Passenger and materials loading zones.
Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 621-401
in effectSec. 621-401. - Passenger and materials loading zones.
(a) For the purposes of providing the owner or occupant of any premises fronting upon any street in the city with delivery and loading facilities, including reasonable ingress and egress to and from such premises for either passengers or freight or other materials, and upon the presentation of a written application of the owner or occupant of such premises, the board of public works, upon recommendation by the chief traffic engineer and after a public hearing, may determine, designate and grant, by resolution, locations for either passenger or material loading zones for such purposes, whereupon permits shall be issued therefor; all in strict accordance with the provisions of this section, subject to the final approval of the city-county council.
(b) Whenever the owner or occupant of any premises having a frontage on any street in the city shall present to the permit section of the department of public works a written application for a permit required by subsection (a) to establish and maintain a passenger or material loading zone to serve such premises, the application shall set forth the name of the applicant, the nature of his business, the location and length of the requested zone and a brief statement of the reasons for its establishment. Such application shall be accompanied by a site plan showing the location of the entrances and exits serving such premises, and the location and length of such zone, together with the payment of an investigation fee of five dollars ($5.00), which fee shall not be subject to refund. The board of public works shall cause an investigation to be made by the permit section, who shall promptly investigate the necessity of the establishment of such passenger or material loading zones. The permit section shall report its finding in writing to the chief traffic engineer, who shall thereupon transmit to the director of the department of public works the written application, together with the written report of the investigation and the recommendation for the establishment of such zone. Thereupon the board of public works, after a public hearing and in its discretion, shall grant or reject the application, and if granted, the establishment of the zone shall be authorized by resolution conforming in all respects to the requirements of this Code. The maximum length of any zone shall be fifty (50) feet, unless the board of public works shall find that public convenience and welfare justifies a greater length, not exceeding an additional fifty (50) feet.
(c) Upon approval of the establishment of a zone as provided in subsection (b), the board of public works shall cause the applicant to be notified of the action of the board thereon and the amount due for the first year's rental of the signs and zones in order for a permit to be issued by the permit section of the department of public works. The first year's rental fee shall be twenty dollars ($20.00) per foot of the zone, and a sixty-five dollar installation cost. Thereafter, the annual rental fee shall be twenty dollars ($20.00) per foot of the zone. The department of public works shall furnish and cause signs to be located and maintained at each end of the zone and mark the zone by distinctive paintings on the curb as authorized by the board of public works. The signs shall be of uniform general design throughout the city and in compliance with the criteria as described in the Indiana Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. The department of public works shall not issue the permit or place such signs, or cause the zone to be marked and designated, until the person requesting its establishment shall have presented to the permit section of the department of public works payment of the first year's rental fee and installation cost.
(d) The annual rental for the markers and zone collected pursuant to subsection (c) shall be used to defray the expenses of furnishing and erecting such signs, for keeping them in repair and painted, and for properly marking, designating and inspecting the passenger and material loading zones. The fees so paid shall be deposited in the accounts of the City of Indianapolis. The permit shall be issued for a period of one (1) year. The holder of the permit may renew the permit for another year by notifying the permit section of the department of public works no less than thirty (30) calendar days in advance of the expiration date of the permit and presenting to the permit section of the department of public works for payment of the amount of rental fee within thirty (30) calendar days after the expiration date of the permit. The signs shall be, and remain, the property of the city and shall be removed, or caused to be removed, upon the approval of the board of public works on the recommendation of the chief traffic engineer. The use of such zones shall be terminated, either upon failure of the owner or occupant of the premises to pay the annual rental within thirty (30) days of the expiration date of the permit for the signs and zones, or upon an order of the board of public works abolishing any such zone in its discretion. All permits subject to this section shall be issued upon such conditions subject to the final approval of the city-county council.
(e) No passenger zone or loading zone shall be established or maintained within twenty-five (25) feet of a street intersection or fire hydrant; and no such zone shall be established which will conflict with any safety zone, bus zone or taxicab stand previously established.
(f) All passenger zones and material loading zones established and all permits therefor which are in effect at the time this amendment to the Code becomes effective shall be continued in full force and effect; but such zones and all subsequently permitted zones shall be at all times subject to all police powers of the city thereover and no one shall possess any vested rights to continue any passenger or material loading zone, if it is ordered abolished by the board of public works. The permit section of the department of public works shall maintain a list of all such zones which shall be available for public inspection at all times.
(g) The following locations are hereby designated as passenger and material loading zones:
Illinois Street, on the east side, from a point one hundred sixty-eight (168) feet north of Georgia Street to a point two hundred ten (210) feet north of Georgia Street.
Massachusetts Avenue, on the north side, from a point two hundred fifty-three (253) feet west of Bellefontaine Avenue to a point two hundred twenty-eight (228) feet west of Bellefontaine Avenue (twenty-five (25) feet).
Meridian Street, on the west side, from a point one hundred thirty-three (133) feet north of Maryland Street to a point two hundred fifteen (215) feet north of Maryland Street (eighty-two (82) feet).
Talbot Street, on the east side, from a point eighty-three (83) feet north of Vermont Street to a point one hundred twenty-seven (127) feet north of Talbot Street.
Vermont Street, on the north side, from a point one hundred twenty-four (124) feet east of Meridian Street to a point one hundred sixty-eight (168) feet east of Meridian Street.
ON ANY DAY EXCEPT
SATURDAYS, SUNDAYS, AND HOLIDAYS
From 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Meridian Street, on the west side, from a point fifty-five (55) feet north of Washington Street to a point one hundred forty-five (145) feet north of Washington Street.
(Code 1975, § 29-331; G.O. 56, 1996, § 1; G.O. 83, 1996, § 1; G.O. 103, 1996, § 1; G.O. 104, 1996, § 1G.O. 179, 1996, § 1; G.O. 4, 1997, § 1; G.O. 15, 2001, § 82)
Source: Consolidated City of Indianapolis and Marion County, Revised Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/in/indianapolis_-_marion_county/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TITIIIPUHEWE_CH621PASTSTRE_ARTIVBUSTLOZOSIUS_DIV1INGE_S621-401PAMALOZOFetched: 10/27/2026