Parking can often cause traffic safety hazards. Please be sure to mind all traffic signs and curb painting that restrict parking or stopping. The signs make our streets safe for everyone to use. Also, please note that there is no commercial parking on public streets in the City of Hawaiian Gardens. If you have a parking enforcement related question or require field response for a parking enforcement matter, please call the Public Safety Department at (562) 496-1026. 

Regulations

• Alleys: No vehicle may be parked in an alley for any length of time.
• Commercial Vehicles: No parking of any commercial vehicles (over three tons).
• Curb Parking: All vehicles shall be stopped or parked with the right-hand wheel of the vehicle parallel with and within eighteen inches of the right-hand curb. All vehicles must face the direction of traffic flow.
• Disabled Spaces/Curbs: Vehicles must display a special disabled identification license plate or a valid disabled placard.
• Expired Registration/No Display: Vehicle must have current tabs displayed on license plate.
• Fire Hydrants: Do not park within fifteen (15) feet of a fire hydrant.
• Fire Lanes: No stopping, standing, or parking at designated fire lanes.
• Front Yard: Front and side yard parking is only permitted on street sweeping day.
• Intersection: Do not park or leave your vehicle within an intersection.
• Red Curbs: No stopping, standing, or parking at any time.
• Sidewalks: Do not park on any portion of a sidewalk.
• Street Sweeping: Citations are issued only if the sweeper must go around a parked vehicle.

Most Common Violations

• Storage of wrecked, inoperable and/or abandoned vehicles on private property
• Overgrown vegetation
• Dead landscaping
• Unpermitted alterations to a dwelling or structure without permits.
• Garage conversions without permits.
• Outside storage or junk, debris, trash in front, side, or rear yards visible from public view or neighboring properties
• Trash cans stored in public view.
• Overflowing trash containers or dumpsters
• Major auto repair on residential property
• Conducting a business without a business license
• Conducting special events at a business without a Special Event Permit
• Unpermitted or illegal signs
• Outdoor display of merchandise (furniture, tables, chairs, appliances, automobile parts)
• Commercial vehicles parked on residential property.
• Illegal Parking at red curb, fire hydrant, sidewalk, etc.