Vehicles Backed to Curb
San Diego Municipal Code § 86.0110
in effect§86.0110 Vehicles Backed to Curb
(a) The City Manager may prohibit the parking or standing of any vehicle backed into the curb or headed into the curb on any street. Such prohibition shall be effective when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected upon such street.
(b) No person shall park or stand a vehicle backed into the curb or headed into the curb in such a fashion as to use more than one-third the width of any through street or street in any business district, nor to leave less than 20 feet of open traffic way for passing vehicles. The provisions of this section 86.0110(b) shall not apply to areas designated for angle parking under the provisions of this Article, provided that vehicles parked or stopped in angle parking areas shall not project or intrude into the street beyond vehicles parked in the angle parking.
(Renumbered from former Section 86.08 on 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=7Fetched: 10/28/2026