Bellevue's 24-Hour Parking Rule Resumes Wednesday

BELLEVUE, WA — Bellevue's 24-hour parking rule resumes Wednesday, and cars parked too long on most city streets will be in danger of being ticketed. The city suspended the rule in 2020, during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The municipal code prohibits vehicles from remaining on the same block for more than 24 hours unless the vehicle is properly parked in a residential permit area or an authorized time limit zone. For all other streets, cars must be moved to a different block every 24 hours.

Here is the full text of the code:

"Except for authorized time limit zones (BCC 11.23.022) and residential permit parking zones (BCC 11.23.010), no person may park or re-park a vehicle on either side of a public street within the same block for a period exceeding 24 consecutive hours. A vehicle shall be deemed to be parked in violation of this section unless the vehicle is moved to a different block every 24 hours. For purposes of this section, a block is defined as the stretch of roadway between the two closest public street intersections on either end of the stretch. For cases where a roadway ends, a block is defined as the stretch of roadway between the end of the roadway and the closest public street intersection."