Fairfield Municipal Code § 11.9 Authority to establish loading zones

(a) The traffic engineer is hereby 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 yellow paint upon the top of all curbs within such zones.

(d) Passenger loading zones shall be indicated by white paint upon the top of all curbs in such zones.

(Ord. No. 69-21, § 1)

(a) The traffic engineer is hereby authorized, subject to the provisions and limitations of this chapter, to place, and when required herein shall place, the following curb markings to indicate parking or standing regulations, and such curb markings shall have the meanings as herein set forth.

(1) Red shall mean 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 designated as a bus zone.

(2) White shall mean 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 mail box which shall not exceed three minutes and such restrictions shall apply between 9:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. of any day except Sundays and holidays and except as follows:

a. When such zone is in front of a motel or in front of a mail box, the restriction shall apply at all times.

b. When such zone is in front of a theater or assembly hall, the restrictions shall apply at all times except when such theater or assembly hall is closed.

(3) Yellow shall mean no stopping, standing or parking at any time between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. of any day except Sundays and holidays for any purpose other than the loading and unloading of passengers or materials; provided, that the loading and unloading of passengers shall not consume more than three minutes nor the loading or unloading of materials more than twenty minutes.

(4) Green shall mean time limit parking with the time limit painted on the curb or stated on a sign placed at or near the face of curb.

(5) Blue indicates parking limited exclusively to the vehicles of physically handicapped persons.

(b) When the traffic 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 provisions of this section.

(Ord. No. 69-21, § 1; Ord. No. 73-3, § 1; Ord. No. 96-8, § 1)

No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle for any purpose other than the loading or unloading of persons or materials in any alley.

(Ord. No. 69-21, § 1)