Chula Vista Municipal Code Ch. 10.60 Loading Zones

Sections:

• 10.60.010 Establishment and curb marking authorized – Limitation.

• 10.60.020 Curb loading zones – Permit fees.

• 10.60.030 Curb markings – Color to indicate use – Driver obedience required.

• 10.60.040 Permission to load or unload – Effect and time limits – Enforcement.

• 10.60.050 Yellow loading zones – Use for other purposes prohibited.

• 10.60.060 Passenger loading zones – Use for other purposes prohibited.

• 10.60.070 Bus zones – Location authority.

• 10.60.080 Special passenger loading zones – Establishment – Location – Hours of operation – Use restrictions.

• 10.60.090 Funeral zones – Use restrictions. 10.60.100 Taxicab stands – Establishment authority – Curb marking – Use restrictions.

***** For statutory authority for local governments to prohibit or restrict the parking or standing of vehicles on certain streets during all or a portion of the day, see Veh. Code § 22507.

CROSS REFERENCES: Stopping, Standing and Parking, see Chs. 10.52, 10.56 CVMC. Truck Routes, see Ch. 10.64 CVMC. Off-Street Parking and Loading, see Ch. 19.62 CVMC.

By regulation pursuant to CVMC 10.04.030 and upon payment of required fees, the City Engineer may establish the location of loading zones and passenger loading zones as follows: At any place in any business district, and 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.

Loading zones shall be indicated by yellow paint upon the top of all curbs in said zone, and passenger loading zones shall be indicated by white paint upon the top of all curbs in said zones. In no event shall more than onehalf of the total curb length in any block be reserved for such purposes. (Ord. 2670, 1996; Ord. 973 § 1, 1966; prior code § 19.12.1).

Applicants for a curb loading zone permit shall pay the required fee(s). (Ord. 2670 § 1, 1996; Ord. 2506 § 1, 1992; Ord. 1810 § 1, 1978; Ord. 1205 § 2, 1969; prior code § 27.1102).

A. Whenever the City Engineer determines the need to install a parking control device to indicate parking or standing regulations, subject to the provisions and limitations of this chapter, the City Engineer shall place the following curb markings to indicate parking or standing regulations:

1. Red means no stopping, standing or parking at any time except as permitted by the Vehicle Code, 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 Sundays and holidays specified in CVMC 10.08.110 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 and the loading or unloading of materials more than 20 minutes;

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 mailbox, which shall not exceed three minutes, such restrictions to apply between 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day except Sundays and holidays specified in CVMC 10.08.110, except said restrictions shall apply at all times when such zone is in front of a hotel or mailbox, or theater when the theater is open;

4. Green means no standing or parking for a period longer than 12 minutes at any time between 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on any day except Sundays and holidays specified in CVMC 10.08.110, unless otherwise posted.

B. When the City 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. (Ord. 2670, 1996; Ord. 973 § 1, 1966; prior code § 19.12.2).

A. Permission herein granted to stop or stand a vehicle for the purpose of loading or unloading of materials shall apply only to commercial vehicles and shall not extend beyond the time necessary therefor and in no event for more than 20 minutes.

B. The loading or unloading of materials shall apply only to commercial deliveries, also 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 the abuse of the privileges hereby granted. (Ord. 2670, 1996; Ord. 973 § 1, 1966; prior code § 19.12.3).

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 CVMC 10.60.040. (Ord. 2670 § 1, 1996; Ord. 973 § 1, 1966; prior code § 19.12.4).

No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in any passenger loading zone for any purpose other than the loading or unloading of passengers for such time as is specified in CVMC 10.60.040. (Ord. 2670 § 1, 1996; Ord. 973 § 1, 1966; prior code § 19.12.5).

The City Engineer may establish by regulation the location of bus zones opposite curb space for the loading and unloading of buses or common carriers of passengers, and said zones shall normally be established on the far side of an intersection. (Ord. 2670 § 1, 1996; Ord. 973 § 1, 1966; prior code § 19.12.6).

The City Engineer may, by regulation, establish special passenger loading zones, not more than 60 feet in length, located between two approved portable signs in front of or adjacent to, and within the projected real property boundaries, of any church, theater, club or place of public assembly. Said signs shall be provided and paid for by the church, theater, club or place of public gathering for which they are used, and shall be of a size and design approved by the City Engineer.

Special passenger loading zones shall be in effect during those hours and days when the expeditious loading or unloading of passengers is required in connection with public gatherings at the locations for which they are established, and no operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand or park said vehicle in any such zone when the approved signs, as herein provided, are in place, for any period of time longer than is necessary for the loading or unloading of passengers and in no event to exceed three minutes. (Ord. 2670, 1996; Ord. 973 § 1, 1966; prior code § 19.12.7).

No operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand or park said vehicle for any period of time longer than is necessary for the loading or unloading of passengers and not to exceed three minutes at any place between portable signs placed within the projected real property boundaries of any undertaking establishment, private residence or any public or private place at any time during or within 40 minutes prior to the beginning of any funeral or funeral service, unless the operator of said vehicle is directed by or has received permission from the director or other person in charge of such funeral or funeral service to park such vehicle in such place. The director or person in charge shall place prior to and during the time limit herein specified two portable signs of a size and design approved by the City Engineer, one at each end of such funeral zone upon the sidewalk or on the pavement area within two feet of the curb. (Ord. 2670 § 1, 1996; Ord. 973 § 1, 1966; prior code § 19.12.9).

The City Engineer, by regulation, may establish the location of taxicab stands. The curb surface within each taxicab stand shall be painted white and marked “taxicab stand” in black lettering, or shall be designated by signs of a type and size approved by the City Engineer. No operator of any vehicle, other than a taxicab or automobile for hire, shall park said vehicle in such taxicab stand. (Ord. 2670, 1996; Ord. 973 § 1, 1966; prior code § 19.12.10).