Alameda Municipal Code § 8-24 Freight Traffic

a. Truck routes shall be as established by City's General Plan except that temporary routing may be designated by the Chief of Police in consultation with the Public Works Director as deemed necessary for adequate and safe flow of all modes of transportation.

b. Time of operation along truck routes shall be established by the Public Works Director. The Public Works Director shall cause to install and maintain signage designating truck routes and hours of operation. When any such truck route or routes are established and designated by appropriate signs, the operator of any vehicle mentioned in this subsection shall drive on such route or routes and no other except when it is impractical to do so or when necessary to traverse another street or streets to a destination for the purpose of loading or unloading, but then only by such deviation from the nearest freight route as reasonably necessary.

(Ord. No. 2537 N.S. § 72; Ord. No. 2881 § 14; Ord. No. 2973 N.S. § 17)

No vehicle shall remain backed up to the curb except while being actually loaded or unloaded or where allowed by signage on any of the streets of the City.

(Ord. No. 535 N.S. § 17-514; Ord. No. 2973 N.S. § 17)