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Title 10 — VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC

Chapter 10.40 — STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING—LOADING AND UNLOADING

Orinda Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-09-29 · Orinda

10.40.010 - Authority to establish loading zones.

A.

The City Manager is authorized to determine and to mark by signs or curb markings loading zones and passenger loading zones and disabled parking zones as follows: 1. On any street, alley, or public parking facility within any business district; 2. On any street, alley, or public parking facility in front of or adjacent to any place of business, school, park, public building, hall or place used for the purpose of public assembly. B. In no event shall more than one-half of the total curb length in any block be reserved for loading zone purposes. C. Whenever curb marking is used, loading zones shall be indicated by yellow paint and posted with a sign indicating "LOADING ZONE." D. Whenever curb marking is used, passenger loading zones shall be indicated by white paint and posted with a sign indicating "PASSENGER LOADING ZONE." E. Disabled parking spaces shall be indicated by blue space markings and, in addition, an adjacent and appropriately posted sign conforming to the requirements of the California Vehicle Code. F. Disabled parking loading areas shall be indicated by white cross-hatched lines adjacent to a disabled parking space. (Ord. 00-06 § 2 (part))

10.40.020 - Signs or curb markings to indicate no stopping and parking regulations.

A. The City Manager is authorized, subject to the provisions and limitations of this title, to place signs or the following curb markings on any street, alley, or public parking facility to indicate parking or standing regulations, and curb markings shall have the following meaning: 1. Red shall mean no stopping, standing or parking at any time whether the vehicle is attended or unattended except that a bus may stop in a red zone marked or signed as a bus zone.

Yellow shall mean no stopping, standing or parking at any time between six a. m. and six 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 or unloading of materials more than twenty (20) minutes by commercial vehicles. 3. White shall mean no stopping, standing or parking at any time for any purpose other than loading or unloading of passengers which shall not exceed three minutes. 4. Green shall mean no standing or parking for longer than twenty minutes at any time between eight a.m. and five p.m. of any day except Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. 5. Blue shall mean no stopping, standing or parking except for vehicles that lawfully display a disabled placard or disabled license plate while transporting a disabled person. Such restrictions shall apply at all times. B. When the City Manager, as authorized under this chapter, has caused signs or curb markings to be placed, no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle adjacent to any such legible sign or curb marking in violation of any of the provisions of this title except as specifically authorized by law. (Ord. 00-06 § 2 (part))

10.40.025 - Parking or standing in cross-hatched areas adjacent to disabled parking spaces.

No person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle in any pavement area marked by cross-hatched lines and adjacent to a parking stall or space designated for disabled persons or disabled veterans, upon any street or upon any city-owned or operated public parking facility or upon any private off-street parking facility. These cross-hatched areas are designated for the loading and unloading of vehicles for disabled persons or disabled veterans only. (Ord. 00-06 § 2 (part))

10.40.030 - Effect of permission to load or unload in designated zones.

A. Permission to stop or stand a vehicle for purposes of loading or unloading of materials in designated zones shall apply only to commercial vehicles and shall not extend beyond the time necessary and in no event for more than twenty (20) minutes. B.

The loading or unloading of materials in designated zones shall apply only to commercial deliveries including the delivery or pickup of express and parcel post packages and United States mail. C. Permission to stop or park for purposes of loading or unloading passengers in designated zones shall include the loading or unloading of personal baggage but shall not extend beyond the time necessary and in no event for more than three minutes. D. The provisions of this section shall be enforced so as to accommodate necessary and reasonable loading or unloading in designated zones but without permitting abuse of the privileges of the zones. (Ord. 00-06 § 2 (part))

10.40.040 - Standing for loading or unloading only.

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 10.40.030. (Ord. 00-06 § 2 (part))

10.40.050 - Standing in passenger loading zone.

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 10.40.030. (Ord. 00-06 § 2 (part))

10.40.060 - Standing in any alley.

When official signs prohibiting such parking are in place, no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle for any purpose other than the loading or unloading of materials in any alley. Such parking shall not exceed twenty (20) minutes. In no event shall the driver of such vehicle leave less than one traffic lane for unobstructed passage. When an alley is designated as a one-way alley, such parking by vehicles shall be permitted on the right side only. (Ord. 00-06 § 2 (part))

10.40.070 - Bus zones.

A. The City Manager is authorized to establish bus zones for the loading and unloading of buses or common carriers of passengers and to determine their locations subject to the limitations set forth in this section. B. The word "bus," as used in this section, means any motor bus, motor coach or passenger stage used as a common carrier of passengers.

C. No bus zone shall exceed eighty (80) feet in length, except that when satisfactory evidence has been presented to the City Manager showing the necessity, the City Manager may extend bus zones not to exceed a total length of one hundred thirty (130) feet. D. Bus zones shall normally be established on the far side of an intersection. E. Such bus zones shall be indicated by signs or by red curbing marked as a bus loading zone. F. No bus shall stand in any bus zone longer than necessary to load or unload passengers. G. No person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle except a bus in any bus zone. (Ord. 00-06 § 2 (part))

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