Gilroy Municipal Code Div. 3 Loading and Unloading

The city administrator is hereby authorized to determine and mark loading zones and passenger loading zones as follows:

(1) At any place in the central traffic district or any business district except that no loading zones shall be determined or marked in front of any place of business which has loading or unloading facilities through or by means of a rear entrance.

(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.

(Ord. No. 480, § 52)

In no event shall more than one-half (1/2) of the total curb length in any block be reserved for loading zone purposes.

(Ord. No. 480, § 52)

Loading zones shall be indicated by yellow paint lines upon the top and side of the curb or upon the pavement if there is no curb.

(Ord. No. 480, § 52; Ord. No. 702, § 2)

Passenger loading zones shall be indicated by a white line upon the top and side of all curbs within such zones.

(Ord. No. 480, § 52)

The city administrator is authorized, subject to the provisions and limitations of this chapter, to place and when required by this chapter or other ordinance of the city, shall place the following curb or pavement markings to indicate parking or standing regulations and such markings shall have the meanings as set forth:

Red: No stopping, standing or parking at any time except as permitted by the state vehicle code and except that a bus may stop in a red zone marked or signed as a bus zone.

Yellow: 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 which shall consume less than three (3) minutes or the loading or unloading of materials which shall consume less than twenty (20) minutes.

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

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

(2) When such zone is in front of a theater, the restrictions shall apply at all times except when such theater is closed.

Green: No standing or parking for longer than ten (10) minutes at any time between 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day except Sundays and holidays.

Blue (in conjunction with a blue and white wheelchair and occupant sign): No stopping, standing or parking at any time by any vehicle which does not display a distinguishing license plate or placard issued under the vehicle code to a disabled person or disabled veteran.

(Ord. No. 480, § 53; Ord. No. 702, § 3; Ord. No. 77-18, § 1, 6-6-1977)

When the city administrator as directed under this chapter has caused curb or pavement markings to be placed, no person shall stop or stand or park a vehicle adjacent to any such legible curb marking or within such legible pavement markings in violation of any of the provisions of the preceding section.

(Ord. No. 480, § 53; Ord. No. 702, § 4)

Permission granted by this division 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 twenty (20) minutes.

The loading or unloading of materials shall apply only to commercial deliveries, also the delivery or pickup of express and parcel post packages and the United States Mail.

Within the total time limits specified in this division 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.

(Ord. No. 480, § 54)

Regardless of the restrictions and limitations regulating the use of yellow loading and unloading zones set forth in the preceding sections, where the owner or lessee of business property has no area on the property for parking facilities the owner or lessee may park a service or delivery vehicle within an alley loading zone between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. for unlimited periods of time. The owner or lessee of the business property shall, nevertheless, be required to obtain a permit from the police department to park his service or delivery vehicle within such loading zone. Such permit parking shall be granted only after investigation of the premises and the establishment of a need for such vehicle. When such a parking permit has been granted the permit shall be attached to the vehicle in such a manner as to be in plain view of a traffic officer.

Yellow loading zones in alleys may also be used by vehicles of clients or business customers for the loading of purchases, subject to the time limit set forth in section 15.90.

(Ord. No. 480, § 55; Ord. No. 702, § 5)

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, but any such stopping, loading or parking shall be so done as not to block the alley or prevent the passage of other vehicles.

(Ord. No. 480, § 56)

The city administrator is hereby authorized to establish bus zones opposite curb space for the loading and unloading of buses of common carriers of passengers and to determine the location thereof subject to the directives and limitations set forth in this division.

**State law references—**Authority of cities to regulate the location of bus stands, Veh. C., § 21112.

(Ord. No. 480, § 57)

No bus zone shall exceed eighty (80) feet in length, except when satisfactory evidence has been presented to the city administrator showing the necessity therefor, the city administrator may extend bus zones not to exceed a total length of one hundred twenty-five (125) feet.

(Ord. No. 480, § 57)

Bus zones shall normally be established on the far side of an intersection.

(Ord. No. 480, § 57)

The city administrator shall paint a red line stencilled with white letters “NO STANDING,” together with the words “BUS ZONE” upon the top side of all curbs and places specified as a bus zone.

(Ord. No. 480, § 57)