FAQs

I hear that I can park on the street after the sweeper has passed. Is this true?

Oceanside has a unique enforcement policy. State law allows for posting of signs for street sweeping and technically any vehicle parked during the posted time is subject to citation. However, in Oceanside, our goal is to gain compliance so that we can get streets swept and to work with people the best that we can to accommodate high density parking issues. Our enforcement policy allows for a driver to move for the sweeper to avoid a citation and then park back where we have already swept. Enforcement officers follow the sweeper to observe the sweeper have to pass a vehicle so once the sweeper and the officer have passed, a vehicle is free to park. Sweeper operators will even wait for drivers to get to their cars if they are flagged prior to passing a vehicle. Once the sweeper has gone around or has begun to go around a vehicle – a citation will be issued.