Earlier editions: 2026-09
Title IV — MOTOR VEHICLES, TRAFFIC AND PARKING›Chapter 5 — PARKING REGULATIONS
Windsor Municipal Code Art. 5 Regulating Parking of Certain Vehicles on Streets
Windsor Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Windsor
Cite as: Windsor Municipal Code Article 5 · Text as of 2026-10-04
4-5-500 - Prohibiting Parking of Certain Vehicles Near Intersection.¶
No person shall park or leave standing a vehicle which is six (6′) feet or more in height, including any load thereon, within one hundred (100′) feet of any intersection curb lines or approximate edge lines of pavement, except for temporary parking related to loading or unloading.
(Ord. No. 96-77 § 1 (part))
4-5-505 - Prohibiting Human Habitation of Certain Vehicles While Parked on Public Street.¶
No vehicle, trailer, boat, boat trailer, mobile home or motor home, including a camp car or mounted camper, shall be used for human habitation while parked on any public street or alley.
(Ord. No. 96-77 § 1 (part))
4-5-510 - No person who owns or has possession, custody, or control of any vehicle…¶
(Ord. No. 96-77 § 1 (part))
(Ord. No. 2009-252, § 1, 5-6-2009)
4-5-511 - Prohibition on Parking of Certain Recreation Vehicles and Vehicles Built or…¶
A. Definitions. The definitions below shall apply to this chapter.
"Bus", "Camper", "Camper Trailer", "Trailer", "Trailer Coach", "Trailer Bus", "Fifth-wheel Travel Trailer", "Factory Built Housing", "House Car", and "Mobile-home" shall have a meaning as defined in the California Vehicle Code.
"Motor-home" shall be defined as a non-commercial passenger motor vehicle originally designed, or permanently altered, and equipped for human habitation, or to which a camper has been permanently attached.
"Recreational Vehicle" and "RV" shall be defined as any vehicle, which is not an automobile or motorcycle, used for recreational activities or domicile, including any type of watercraft or boat.
B. Street parking. No person shall park or stand or permit to remain on any street or highway or limited access highway or public alley, or on any parkway area between curb and sidewalk, any bus, boat, camper, camp trailer, trailer coach, trailer bus, or fifth-wheel travel trailer, factory-built housing, house car, mobile-home, or recreational vehicle or RV for longer than eighteen (18) hours.
C. In the event a vehicle defined in this section is parked or left standing upon a street in violation of this Section, any officer of the Police Department or any regularly employed and salaried civilian employee of the town who is engaged in the direction of traffic or enforcement of parking regulations when designated by Chief of Police, may issue a parking fine in the amount specific in Section 515, or remove said vehicle from the street in the manner and subject to the requirements of the Vehicle Code of the State of California.
D. Commercial Vehicles excluded. This section shall not apply to a "commercial" vehicle otherwise regulated pursuant to Sections 600, as established by a current registration with the California Department of Motor Vehicles under the California Vehicles Section 260.
(Ord. No. 2009-252, § 1, 5-6-2009)
4-5-515 - Violations an Infraction.¶
A violation of this article shall be punished as an infraction.
(Ord. No. 96-77 § 1 (part))
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