Ontario Municipal Code Art. 12 Stopping for Loading or Unloading

(a) The City Traffic Engineer 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; and

(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 (½) 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.

(§ 12, Ord. 1651, eff. July 20, 1967)

(a) The City Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized, subject to the provisions and limitations of this chapter to place, and when required by the provisions of this chapter shall place, the following curb markings to indicate parking or standing regulations, which curb markings shall have the following meanings:

(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, however, the loading or unloading of passengers shall not consume more than three (3) minutes, and the loading or unloading of materials shall not consume more than twenty (20) minutes.

(3) White shall mean no stopping, standing, or parking for any purpose other than the loading or unloading of passengers, including valet parking, 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. of any day except Sundays and holidays and except as follows:

(i) When such zone is in front of or adjacent to a terminal serving a public transportation agency, a hotel, or a mailbox, 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.

(b) When the City Traffic Engineer, as authorized by the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, has caused curb markings to be placed, no person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle adjacent to any such legible curb markings in violation of the provisions of this section.

(§ 12.1, Ord. 1651, eff. July 20, 1967, as amended by § 1, Ord. 1690, eff. July 18, 1968, § 3, Ord. 3276, eff. August 15, 2024)

The City Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized to determine the location of, and to establish, bus zones and taxi zones opposite curb space for the loading and unloading of buses, taxis, or common carriers of passengers. Coach zones shall normally be established on the far side of an intersection.

(§ 12.6, Ord. 1651, eff. July 20, 1967)

It shall be unlawful for any vehicle other than a bus, taxi, or common carrier to be parked in established coach zones, and it shall be unlawful for the operator of any bus, taxi, common carrier, or vehicle used for local passenger hire to park such bus, taxi, common carrier, or vehicle in any parking space for the purpose of soliciting or accepting patronage except in such locations in the business districts as have been reserved and designated by the City Traffic Engineer for the exclusive use of such vehicles.

(§ 12.6, Ord. 1651, eff. July 20, 1967)

(a) Permission granted by the provisions of this chapter 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 and to the delivery or pickup of express and parcel post packages and United States mail.

(c) Permission granted by the provisions of this chapter 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 set forth in subsections (a) through (c) of this section, 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.

(§ 12.2, Ord. 1651, eff. July 20, 1967)

(a) 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 § 4-6.1205 of this article.

(b) 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 permitted in § 4-6.1205 of this article.

(§§ 12.3 and 12.4, Ord. 1651, eff. July 20, 1967)

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.

(§ 12.5, Ord. 1651, eff. July 20, 1967)