Fresno Municipal Code Art. 12 Stopping for Loading or Unloading Only

(a) The City Traffic Engineer, with the approval of the Chief of Police, is hereby authorized to determine and to mark loading zones, passenger loading zones, taxicab zones, and postal mailing zones as follows:

(1) At any place in the central business district or 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) Loading zones shall be indicated by yellow paint upon the top and face of all curbs within such zones.

(c) Passenger loading zones shall be indicated by a white line stenciled with black letters, "PASSENGER LOADING ONLY" upon the top of all curbs in said zones.

(d) Taxicab zones shall be indicated by a white line stenciled with black letters, "TAXI ZONE", upon the top of all curbs in said zones.

(e) Postal mailing zones shall be indicated by a white line stenciled with black letters, "POSTAL MAILING ZONE", upon the top of all curbs in said zones. (Orig. Ord. 3811; Rep. and Added Ord. 6130, 1962).

(a) The City 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 said 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 signed as a bus zone.

(2) Yellow shall mean 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 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 nor the loading and unloading of materials more than thirty minutes, unless the materials loaded or unloaded exceed two and one-half tons, in which event twelve minutes shall be allowed for the loading or unloading of each ton of materials, and provided further that for the purpose of conducting funeral services, a hearse accompanied by a maximum of three passenger vehicles may occupy a yellow zone for a period not to exceed two hours.

(3) White shall mean no stopping, standing, or parking for any purpose other than loading or unloading of passengers which shall not exceed three minutes, and such restrictions shall apply between 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day except Sundays and holidays and except as follows:

(i) When such zone is in front of a hotel, the restrictions shall apply at all times.

(ii) When such zone is in front of a theater, the restrictions shall apply at all times, except when such theater is closed, materials may be loaded or unloaded for not more than thirty minutes.

(iii) When such a zone is a "Taxicab Zone," the restrictions for the loading or unloading of passengers shall apply for passenger vehicles at all times.

(iv) When such a zone is a "Postal Mailing Zone," the restrictions for the loading and unloading of passengers shall apply at all times. Stopping, standing, or parking for the purpose of depositing mail in a curbside mail box shall not exceed a period of time necessary for the expeditious depositing of mail, and in no event shall this period of time be more than thirty seconds. These restrictions shall apply at all times.

(v) When such zone is immediately adjacent to a bus terminal, the restrictions shall apply at all times.

(4) Green shall mean no standing or parking for longer than twenty-four minutes at any time between 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day except Sundays and holidays.

(5) Blue shall mean no stopping, standing or parking of any vehicle other than one which displays one of the distinguishing license plates issued by the State Department of Motor Vehicles to disabled persons pursuant to Vehicle Code Section 22511.5 or to disabled veterans, as specified in Section 9105 of the Vehicle Code.

(b) When the City 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 of the provisions of this section. (Rep. and Added Ord. 6130, 1962; based on former Sec. 1203; Am. Ord. 6873, 1966; Am. Ord. 67-26, 1967; Am. Ord. 68-8, 1968; Am. Ord. 76-57, § 3, 7-25-76).

Whenever a survey by the City Traffic Engineer or Traffic Division of the Police Department has established the necessity for loading zones or bus zones only during certain hours of the day, the City Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized to install signs giving notice thereof. If such loading zones are located in any parking meter district, the sign shall be placed on the parking meter post and indicate the hours during which that parking meter space shall become a loading zone. The deposit of coins in the parking meter shall not be required during the time the space is reserved as a loading zone. If such loading zones are located outside the parking meter district, signs shall be placed designating the hours and limits of such zones. All sections of this Code regulating loading zones shall apply equally to limited loading zones during the designated hours. (Rep. and Added Ord. 6130, 1962; based on former Sec. 10-1202).

No driver of a taxicab shall park a taxicab upon any street in any business district at any place other than a taxicab stand, except that this provision shall not prevent the driver of any such vehicle from temporarily stopping in accordance with other stopping or parking regulations at any place for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading passengers. (Rep. and Added Ord. 6130, 1962; based on former Sec. 10-1206).

No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in any "Official Car Zone" unless such vehicle is equipped with exempt license plates issued by the State of California, or has on display a permit issued by an official agency authorized to issue such permits. Such zones will be in effect when permanent or temporary signs are installed giving notice thereof. The establishment of these zones may be authorized by the Chief of Police. (Rep. and Added Ord. 6130, 1962; based on former Sec. 10-1209).

(a) Permission herein granted to stop or stand a vehicle for purposes 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 thirty minutes, unless the materials loaded or unloaded exceed two and one-half tons, in which event twelve minutes shall be allowed for the loading or unloading of each ton of materials.

(b) The loading or unloading of materials shall apply 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, except no passenger vehicle shall stop or stand in a "taxicab zone" or a "postal mailing zone" for the purpose of loading or unloading passengers when such stopping would interfere with a taxicab waiting to enter or about to enter a taxicab stand or would interfere with a vehicle waiting to enter or about to enter a "postal mailing zone" for the purpose of depositing mail.

(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 abuse of the privileges hereby granted. (Rep. and Added Ord. 6130, 1962; based on former Sec. 10-1204).

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 Section 14-1206. (Rep. and Added Ord. 6130, 1962).

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 Section 14-1206. (Rep. and Added Ord. 6130, 1962).

No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle in any "bank service zone" for any purpose other than to conduct a banking transaction or waiting in line to conduct a banking transaction at a special device installed at the curb for that purpose under such restrictions and such time as determined by resolution of the Council. (Rep. and Added Ord. 6130, 1962; based on former Sec. 10-1208).

School buses owned, or operated by a public school district, or operated under contract for a public school district, may load or unload passengers alongside curbspaces designated for the loading and unloading of passengers of the Fresno Transit System upon agreement between Fresno Transit and the public school district requesting such use, which agreement shall include indemnity, hold harmless, and liability coverage as determined by the City's Risk Management Division and approved by the City Attorney. (Added Ord. 84-53, § 1, eff. 5-18-84).