§ 11:426. Curb loading zones.

(a)

The director of the department of public works is hereby authorized to determine the location of passenger and freight curb loading zones and shall place and maintain appropriate signs indicating the same and stating the hours during which the provisions of this section are applicable.

(b)

No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle or permit a vehicle registered in his name to be stopped, standing or parked 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 during hours when the regulations applicable to such curb loading zone are effective, and then only for a period not to exceed that specified for the zone.

(c)

No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle or permit a vehicle registered in his name to be stopped, standing or parked 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 curb loading zone during hours when the provisions applicable to such zones are in effect. In no case shall the stop for loading and unloading for materials exceed that specified for the zone.

(d)

The driver of a passenger vehicle may stop temporarily, not longer than three (3) minutes, at a place marked as a freight curb loading zone for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading passengers when such stopping does not interfere with any motor vehicle used for the transportation of materials which is waiting to enter or about to enter such zone.

(Ord. No. 7504, § 22, 4-25-84; Ord. No. 13688, § 1, 7-26-06)