Colorado Code § 42-4-1205

Parking at curb or edge of roadway
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(1) Except as otherwise provided in
this section, every vehicle stopped or parked upon a two-way roadway shall be so stopped or
parked with the right-hand wheels parallel to and within twelve inches of the right-hand curb or
as close as practicable to the right edge of the right-hand shoulder.
(2) Except as otherwise provided by local ordinance, every vehicle stopped or parked
upon a one-way roadway shall be so stopped or parked parallel to the curb or edge of the
roadway in the direction of authorized traffic movement, with its right-hand wheels within
twelve inches of the right-hand curb or as close as practicable to the right edge of the right-hand
shoulder or with its left-hand wheels within twelve inches of the left-hand curb or as close as
practicable to the left edge of the left-hand shoulder.
(3) Local authorities may by ordinance permit angle parking on any roadway; except that
angle parking shall not be permitted on any state highway unless the department of
transportation 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.
(4) Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a class B traffic
infraction.

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