(a) The city engineer is authorized to determine and to mark loading
zones and passenger loading zones as follows:
(1) At any place in 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 a yellow paint line stenciled
with black letters, "LOADING ONLY," upon the top of all curbs within
such zones.
(d) Passenger loading zones shall be indicated by a white line stenciled
with black letters, "PASSENGER LOADING ONLY," upon the top of all
curbs in said zones.
(Prior code § 3264; Ord. 2190 § 6, 2020)
(a) The city engineer is authorized, subject to the provisions and limitations
of this title to place, and when required herein shall place, the
following curb markings to indicate parking or standing regulations,
and the curb markings shall have the following meanings:
(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
seven a.m. and six p.m. of any day except Sundays and holidays 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.
(3) "White" means no stopping, standing or parking for any purpose other
than loading or unloading of passengers which shall not exceed three
minutes and such restrictions shall apply between seven a.m. and six
p.m. of any day except Sundays and holidays and except as follows:
(A) When such zone is in front of a hotel, motel or church, the restrictions
shall apply at all times;
(B) When such zone is in front of a theater, the restrictions shall apply
at all times except when such theater is closed.
(4) "Green" means no standing or parking for longer than twenty minutes
at any time between seven a.m. and six p.m. of any day except Sundays
and holidays.
(b) When the city engineer, as authorized under this title, 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 chapter.
(Prior code § 3265; Ord. 1373 § 1, 1974; Ord. 2190 § 6, 2020)
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
10.52.030.
(Prior code § 3267)
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in any white loading zone for any purpose other than the loading or unloading of passengers for such time as is specified in Section
10.52.030.
(Prior code § 3268)
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in any alley for
any purpose other than the loading or unloading or persons or materials.
(Prior code § 3269)
(a) The city engineer is authorized to establish bus zones opposite curb
space for the loading and unloading of buses of common carriers of
passengers and to determine the location thereof, subject to the directives
and limitations set forth herein.
(b) "Bus" as used in this section, means any motor bus, motor coach,
trackless trolley coach or passenger stage used as a common carrier
of passengers.
(c) No bus zone shall exceed eighty feet in length, except that when
satisfactory evidence has been presented to the city engineer showing
the necessity therefor, the city engineer may extend bus zones not
to exceed a total length of one hundred twenty-five feet.
(d) Bus zones shall normally be established on the far side of an intersection.
(e) The city engineer shall paint a red line stencil with white letters
"NO STANDING," together with the words "BUS ZONE" upon the top or
side of all curbs and places specified as a bus zone.
(f) No person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle except a bus in a
bus zone.
(Prior code § 3270; Ord. 2190 § 6, 2020)
No person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle other than a
taxicab in any street where the adjacent curbing is painted red and
has stenciled thereon the words "TAXI STAND."
(Prior code § 3271)