Parallel parking and diagonal parking.
Fargo Municipal Code § 8-1001
in effect8-1001. - Parallel parking and diagonal parking.
The owner, driver, or person operating or in charge of any vehicle shall not permit the same to stand or be parked upon any street where there are adjacent curbs unless such vehicle is parallel with the street and the right-hand wheels are not more than 18 inches from the right-hand curb or street line and the vehicle is so placed that the front and rear wheels are each at least 3 feet from any other vehicle. In all cases vehicles must be so parked as to economize parking space and be so placed as to form, where possible, continuous lines. The engineering department may limit the parking area by signs, markers, paint, or other devices and no vehicle shall be parked wholly or partly outside of the indicated and permitted parking area; provided, that all vehicles shall be parked diagonally to the curb of any street or avenue within said business district if said street or avenue is posted or marked by the engineering department for diagonal parking.
Where parking is permitted on a one-way street the above regulation shall apply except that vehicles parking on the left side of the one-way street shall park parallel with the street and with the wheels on the left side of the automobile not more than 18 inches from the left curb or street line.
Source: 1952 Rev. Ord. 1119 (1962), 3086 (1999).
Source: City of Fargo, North Dakota, Fargo Municipal Code and Home Rule Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/nd/fargo/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=FARGO_MUNICIPAL_CODECIFANODA_CH8TRCO_ART8-10PARE_8-1001PAPADIPAFetched: 11/7/2026