(A) Definition. For the purpose of this section, a LOADING ZONE shall be a space located on a public way reserved for the stopping of vehicles during and for the exclusive purpose of loading or unloading passengers or materials.
(B) Designation. The Mayor and/or Code Enforcement Officer, upon recommendation by the Chief of Police, is hereby authorized and directed to provide for the establishment of such loading zones as may be necessary for the efficient conduct of commerce within the city, and for the designation, by appropriate signs, of the exact location and dimensions of such loading zones and the hours during which they shall be reserved as such.
(C) Unauthorized use prohibited. No person shall stop, park or allow to stand in a loading zone any vehicle for any purpose other than the unloading and delivery or pickup and loading of materials or persons during the hours when the provisions applicable to such zone are in effect, or for a longer period of time than shall be necessary for such authorized purposes.
(D) Effective hours. Loading zones shall be reserved as such between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., prevailing time, Monday through Friday. Such zones shall not be reserved as such after 4:00 p.m., prevailing time, or at any time on Saturday or Sunday or any other holiday generally observed by retail business.
(E) Use of loading zones by passenger vehicles. The driver of a passenger vehicle may stop temporarily in a loading zone for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading materials or passengers. All passenger vehicles used by any person for the purposes of commerce to deliver goods, wares and merchandise and having need to use loading zones shall have commercial signs on each side of such vehicle.
(Ord. 2021-2, passed 4-15-2021) Penalty, see § 70.99