Salinas Municipal Code Div. 3 Loading and Unloading

(a) The City Engineer is authorized to place, and maintain parking signs and curb markings to indicate parking or standing regulations, and the curb markings have the meanings as herein set forth:

(1) Red shall mean no stopping, standing, or parking at any time except as permitted by Section 21458 of the Vehicle Code, and except that a bus may stop in a red zone marked or signed as a bus zone.

a. Whenever the city engineer determines a location for a bus zone, the city engineer shall paint and maintain a red line stenciled with white letters, "BUS ZONE," upon the top and side of all curbs and places specified as a bus zone.

b. No person shall stop, stand, or park any vehicle except a bus in a bus zone.

c. The word "bus" as used in this section means any motor bus, motor coach, trackless trolley coach, or passenger stage, used as a common carrier of passengers.

(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, that the loading or unloading of passengers shall not consume more than five minutes nor the loading or unloading of materials more than twenty minutes.

(3) White shall mean no stopping, standing, or parking for any purpose other than loading or unloading of passengers, which shall not exceed five 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:

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

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

(4) Green means no standing or parking for longer than twenty minutes at any time between 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day except Sundays and holidays. Zones shall be indicated by green paint lines, stenciled with white letters, "20-MINUTE PARKING ZONE," upon the top of all curbs within such zones.

(5) Blue shall mean no stopping, standing or parking except for handicapped persons as permitted by Section 21458 of the California Vehicle Code.

(b) When the City Engineer 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 markings in violation of any of the provisions of this section.

(Ord. No. 2670(NCS), § 2, 9-12-2023)

(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 minutes.

(b) The loading or unloading of materials shall apply only to commercial deliveries and also to 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 includes the loading or unloading of personal baggage, but shall not extend beyond the time necessary therefor and in no event for more than five minutes.

(d) Within the total time limits specified in this section, the provisions of this section shall be enforced so as to accommodate necessary and reasonable loading or unloading time without permitting abuse of the privileges hereby granted.

(Ord. No. 2670(NCS), § 2, 9-12-2023)

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 20-06.18.

(Ord. No. 2670(NCS), § 2, 9-12-2023)

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 20-06.18.

(Ord. No. 2670(NCS), § 2, 9-12-2023)

No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle other than a taxicab in any taxicab stand established pursuant to Section 33-10 of this Code.

(Ord. No. 2670(NCS), § 2, 9-12-2023)

(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, and for not more than one hour at one point.

(b) No person shall park a vehicle within an alley in such a manner or under such conditions as to impede or obstruct the free movement of the vehicular traffic, and no person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle within an alley in such a position as to block the driveway entrance to any abutting property.

(c) No person shall park a vehicle upon any real property adjacent to an alley when any portion of the vehicle or its load projects into such alley.

(d) No person shall use the alleys for the storage of vehicles when not actually engaged in loading or unloading operations, and no goods or trash shall be stored within the alley right-of-way.

(Ord. No. 2670(NCS), § 2, 9-12-2023)