ILLEGAL PARKING
Colorado Springs City Code § 10.25.102
in effect10.25.102: ILLEGAL PARKING:
A. It shall be unlawful for any person to park or leave a vehicle unattended in the following circumstance(s) or manner(s):
1. Any vehicle left unattended on any bridge, viaduct, underpass, subway, or tunnel, or where such vehicle constitutes an obstruction to traffic.
2. Any vehicle left unattended upon a street, highway, alley, or roadway, or parked illegally so as to constitute a hazard or obstruction to the normal movement of traffic.
3. Any vehicle left unattended on any street, highway, alley, or roadway with an engine running, or with a key in the ignition, or both.
4. Any vehicle left unattended or parked in any area designated by the Traffic Engineer as a "Tow-Away" area.
5. Any vehicle left unattended or parked in a manner that blocks ingress or egress from driveways, obstructs a bicycle lane, or obstructs sidewalk pedestrian traffic.
6. A vehicle left parked on a street, highway, or alley in the same place, or within one hundred feet (100') of that place, continuously for a period of seventy two (72) hours.
7. Any vehicle left parked in the same place or within one hundred feet (100') of that place upon a street fronting on a business area continuously for a period of twenty four (24) hours or more.
8. Any vehicle is parked or left unattended on or so near to any railroad track as to block the same in any manner.
9. Any truck-trailer parked in any parking metered space.
10. Any semitrailer parked in any parking metered space.
11. Any commercial vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of ten thousand one (10,001) pounds or greater parked on a street, highway, alley, roadway or public right-of-way in a Residential Zone District, as defined by Article 2 of Chapter 7 of this Code.
12. Any recreational vehicle left unattended or parked on a street, highway, alley, roadway or any other public place for a period of time greater than that necessary for the expeditious loading and unloading of passengers or property.
13. Any vehicle left unattended or parked on a street, highway, alley, public roadway, or other public place that does not display license plates in the manner required by section 10.22.232 of this Code.
14. Any vehicle left unattended or parked on a street, highway, alley, public roadway, or other public right-of-way that is an inoperable vehicle, as defined in section 9.6.502 of this Code.
B. The registered owner of the vehicle shall be presumed to have left the vehicle parked or unattended as described in subsection A of this section.
C. For purposes of this section only, "vehicle" shall also include trailers and camper trailers, as defined in section 10.1.202 of this Code. (1968 Code §6-25-2; Ord. 75-86; Ord. 01-42; Ord. 03-124; Ord. 25-42)
Source: City of Colorado Springs, Colorado, City Code and City Charter (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/coloradospringsco/latest/coloradosprings_co/0-0-0-18841Fetched: 11/1/2026