Parking Permits and Loading Zones

Why parking matters on move day

Two things go wrong when a truck has nowhere to park: the crew carries your furniture further, which costs billed time, and the truck can sit where it should not, which risks a ticket or a tow in the middle of your move. Reserving the space removes both problems.

The goal is simple: a legal, empty stretch of curb outside your door, wide enough for a moving truck and long enough that the crew can lay out ramps and walk a clear path.

How to reserve a space

• Find out who owns the street: the city public works or transportation department for most residential streets, or the building's management for a private driveway or loading dock.
• Ask what the city needs: many require an application, a fee and a few working days of notice, and some ask you to post signs yourself.
• Tell us the plan: send us the permit details, or the building's loading dock rules, and we will aim the arrival window at them.
• Post and protect the space: cones or signs put out the evening before are far more effective than a sign placed as the truck arrives.
• Keep a plan B: if the spot is taken, a shuttle or a longer carry may be needed, and we confirm that before the crew starts rather than after.

Permit fees and notice requirements can change. Confirm the current rules with the relevant city department before arranging your move.

Official permit requirements

For current permit rules, fees and sign-posting deadlines, contact the relevant city department or the building authority responsible for your loading area.

If your city is not listed

We move across the wider Bay Area, not only the sixteen areas listed here. Tell us the city and the street on your quote request and we will tell you what that city asks for, or point you at the right department. Our service area pages, starting with the Bay Area coverage hub, show where we work most often.

City by city

Alameda street parking permits

Contact Alameda public works or transportation department to confirm the current application, the fee and how many working days of notice they need. Ask whether the city supplies the signs or requires you to post them, and follow its notice rules.

Albany street parking permits

Contact Albany public works or transportation department to confirm the current application, the fee and how many working days of notice they need. Ask whether the city supplies the signs or requires you to post them, and follow its notice rules.

Belmont street parking permits

Contact Belmont public works or transportation department to confirm the current application, the fee and how many working days of notice they need. Ask whether the city supplies the signs or requires you to post them, and follow its notice rules.

Berkeley street parking permits

Contact Berkeley public works or transportation department to confirm the current application, the fee and how many working days of notice they need. Ask whether the city supplies the signs or requires you to post them, and follow its notice rules.

Emeryville street parking permits

Contact Emeryville public works or transportation department to confirm the current application, the fee and how many working days of notice they need. Ask whether the city supplies the signs or requires you to post them, and follow its notice rules.

Foster City street parking permits

Contact Foster City public works or transportation department to confirm the current application, the fee and how many working days of notice they need. Ask whether the city supplies the signs or requires you to post them, and follow its notice rules.

Hillsborough street parking permits

Contact Hillsborough public works or transportation department to confirm the current application, the fee and how many working days of notice they need. Ask whether the city supplies the signs or requires you to post them, and follow its notice rules.

Mill Valley street parking permits

Contact Mill Valley public works or transportation department to confirm the current application, the fee and how many working days of notice they need. Ask whether the city supplies the signs or requires you to post them, and follow its notice rules.

Oakland street parking permits

Contact Oakland public works or transportation department to confirm the current application, the fee and how many working days of notice they need. Ask whether the city supplies the signs or requires you to post them, and follow its notice rules. For how the details work on a move in this city, see our Oakland service area page.

Orinda street parking permits

Contact Orinda public works or transportation department to confirm the current application, the fee and how many working days of notice they need. Ask whether the city supplies the signs or requires you to post them, and follow its notice rules.

Palo Alto street parking permits

Contact Palo Alto public works or transportation department to confirm the current application, the fee and how many working days of notice they need. Ask whether the city supplies the signs or requires you to post them, and follow its notice rules.

Piedmont street parking permits

Contact Piedmont public works or transportation department to confirm the current application, the fee and how many working days of notice they need. Ask whether the city supplies the signs or requires you to post them, and follow its notice rules.

San Francisco street parking permits

Contact San Francisco public works or transportation department to confirm the current application, the fee and how many working days of notice they need. Ask whether the city supplies the signs or requires you to post them, and follow its notice rules.

San Jose street parking permits

Contact San Jose public works or transportation department to confirm the current application, the fee and how many working days of notice they need. Ask whether the city supplies the signs or requires you to post them, and follow its notice rules.

San Mateo street parking permits

Contact San Mateo public works or transportation department to confirm the current application, the fee and how many working days of notice they need. Ask whether the city supplies the signs or requires you to post them, and follow its notice rules.

Sausalito street parking permits

Contact Sausalito public works or transportation department to confirm the current application, the fee and how many working days of notice they need. Ask whether the city supplies the signs or requires you to post them, and follow its notice rules.