Yuba City Municipal Code Art. 9 Stopping for Loading and Unloading Only

(a) The Public Works Director is authorized by the City Council to determine the location of loading zones and passenger loading zones and shall place and maintain appropriate signs or markings indicating the same and stating the hours during which the provisions of this article and the California Vehicle Code are applicable.

(b) Loading zones shall be indicated by yellow paint upon the top of all curbs in said zones. 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 Sunday(s) and holidays for any purpose other than the loading or unloading of passengers or freight, provided that the loading or unloading of passengers shall not consume more than three minutes nor the loading or unloading of freight more than 20 minutes.

(c) Passenger loading zones shall be indicated by white paint upon the top of all curbs in said zones. 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 mail box, which shall not exceed three minutes and such restrictions shall apply between 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day except Sunday(s) and holidays and except as follows:

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

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

(§ 1, Ord. 911, eff. October 7, 1982; Ord. 09-95, eff. October 19, 1995)

(a) Permission herein granted to stop or stand a vehicle for purposes of loading or unloading of freight shall apply only to commercial vehicles and shall not extend beyond the time necessary therefor, and in no effect for more than 20 minutes.

(b) The loading or unloading of freight shall apply only to commercial deliveries, also the delivery or pickup 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 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.

(§ 1, Ord. 911, eff. October 7, 1982; Ord. 09-95, eff. October 19, 1995)

The Public Works Director, when authorized by a resolution of the City Council, shall establish bus stops, bus stands, taxicab stands for other passenger common-carrier motor vehicles on such streets in such places and in such number as determined to be of the greatest benefit and convenience to the public, and every such bus stop, bus stand, taxicab stand or other stand shall be designated by appropriate official traffic control devices.

(§ 1, Ord. 911, eff. October 7, 1982; Ord. 09-95, eff. October 19, 1995)

(a) The operator of a bus shall not stand or park such vehicle upon any street at any place other than a bus stand so designated as provided herein. The Hub Area Transit Authority is exempt from this regulation.

(b) The operator of a bus shall not stop such vehicle upon any street at any place for the purpose of loading or unloading passengers or their baggage other than at a bus stop, bus stand, or passenger loading zone so designated as provided herein, except in case of an emergency. The Hub Area Transit Authority is exempt from this regulation.

(c) The operator of a taxicab shall not stand or park such vehicle upon any street at any place other than in a taxicab stand so designated as provided herein. This provision shall not prevent the operator of a taxicab from temporarily stopping in accordance with other stopping or parking regulations at any place for the purpose of and while actually engaged in the expeditious loading or unloading of passengers.

(d) The Public Works Director is authorized to paint a red line and stencil with white letters "NO PARKING," together with the words "Bus Zone" upon the top or side of all curbs and places specified as a bus zone.

(e) Except as provided in Section 22500.5 of the California Vehicle Code (school bus provision), no person shall stop, stand, or park along any curb space authorized for the loading and unloading of passengers of a bus engaged as a common carrier in local transportation when indicated by a sign or red paint on the curb erected or painted by local authorities.

(§ 1, Ord. 911, eff. October 7, 1982; Ord. 09-95, eff. October 19, 1995)

No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle other than a bus in a bus stop, or other than a taxicab in a taxicab stand when any such stop or stand has been officially designated and appropriately signed, except that the driver of a passenger vehicle may temporarily stop therein for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading passengers when such stopping does not interfere with any bus, or taxicab waiting to enter or about to enter such zone.

(§ 1, Ord. 911, eff. October 7, 1982; Ord. 09-95, eff. October 19, 1995)