The Director of Public Works or his/her designee
is hereby authorized to determine the location of passenger and freight
curb loading zones and shall place and maintain appropriate signs
indicating same.
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle
for any purpose or period of time other than for the expeditious loading
or unloading of passengers in any place marked as a passenger curb
loading zone or bus stop.
No person shall stop, stand or park other than
a registered commercial vehicle for any purpose or length of time
other than for the expeditious unloading and delivery or pickup and
loading of materials in any place marked as a freight or curb loading
zone during hours when the provisions applicable to such zones are
in effect.
The Director of Public Works or his/her designee
is hereby authorized to establish bus stops and bus stands for passenger
common-carrier motor vehicles on such public streets in such places
and in such number as he/she shall determine to be of the greatest
benefit and convenience to the public, and every such bus stop and
bus stand shall be designated by appropriate signs.
The Director of Public Safety is hereby authorized
to establish taxicab stand locations and designate the number of taxicabs
allowed to operate from any stand. The Director of Public Works or
his/her designee shall place and maintain appropriate signs for such
taxicab stands as directed by the Director of Public Safety.
A.
The operator of a bus shall not stand or park such
vehicle upon any street at any place other than a bus stop or stand
so designated as provided herein.
B.
The operator of a bus shall not stop such vehicle
upon any street at any place for the purpose of loading or unloading
passengers or their baggage other than at a bus stop or bus stand
so designated as provided herein, except in case of an emergency.
C.
The operator of a bus shall enter a bus stop or bus
stand on a public street in such manner that the bus, when stopped
to load or unload passengers or baggage, shall be in a position with
the right front wheel of such vehicle not further than 18 inches from
the curb and the bus approximately parallel to the curb so as not
to unduly impede the movement of other vehicular traffic.
D.
The operator of a taxicab shall not stand or park
such vehicle upon any street at any place other than in a taxicab
stand so designated as provided herein. This provision shall not prevent
the operator of at taxicab from temporarily stopping in accordance
with other stopping or parking regulations at any place for the purpose
of and while actually engaged in the expeditious loading or unloading
of passengers.
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle
other than a bus in a bus stop or bus stand or other than a taxicab
in a taxicab stand when any such stop or stand has been officially
designated and appropriately signed, except that the driver of a passenger
vehicle may temporarily stop therein for the purpose of and while
actually engaged in loading or unloading passengers when such stopping
does not interfere with any bus or taxicab waiting to enter or about
to enter such zone.
