Antioch, CA Parking Rules: Loading Zones (2026)
Key Facts
- Commercial loading limit
- 20 minutes maximum
- Passenger/baggage loading limit
- 3 minutes maximum
- Zone authority
- City Traffic Engineer designates zones
- Curb marking
- Yellow = commercial, white = passenger
- Max curb reserved
- Half of a block's total curb length
- Angled-backing permit
- Available via AMC § 4-5.1303
- Penalty
- Infraction/misdemeanor, Cal. Veh. Code §§ 40000-42001
Summary
Antioch's City Traffic Engineer designates loading zones under AMC § 4-5.1301, marking commercial curbs yellow and passenger curbs white. Commercial vehicles may stop to load or unload materials for no more than 20 minutes under § 4-5.1302, while passenger and baggage loading is capped at three minutes, and no more than half of any block's curb length may be reserved for loading.
(A) Permission granted by this article to stop or stand a vehicle for the purposes of loading or unloading materials shall apply only to commercial vehicles and shall not extend beyond the time necessary therefor and in no event for more than 20 minutes.
(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 granted by this article to stop or park for the 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 for more than three minutes.
Full Breakdown
1301, the City Traffic Engineer determines loading zones at any location in the Central Traffic District or a business district, and elsewhere in front of the entrance to any place of business, hall, or public assembly space. 1301(C) and (D). S. Mail may stop for no more than 20 minutes, and passenger loading, including personal baggage, is limited to three minutes, both measured only for the time actually necessary. 1303, subject to whatever terms the permit specifies. 1306.
Violations & Fines
Violating any loading-zone provision in AMC Chapter 4-5, Article 13 is punished under § 4-5.1601 as an infraction or misdemeanor defined by Cal. Vehicle Code Division 17, Chapter 1, Article 1 (commencing at § 40000), with penalties set under Cal. Vehicle Code § 42001 et seq. Antioch Police Department parking enforcement cites vehicles that exceed the 20-minute commercial or three-minute passenger limit, or that stand in a marked zone without an active loading or unloading purpose.
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