Beaverton can designate residential permit parking districts where only permit holders may park beyond the posted time…

The City of Bend can designate a neighborhood or commercial block a parking district, adding metered, time-limited or…

Corvallis Chapter 6.15 creates Residential Parking Permit Districts A, B and C near OSU and downtown, capping resident…

Portland forms Area Parking Permit Program zones in congested neighborhoods, letting residents and businesses buy…

Salem designates carpool permit parking zones under Salem Revised Code section 102.080, reserved for vehicles…

Eugene can ban parking on designated snow routes the moment the city manager declares a snow emergency, or…

A vehicle left on a Gresham street that snow removal equipment is about to clear counts as a hazardous vehicle under…

If you reach your car before the tow truck has finished hooking up, Oregon requires the tower to release it at no…

Portland City Code Chapter 16.30 lets parking enforcement officers, police officers, Portland Streetcar supervisors…

Washington County Code Chapter 8.16 hands sheriff's deputies towing authority on top of ORS Chapter 819, but it…