STOPPING FOR LOADING OR UNLOADING ONLY

Los Angeles Municipal Code ch. VIII, div. M

in effect

Los Angeles Municipal Code § 80.60 EFFECT OF PERMISSION TO LOAD OR UNLOAD.

SEC. 80.60. EFFECT OF PERMISSION TO LOAD OR UNLOAD. (a) Permission herein granted to stop or stand a vehicle for purposes of loading and unloading of materials shall apply only to commercial vehicles and shall not extend beyond the time necessary therefor, and in no event for more than thirty (30) minutes, except as provided in Section 88.01.1 of this chapter. (Amended by Ord. No. 170,019, Eff. 10/21/94.) (b) The loading or unloading of materials shall apply only to commercial deliveries and to the delivery or pickup of express and parcel post packages and United States mail. (c) Permission herein granted to stand or park for purposes of loading or unloading passengers shall include the loading or unloading of personal baggage, but shall not extend beyond the time necessary therefor, and in no event more than five minutes, except for a maximum of ten minutes where signs indicating a ten minute limit are posted. (Amended by Ord. No. 182,484, Eff. 4/28/13.) (d) Within the total time limits above specified the provisions of this section shall be enforced so as to accommodate necessary and reasonable loading or unloading but without permitting abuse of the privileges hereby granted. “We see no reason to doubt the validity of the ordinance under which appellant was convicted.” People v. Johnson (1932), CR A 818.

Los Angeles Municipal Code § 80.61 STANDING IN ANY ALLEY.

SEC. 80.61. STANDING IN ANY ALLEY. No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle for any purpose other than the loading or unloading of persons or materials in any alley.

Los Angeles Municipal Code § 80.66.1 TAXICAB AND OTHER PASSENGER VEHICLE ZONE.

SEC. 80.66.1. TAXICAB AND OTHER PASSENGER VEHICLE ZONE. (a) The Department is authorized to establish taxicab zones and zones for other vehicles defined in Section 71.00 of this code, or operated in passenger transportation service by authority of the California Public Utilities Commission, and to determine the locations thereof, such zones to be used for the parking of vehicles while awaiting employment. (Amended by Ord. No. 152,426, Eff. 6/29/79.) (b) Any zone so designated shall be occupied only during such hours of the day and for such periods of time as may be specified by the Department. (Amended by Ord. No. 173,880, Eff. 5/21/01.) (c) The Department shall promptly cause each such zone so established to be marked either by a painting of a white line on the tops of the curbs or places stenciled with the words “No Stopping” together with the appropriate words such as “Taxicab Zone”, or by appropriate posted signs. (Amended by Ord. No. 180,092, Eff. 9/7/08.) (d) No person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle except those authorized by the Department in any zone established in accordance with the provisions of this section. (Amended by Ord. No. 152,426, Eff. 6/29/79.)

Source: City of Los Angeles, Charter and Codes (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/los_angeles/latest/lamc/0-0-0-166491Fetched: 10/24/2026