A.
The
City Council shall determine by resolution and thereafter the traffic
engineer is authorized to mark passenger and loading zones as follows:
B.
In
no event shall more than one-half of the total curb length in any
block be reserved for loading zone purposes.
C.
Loading
zones shall be indicated by yellow paint upon the top of all curbs
within such zones.
D.
Passenger
loading zones shall be indicated by white paint upon the top of all
curbs in such zones.
(Prior code § 13.72; 77-34)
A.
The
City Traffic Engineer is authorized, subject to the provisions and
limitations of this chapter, to place, and when required herein shall
place, the following curb markings to indicate parking or standing
regulations, and such curb markings shall have the meanings as herein
set forth:
1.
"Red"
means no stopping, standing or parking at any time except as permitted
by the Vehicle Code, and except that a bus may stop in a red zone
marked or signed as a bus zone.
2.
"Yellow"
means no stopping, standing or parking at any time between 7:00 a.m.
and 6:00 p.m. of any day except Sunday for any purpose other than
the loading or unloading of passengers or materials; provided, that
the loading or unloading of passengers shall not consume more than
three minutes, nor the loading or unloading of materials more than
twenty minutes.
Loading zones shall be indicated by a yellow paint line, stenciled
with black letters, "LOADING ONLY" upon the top of all curbs within
such zones.
3.
"White"
means no stopping, standing or parking for any purpose other than
loading or unloading of passengers, or for the purpose of depositing
mail in an adjacent mail box, which shall not exceed three minutes,
and such restrictions shall apply between 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.
of any day except Sunday, except that where such zone is in front
of a hotel or mailbox the restrictions shall apply at all times.
Passenger loading zones shall be indicated by a white line stenciled
with black letters, "PASSENGER LOADING ONLY" upon the top of all curbs
in such zones.
4.
"Green"
means no standing or parking for longer than thirty minutes at any
time between 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on any day except Sunday.
B.
When
the City Traffic Engineer as authorized under this chapter has caused
curb markings to be placed, no person shall stop, stand or park a
vehicle adjacent to any such legible curb marking in violation of
any of the provisions of this section.
(Prior code § 13.73)
A.
Permission
herein granted to stop or stand a vehicle for purposes of loading
or unloading materials shall apply only to commercial vehicles, and
shall not extend beyond the time necessary therefor, and in no event
for more than twenty minutes.
B.
The
loading or unloading of materials shall apply only to commercial deliveries,
the delivery or pickup of express and parcel post packages and United
States mail.
C.
Permission
herein granted to stop or park for purposes of loading or unloading
passengers shall include the loading or unloading of personal baggage,
but shall not extend beyond the time necessary therefor, and in no
event for more than three minutes.
D.
Within
the total time limits above specified, the provisions of this section
shall be enforced so as to accommodate necessary and reasonable loading
or unloading, but without permitting abuse of the privileges granted.
(Prior code § 13.74)
A.
The
City Traffic Engineer is authorized to establish bus zones opposite
curb space for the loading and unloading of buses or common carriers
of passengers and to determine the location thereof.
B.
The
City Traffic Engineer shall paint a red line stenciled with white
letters, "NO STANDING," together with the word "BUS ZONE," upon the
top or side of all curbs and places as a bus zone.
C.
No
person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle except a bus in a bus
zone.
(Prior code § 13.78)
A.
No
operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand or park such vehicle in
any special passenger loading zone when approved permanent or portable
signs are in place as hereinafter provided, for any period of time
longer than is necessary for the loading or unloading of passengers,
and not to exceed three minutes.
B.
Special
passenger loading zones, as used herein, shall be those areas adjacent
to the curb, not more than sixty feet in length, located between two
approved permanent or portable signs in front of or adjacent to, and
within the projected real property boundaries of any church, theater,
club or place of business or public gathering. Such signs shall be
provided and paid for by the church, theater, club or place of business
or public gathering for which they are used, and shall be approved
by the City Traffic Engineer.
(Prior code § 13.79)
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in any passenger loading zone for any purpose other than the loading or unloading of passengers for such time as is specified in Section 10.44.010.
(Prior code § 13.76)
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle for any purpose
other than the loading or unloading of persons or materials in any
alley.
(Prior code § 13.77)
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in any yellow loading zone for any purpose other than loading or unloading passengers or material for such time as is permitted in Section 10.44.020.
(Prior code § 13.75)
