Manhattan Beach Municipal Code Ch. 14.44 Stopping for Loading or Unloading Only

A. The City Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized to determine and to mark loading zones and passenger loading zones as follows:

1. At any place in the 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 of all curbs within such zones.

C. Passenger loading zones shall be indicated by white paint upon the top of all curbs in said zones.

(§ 1, Ord. 1804, eff. September 14, 1989)

A. Upon designation by the Chief of Police, 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. For on-street parking facilities, yellow shall mean no stopping, standing, or parking at any time between 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on any day for any purpose other than the loading or unloading of passengers, which shall not consume more than three (3) minutes, nor the loading or unloading of material more than twenty (20) minutes, unless otherwise posted. For off-street parking facilities, yellow shall mean no stopping, standing or parking at any time seven (7) days a week, twenty-four (24) hours a day including holidays for any purpose other than the loading or unloading of passengers, which shall not consume more than three (3) minutes, nor the loading or unloading of material more than twenty (20) minutes, unless otherwise posted. Appropriate signs shall be posted accordingly.

3. 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 mailbox, which shall not exceed three (3) minutes and such restrictions shall apply between 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on any day except as follows:

a. When such zone is in front of a hotel or in front of a mailbox, the restrictions shall apply at all times.

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

c. Unless otherwise authorized and posted by the City Traffic Engineer.

4. When the Chief of Police, 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.

B. The City Traffic Engineer is further authorized to establish special parking restrictions by posting appropriate signs to meet unusual needs on certain City streets or public facilities consistent with the limitations provided for in the California Vehicle Code.

(§ 1, Ord. 1683, eff. July 3, 1984 and § 5, Ord. 13-0017, eff. September 20, 2013)

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 twenty (20) minutes.

B. The loading or unloading of materials shall apply only to commercial deliveries, also the delivery or pick-up 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 (3) 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 abuse of the privileges hereby granted.

No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in any yellow loading zone for any purpose other than loading or unloading passengers or materials for such time as is permitted in Section 14.44.030.

No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in any passenger loading zone for any purpose other than loading or unloading of passengers for such time as is specified in Section 14.44.030.

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

A. The Chief of Police is hereby authorized to establish bus zones opposite curb space for the loading and unloading of buses or common carriers of passengers and to determine the location thereof.

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

A. After consulting with the City Traffic Engineer, the Chief of Police shall establish taxicab stands and determine the locations thereof.

B. The curb surface within each taxicab stand shall be painted white and marked "Taxicab Stand" in red lettering, or shall be designated by signs of a type and size approved by the Chief of Police.

C. No driver of a vehicle, other than a taxicab or vehicle for hire, shall stand or park such vehicle in a taxicab stand.

D. During the time limits established pursuant to Municipal Code Section 3.24.070, no driver of a taxicab or vehicle for hire shall stand or park while awaiting employment at any place other than a taxicab stand designated by the Chief of Police, except for the active loading or unloading of passengers.

E. No driver of a taxicab or vehicle for hire shall leave a vehicle unattended in a taxicab stand for a period of time longer than three (3) minutes.

F. No driver of a taxicab or vehicle for hire may stop in a bus zone for purposes of loading or unloading passengers unless there is no other practicable location to safely and expediently load or unload such passengers.

(§ 1, Ord. 14-0005, eff. August 15, 2014)