Columbia Parking signs required ordinance (§ 14-323)
Chapter 14: Motor Vehicles and Traffic · Article V. Stopping, Standing and Parking
In short: Parking time limits and bans on designated streets only count if the city has signs posted at the time of the alleged offense. The city traffic engineer must put up those signs.
Our plain-English summary, not the official text or legal advice. The ordinance below is what counts.
Whenever, by this division or any ordinance of the city, any parking time limit is imposed or parking is prohibited on designated streets, it shall be the duty of the city traffic engineer to erect appropriate signs giving notice thereof and no such regulations shall be effective unless such signs are erected and in place at the time of any alleged offense.
Official source: City of Columbia official Code of Ordinances (online): look up Sec. 14-323
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.