(a) Business Loading Zones. No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle upon a street or right-of-way in a business or commercial district for any purpose or length of time other than for the expeditious loading or unloading, delivery, or pickup of materials or merchandise within a marked loading zone, during the permitted hours, as indicated upon the sign marking the loading zone. In no case shall the stop for loading and unloading of materials exceed thirty (30) minutes.
(b) Bus Stops.
(1) No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle other than a bus in a bus stop when any such stop or stand has been officially designated and appropriately posted; 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 and luggage, but only when such stopping does not interfere with any bus waiting to enter or about to enter such zone, and then only for a period not to exceed three (3) minutes, if such stopping is not otherwise prohibited therein by posted signs.
(2) The operator of a bus shall not stop, stand, or park 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 so designated and posted as such, except in case of an emergency.
(3) The operator of a bus shall enter a bus stop on a public street in such a manner that the bus when stopped to load or unload passengers or baggage shall be in a position with the right front wheel of such vehicle not further than eighteen inches (18") from the curb and the bus approximately parallel to the curb, so as not to unduly impede the movement of other vehicular traffic.
(c) Taxi Stands.
(1) No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle other than a registered taxicab in a taxicab stand, when any such taxi stand has been officially designated and appropriately posted; 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 and luggage, but only when such stopping does not interfere with any taxi waiting to enter or about to enter the taxi stand, and then only for a period not to exceed three (3) minutes, if such stopping is not otherwise prohibited by posted signs.
(2) 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 and posted as such. This provision shall not prevent the operator of a taxicab from temporarily stopping in accordance with other stopping or parking provisions at any place for the purpose of and while actually engaged in the expeditious loading or unloading of passengers and luggage.
(Ord. 2018-31. Passed 10/25/18)