The proposed code will provide more transparency and structure for the City to manage parking and the curb and be responsive as needs change.

Examples of what’s new in the proposed code

  • Requiring that a vehicle parked in a space designated for alternative vehicle refueling (e.g. an electric vehicle) be actively engaged in refueling.
  • Prohibiting a vehicle with protrusions (like RVs with pullouts) from blocking the sidewalk or travel lane.
  • Prohibiting commercial vehicles that weigh more than 26,000 pounds from parking between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. in districts zoned residential.
  • Prohibiting any vehicle or structure that isn’t designed for or capable of self-propulsion (including trailers, recreational vehicles, campers, motor homes or snowmobiles) or is not connected to a vehicle designed for or capable of self-propulsion from parking on a street or off-street parking facility.
  • A new process for creating parking districts and district-specific management plans in areas that have a demonstrated need.
  • Clarifying the distance required to move a vehicle when a parking time-limit is reached outside of parking districts.
  • Clarifying how parking citations, immobilization, and tows are handled. 

What’s not changing?

  • The current regulations in the City’s existing parking districts; the existing districts will transition out of the code and become parking management plans.
  • The 3-day rule that governs how long a vehicle can park in one place (in areas of the City outside of a parking district).
  • The new code does not create new parking districts or increase paid parking at this time.

When is this happening:

  • The Council will consider the new code at the December 4, 2024, Council meeting.
  • The new code would have a delayed implementation, later in 2025, to allow time to manage data and operational needs to support the new code. 

Code Review:

Comment Period:

Comments on draft code will be taken until December 3, 2024.

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Questions?

Questions on the new code? Email Parking@bendoregon.gov or Cate Schneider, Executive Policy Officer, at Cschneider@bendoregon.gov.