Parking Meters — Parking Regulated
San Diego Municipal Code § 86.0124
in effect§86.0124 Parking Meters — Parking Regulated
(a) The City Manager shall have lines or markings painted or placed upon the curb or upon the street near each single-space parking meter for the purpose of designating the parking space for which the parking meter is to be used, and each vehicle parking alongside of or next to any single-space parking meter shall park within the lines or markings so established, and the City Manager shall have lines or markings painted or placed upon the curb or upon the street in any parking meter zone that is controlled by a multi-space parking meter that does not produce a receipt to be used by the parking user as proof of valid parking as described in Municipal Code section 86.0126.
(b) No person shall park any vehicle across any line or marking or park said vehicle in such position that the same shall not be entirely within the area so designated by such lines or markings.
(c) When a parking space in any parking meter zone is parallel to the adjacent curb or sidewalk, including floating parking, any vehicle parked in such parking space shall be parked so that the foremost part of such vehicle shall be alongside of and nearest the parking meter except where the single or multi-space parking meter is mounted to the rear of the parking space, in which case, any vehicle parked in such parking space shall be parked so that the rearmost part of such vehicle shall be alongside of and nearest the single-space or multi-space parking meter.
(d) When a parking space in any parking meter zone is diagonal to the curb or sidewalk, including floating parking, any vehicle parked in such parking space shall be parked with the foremost part of such vehicle directly at and nearest to such single-space or multi-space meter except where the single-space or multi-space parking meter is mounted to the rear of the parking space, in which case, any vehicle parked in such parking space shall be parked so that the rearmost part of such vehicle shall be nearest to such single-space or multi-space parking meter.
(Renumbered from former Section 86.12, and amended 8-5-2013 by O-20281 N.S.; effective 9-4-2013.)
(Amended 6-18-2025 by O-21971 N.S.; effective 7-18-2025.)
Source: City of San Diego Office of the City Clerk, San Diego Municipal Code and City Charter (docs.sandiego.gov PDFs)URL: https://docs.sandiego.gov/municode/MuniCodeChapter08/Ch08Art06Division01.pdf#page=11Fetched: 10/28/2026