(A) Establishment. The City Council may, by resolution, establish spaces in streets as loading zones or truck zones. The hours of 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. of any day except Sundays, New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, July 4, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day or such other time as the City Council may specify in the resolution establishing the zones shall be the loading zone or truck zone hours. The City Council shall require be the loading zone to be marked by appropriate signs.
(B) Truck zone prohibitions. During truck zone hours, no person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle except a truck in a truck zone. No person shall stop, stand or park a truck in a truck zone during truck zone hours except to receive or discharge passengers or freight and then only for a period no longer than is necessary for the purpose.
(C) Loading zone prohibitions. During loading zone hours, no person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle in a loading zone except to receive or discharge passengers or freight and then only for a period no longer than is necessary for the purpose. No person shall occupy a loading zone with a vehicle other than a truck for more than five minutes during such hours.
(D) Property owner initiative. Any person desiring the establishment of a loading zone abutting premises occupied by him or her shall make written application therefore to the City Council. If the Council grants the request, the proper city officer shall bill the applicant for the estimated cost of placing signs and of painting the curb. When the amount is paid to the City Administrator-Treasurer, the City Administrator-Treasurer or his or her agent shall install the necessary signs and paint the curb.
(E) No truck parking zones. The Council may by resolution establish “No Truck Parking” zones in the business distinct and the city staff shall mark by appropriate signs any zones so established. Such zones shall be established in the business district where heavy traffic by trucks or other traffic congestion makes parking by trucks a hazard to the safety of vehicles or pedestrians. No person shall park a truck of more than one-ton capacity between 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on any weekday upon any street in any such zone, but parking of such vehicle for a period of not more than 30 minutes shall be permitted in such zone for the purpose of having access to abutting property when such access cannot conveniently be secured otherwise.
(2009 Code, § 701.06) Penalty, see § 10.99