The third part of a 3 part series about how to break the mystifying, confusing parking sign code.

1. Understanding NYC
Parking Sign
Language-Part 3
Lawrence “Larry” Berezin
New York Parking Ticket LLC

2. You’ve already learned in:
PART 1
• How to break the parking sign language code using C-A-
D-E (Color-Arrow-Days/Times-Except-Except)
• No trumps Yes
• Yellow paint means nada
PART 2
• Your rights when a brand, spanking new, parking sign is
installed
• What parking sign regulates your space when you park
your car in two parking zones
• How do you know when a parking sign regulates your
parking space

3. You’ll learn in Part 3:
• “No Parking Anytime” regulation-white sign
• “Street Cleaning” regulation-white sign
• “No Parking certain days/times” regulation-white sign
• “No Standing Anytime” regulation-red sign
• “Limited Parking” regulation-white sign
• “No Standing except, except” regulation-red sign
• “2-3-4 Headed Monster on a gotcha pole” –red, white
and blue sign

4. NO PARKING ANYTIME
• Sign indicates that
vehicles may NOT park in
spaces to the right of this
sign at any time.
• You may stop to
load/unload packages or
merchandise at curbside
• And you may stop to
expeditiously drop off or
pick up passengers

5. STREET CLEANING PARKING
REGULATION
• Sign indicates the
day/times vehicles may
NOT park to the left of
this sign
• Broom symbol identifies
sign as a location subject
to street cleaning
regulations

6. NO PARKING REGULATION DURING
CERTAIN INDICATED HOURS
• Sign indicates that
vehicles may NOT park
to the right or to the left
of this sign during
certain days/times
• Parking is permitted all
other days/times

7. NO STANDING REGULATION
• Sign indicates vehicles
may NOT stand to the
right or to the left of this
red sign
• You may not wait or stop
to load/unload packages
or merchandise at
curbside
• You may, however, stop
to expeditiously drop off
or pick up passengers

8. LIMITED PARKING
• This sign indicates that
you may park your
vehicle up to the
number of hours
indicated in the top
left corner of the sign
• The “Except Sunday”
means you can park
your car to the right or
left of this sign all day
on Sundays

9. NO STANDING, EXCEPT, EXCEPT
• No standing regulations
apply during specified
hours (7A-7P)
• Except commercial vehicles
or trucks can stand to the
right or left of sign and
must pay the meter
• 3 hour limit (commercial
vehicles can’t stand/park
for more than 3 hours)
• Second Except means any
type of vehicle can park to
the right or left of this sign
on Sundays

10. 3 (or more) PARKING SIGNS ON A
GOTCHA POLE
• Apply C-A-D-E to
each parking sign on
the gotcha pole
• Top to bottom
• Bottom red sign
means a passenger
vehicle can never
park here…End of
story
• Skedaddle!

11. New York Parking Ticket LLC