§ 19-163. Loading zone.

(a)

It shall be unlawful for any person to park, cause to be parked, or permit to be parked any motor vehicle of which he is the owner, or of which he has the custody or control, in any loading zone of any of the streets of the city at any hour of the day or night, except after noon on Saturdays, on Sundays or holidays as defined in section 19-218, as provided below.

(b)

Commercial vehicles loading, unloading, delivering or picking up freight or materials shall be permitted to park in loading zones for a period not to exceed thirty (30) minutes.

(c)

In cases where, due to the nature of the freight and materials or the business involved, loading operations will necessitate parking vehicles for a period longer than thirty (30) minutes, then the chief of police department may issue, after evidence is presented him of such need, special permits for such operations.

(d)

Where construction vehicles involved in building construction or maintenance must be parked in loading zones or on the city streets for extended periods of time, the city traffic engineer may issue permits for such privilege. A fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00) per day per parking space will be filed with the city traffic engineer as a prerequisite to the granting of this permit.

(e)

Noncommercial vehicles are permitted to be parked in loading zones except during the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., however such vehicles are prohibited from being parked at any hour of the day or night in those certain loading zones marked and designated by a sign worded "Loading Zone Day-Night."

(f)

Any authorized vehicle which remains parked beyond the posted time limit of a loading zone, and any unauthorized vehicle which is parked in a posted loading zone, is hereby declared to be a violation of the parking enforcement ordinances of this city, and shall be cited with a civil parking violation ticket and may be either towed to the police department vehicle impoundment facility or immobilized with a wheel locking device, and subjected to all administrative adjudication procedures and ordinances applicable to parking meter zone violations.

(g)

Any violation of this section shall be punished in accordance with section 1-5.

(Code 1959, § 38-77; Ord. No. 33964, §§ 1, 2, 1223-65; Ord. No. 35626, § 1, 7-27-67; Ord. No. 43883, § 1, 6-6-74; Ord. No. 65692, § 1, 9-10-87; Ord. No. 73958, § 5, 7-18-91; Ord. No. 86612, § 2, 9-11-97; Ord. No. 96409, § 3, 9-19-02)