A. 
The City Council shall determine by resolution and thereafter the traffic engineer is authorized to mark passenger and loading zones as follows:
1. 
At any place in the central traffic district or any business district;
2. 
Elsewhere in front of the entrance to any place of business, or in front of any hall or place used for the purpose of public assembly.
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)