Long Beach Municipal Code Ch. 10.26 Stopping While Loading or Unloading

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State Law reference— Provisions authorizing local authorities to regulate the operation of vehicles for hire, Veh. C. § 21100.

The City Traffic Engineer is authorized, subject to the provisions and limitations of this Title, to place, and when the need has been established by Traffic Engineering study, shall place curb markings and/or appropriate signs to indicate parking regulations as enumerated in this Section and in Section 10.26.020. Where no curb exists, markings may be painted upon the most appropriate surface or signs may be placed instead of or in addition to such markings. When such markings and/or signs have been installed and are in place, it is unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to stop, stand or park such vehicle in violation of any such marking and/or sign.

A. Yellow indicates stopping only for the purpose of loading or unloading passengers or freight for a period of not in excess of two (2) minutes for passenger loading or unloading, nor twenty (20) minutes for freight loading or unloading. The words "LOADING ZONE" shall be stenciled on the yellow paint or appropriate signs may be posted. This restriction shall apply only between 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on any day except Sundays and holidays.

B. White indicates stopping only for loading or unloading of passengers or depositing mail in an adjacent mailbox, or when stenciled "TAXICAB STAND", for the standing of taxicabs or automobiles for hire. No person shall use a white zone for a period in excess of two (2) minutes except that taxicabs or automobiles for hire at taxicab stands are exempted from this time limit.

C. Green indicates parking limited to a time from ten (10) to thirty (30) minutes, as determined by the City Traffic Engineer for a particular location or locations, between 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day, except Sundays and holidays. A legend containing the applicable time limitation followed by the words "MIN. PARKING" shall be stenciled on the green, or appropriate signs may be posted.

D. Upon posting of appropriate signs, when the need has been established evidence satisfactory to the City Traffic Engineer, the City Traffic Engineer is authorized to create commercial and passenger loading zones for specified days and times to accommodate and balance the specialized demands of parking and loading needs of businesses and residents.

(ORD-09-0021, § 25, 2009; Ord. C-5439 § 1, 1978; Ord. C-5398 § 5, 1978: Ord. C-5355 § 1, 1977; prior code § 3410.100)

When red curb markings have been installed and are in place, no operator shall stop or park any vehicle for any purpose at any time except that a bus may stop in a red zone marked or sign posted as a bus stop as provided in Section 10.26.040. Red curb markings may be used to supplement or in place of signs prohibiting stopping.

(ORD-09-0021, § 26, 2009; Ord. C-5398 § 6, 1978; prior code § 3410.101)

A. No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in any alley for any purpose other than the loading or unloading of persons or materials, except at locations where parking is permitted by the provisions of Subsection B of this Section.

B. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the parking impacted area, the City Traffic Engineer, with the concurrence of the Chief of Police and the Fire Marshall, is authorized to permit parking in alleys or portions of alleys upon the posting of appropriate signs.

(ORD-09-0021, § 27, 2009; Ord. C-5711 § 1, 1981; prior code § 3410.101)

The City Traffic Engineer is authorized to establish bus stops and to designate curb space for the loading and unloading of passengers of a bus engaged as a common carrier in local transportation. Such bus stops shall be indicated by a sign, or by red curb markings.

(ORD-09-0021, § 28, 2009; Ord. C-5691 § 2 (part), 1981; prior code § 3410.103)

No person having charge of any building materials, excavation, house movers' materials or appliance, or any obstruction of the public streets of the City, shall allow the same to remain on any public street, alley or public place of the City at any time during the hours between darkness and dawn, without maintaining a lighted lantern at each end of the building material, excavation, house movers' materials, or obstruction.

(Prior code § 3470)