Columbia Signs or markings indicating angle parking ordinance (§ 14-371)
Chapter 14: Motor Vehicles and Traffic · Article V. Stopping, Standing and Parking
In short: Park within the marked stalls, in the direction of traffic or at the angle the markings show. Angle parking is allowed only on streets the council approves by ordinance, never on federal-aid or state highways without state highway commission approval, and never where passing cars would have to drive on the left side or on streetcar tracks.
Our plain-English summary, not the official text or legal advice. The ordinance below is what counts.
(a) The city traffic engineer is authorized to place pavement or curb markings indicating parking stalls or spaces. Vehicles shall be parked or stopped within such stalls or spaces in the direction of flow of the traffic or at an angle indicated by the markings.
(b) The city council shall determine, by ordinance, upon what streets angle parking shall be permitted, but such angle parking shall not be indicated upon any federal-aid or state highway within the city unless the state highway commission has determined, by resolution or order entered in its minutes, that the roadway is of sufficient width to permit angle parking without interfering with the free movement of traffic.
(c) Angle parking shall not be indicated or permitted at any place where passing traffic would thereby be caused or required to drive upon the left side of the street or upon any streetcar tracks.
Official source: City of Columbia official Code of Ordinances (online): look up Sec. 14-371
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.