(Amended by Ordinance Nos. 165594, 166575, 176394 and 179141, effective March
23, 2005.)
A. Truck loading zones are established to prevent double
parking and other illegal parking by designating a supply of parking spaces
dedicated to the delivery of merchandise by trucks to commercial properties.
B. Only the following vehicles, while being actively loaded
or unloaded, may park in a truck loading zone for no more than 30 minutes:
1. A truck as defined by this Title;
2. A vehicle defined by its Department of Motor Vehicles
registration as a truck, van, or pick-up that exhibits the commercial nature
of the vehicle according to paragraph 6;
3. A passenger or other vehicle with an official
commercial loading permit as defined in Section 16.20.620 or delivery permit
as defined in Section 16.20.630 that exhibits the commercial nature of the
vehicle according to paragraph 6;
4. Any vehicle with Farm Vehicle registration plates when
actively engaged in loading/unloading merchandise; or
5. Taxicabs with a current taxicab permit as defined in
Section 16.40.220 when actively engaged in loading/unloading passengers or
packages, for a period not to exceed 15 minutes.
6. Commercial signage required by this section must
be:
a. On both sides of the vehicle;
b. Magnetic, static cling vinyl (which may not be used
on tinted windows), decals or permanently painted;
c. No smaller than 8 1/2" by 11";
d. In 2-inch or larger lettering;
e. In a color that clearly contrasts with the color on
which the lettering is displayed; and
f. In lettering that is clearly visible at a distance of
20 feet.
C. Upon leaving a truck loading zone, a vehicle must vacate
the block face of said truck loading zone or move 500 feet as measured along the
curb line for a period of 1 hour before returning to a truck loading zone, a
time zone, or a metered space, on the same block face.
D. Truck loading zones should not be located within 50 feet
of an intersection in order to facilitate traffic safety. This does not apply to
the area of the street where the direction of traffic is leaving an intersection
on a one-way street.
