Columbia No parking, tow-away zones ordinance (§ 14-304)
Chapter 14: Motor Vehicles and Traffic · Article V. Stopping, Standing and Parking
In short: Where signs are posted, you can't stop, stand or park on listed stretches of Ash Street, I-70 Drive Southeast and Rollins Street, or on any signed snow route when the roadway has 2 inches or more of snow. Violating vehicles will be towed.
Our plain-English summary, not the official text or legal advice. The ordinance below is what counts.
(a) When signs are placed, erected or installed giving notice thereof, no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle upon any of the streets or places hereinafter set forth:
Ash Street, north side, beginning at the west curb of College Avenue thence west one hundred (100) feet.
Ash Street, south side, from Saint Joseph Street to College Avenue.
I-70 Drive Southeast, both sides, beginning two thousand (2,000) feet east of Woodridge Drive, thence east six hundred (600) feet.
Rollins Street, both sides, beginning one hundred twenty-five (125) feet from the west curb of Hitt Street and ending four hundred eighty-five (485) feet from the east curb of Missouri Avenue.
Any roadway signed as a snow route when there is two (2) inches or more of snow on the roadway.
(b) Vehicles in violation of this section shall be towed.
(c) Every person convicted of a violation of any of the provisions of this section shall be punished as provided in section 1-8 of this Code.
Official source: City of Columbia official Code of Ordinances (online): look up Sec. 14-304
Text from Supplement 139 (September 3, 2026).
Last checked November 1, 2026. The city's official copy controls; this page is a reading copy, not legal advice.